caribbean blues

ciao... dear ones,

I probably did this backwards...

...showed you the journal first...

when I should have shown you the inspiration

and then the art work...

oh well...

you will forgive me... I know...

you should be able to double click on the photos

for enlargements

yes

the water is that blue

and

clear

and yes, it is that lush...

and the sand is powder fine...

you truly must see it for yourself....

to say I fell in love was an understatement...

Antigua has 365 beaches

they all look like this I am sure!

each day was magnificent...

quaint...

waterfront shopping, boardwalk hopping, and restaurant eating...

at Sint Maarten

one of the loveliest of the islands...

St. Croix has an incredibly gorgeous

botanical garden

which was once a sugar plantation

protected Caribbean plant species are nurtured

among the crumbling splendor of the old plantation...

rest stops shaded by spanish moss...

and achingly gorgeous views abound...

I think I shot close to 400 pics

so I had trouble condensing this little

travelogue, dear readers...

you will forgive me that it goes on and on...

and even though I am a monochroma

kind of girl...

I was taken with the pastels...

and sweeping arches

and if you have not seen my little upcycled travel journal

just scroll down to the last post...

I promise to be back shortly

with

September pages...

ciao, ciao!