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Barbados, West Indies

Island Inspired ~

One morning

Like a caterpillar going through the pupa stage to become a butterfly, or maybe a moth, I feel as though I have been in such a strange ‘pupa’ stage. Wanting to be enclosed in my own chrysalis, feeling as though I am breaking

Seen in Speightstown, St Peter.

We woke up one morning and Insta had changed. No announcement, no notice. Our grids had changed from squares to rectangles. Some may not even have noticed. Some like it, some don't.
It made me think: I've been feeling

One of the only kinds of snow around here ~ Snow on the Mountain

There's a slight chill in the air, it's Christmas in Barbados.

They have many names but to me, the Senna alata are called Christmas Candles.

These days, I see more of these than the Snow On The Mountain and Poinsettia flowers ~ I wonder why that is

west coast waters ~

One from the archives ~ a sparrow

Apparently more accurately a Barbados Bullfinch, easily photographed when there are crumbs around.

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One of my favourite views down Bathsheba

I’ve been gone for so long, how do I come back?

I felt like I lost my ability to ‘see’ things, didn’t know what I wanted to say.

So I paused.

I focused on the areas of my life that needed attention, made changes to my attit