Captiva Sunset

Captiva 2012

Fabulous week with our men

 Not afraid to strut their stuff

 and have fun together!

My Little Valentines

big wet kisses for all your valentines!

off to captiva! yee-ha! temps in the 80!

Bob and Anne Graduate Snorkeling 101!!

Prior to passing the test B&A get themselves relaxed and ready to go.
Jim, Bob and Anne took a sail on the Roseway.
This pup knew how to catch a ride and then surfed to shore by himself.
Bob and Anne preparing for their exam.

Anne, Bob and the Botanical Garden

Bob and Anne are on island. They have been sailing with Capt Jimmy. Yesterday we traveled west to check out St. George Botanical Garden. It gets better every year and the plants were in full flower and color. We went to one of our favorite beaches for sea glass and lunch.Later there were snorkeling lessons where Jim tried to drown Bob and Anne. They survived though and are determined to get better.
Full moon over St. Croix. Using 16 x telephoto still gets you a white dot.
Lunar looniness.
Bob showing Ann how he planned to photograph the moon.
Spanish Bayonet
Cacti in bloom
Unbelievable!
Achiote, you can see the orange-red seeds that are used to color oil in dishes such as paellas, beans and rice y platos con sabor y color.

Some scenes from St. Croix

Theres a great organic farm on the south shore called "Art Farm". Its only opened two days a week, very limited times. Yesterday we happened to be passing by 30 min prior to opening. There was one car in the lot. We pulled in and as time passed the lot filled up. People not content to sit in their cars and wait, got out and formed a line. Some had brought books to read while they stood there. Finally they opened and everyone mobbed the tomato pile. They also have many kinds of greens, herbs, spicy or sweet lettuce mixes, cukes. Although its open from 3-5 pm, probably all the stuff is gone by 3:30, hence the line etc. Kind of worth it to have fresh just picked stuff in Feb.
Okay heres my Art Farm, which I'm calling "Cats Begone". Jimbuilt some raised beds which we filled with potting soil as the ground at this end of the island is about 60% rocks and bad dirt. Anyway the feral cats in the area view these as giant litter boxes unfortunately, or as Elvin the pool fellow says "dem cats think you built that for dem". So he suggested red pepper and Tan-Tan branches and the cats are staying out of there and just going on the ground under my clothesline instead.
Another problem in paradise is fruit bats. They load up on the berries from the palm trees and then fly around crapping on everything. Heres Jim getting some stains off the patio walls.
One of my lizard pals on the screen.
"Don't worry about a ting,cause every little ting gonna be alright"
"Thats life"