The pleasures of my porch

Plusieurs.............

Loving my dreamy vintage wicker set purchased on ebay for a steal ( the shipping costs could conjure up a nightmare or two so we won't go into that )..........lounging cats, laughing children, giving the chin, hailing , wind chimes, bay breeze, the vistas, the sunsets, the reunions, the neighbours, the moonlight, the cuddles, the music, the dancing, the farewells, the solitude.

If you build it...........

...........though I never quite imagined the title of my blog coming to life in this way! I'm taking it as a sign to get back to blogging! Our little island pleasures, our playground of pure potentiality, the six degrees of separation......... things that make me smile..........sweet dreams are made of this :-)

After the rain

I had somehow missed the memo re the monsoon - who knew? It has been raining for well over a week. Combine that with the unfinished road works and 200 year old houses and you have a muddy, leaky mess! The no shoes in the house rule was strictly enforced and we had to use the back entrance to the house due to the new lake that had emerged from all the rain and the varying road heights at the front entrance. Entering through the back meant that you were inevitably covered in mud from two waterlogged, hyper dogs desperate for attention and a good walk. We discovered the very big downside to having a toddler accustomed to being driven to sleep in the evenings.............hard to get comfortable and relax into lalaland when being soaked while driving on the rather open golf cart. But of course, we don't photograph the nightmares, so I give you the after the rain blossoms. x

The Patina

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life

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lived

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purpose

served

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heart

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soul

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home

The Doctor's Residence

The life of an out island doctor.............perhaps I'm romanticizing it a tad with this image :-) ................But this is where he lives. It's the being on call 24/7/365 that's not so romantic.

If I had gills

..............I'd stay a while longer.

Heaven on earth

My favorite stretch of road, approaching the Glass Windows Bridge......... it never fails to take my breath away.