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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

I Done Whiffed Again...

While going through and editing all of the many pics. that I've taken over the last few weeks, I realized that I never took a single picture on the Tuesday before my kids arrived on Anguilla…which means that once again, I have blown my 365 Project. Gah.

 I'll keep posting pics on here of course, but I think I'm gonna take a short break before diving back into my next 365 attempt.






(All pics. snapped on 8/20/15, in St. Martin)

Taken while on the charter boat, returning to Anguilla after delivering my children to the SXM airport.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 243/365


(Snapped on 8/04/15, in Road Bay, at Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

Satellite's jib was torn in the August Monday boat race, but it was repaired in just enough time to be put back right for the August Tuesday race - phew!

Saturday, August 8, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 242/365


(Snapped on 8/03/15, on Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)


(Snapped on 8/03/15, on Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and edited on iPhoto)

#augustmonday #summerfestival #jouvert #carnival #notmyfavoritedayoftheyear

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 241/365


(Snapped on 8/02/15, in The Atlantic Ocean, just west of Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

#sailboats #boatrace #detree #sonic #anguilla #nationalsport

365 Project (Take 3) - 240/365


(Snapped on 8/01/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#streetlamp #shadows

365 Project (Take 3) - 239/365



(Snapped on 7/31/15, at Mariners Cliffside Resort, on Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#abandoned

365 Project (Take 3) - 238/365


(Snapped on 7/30/15, at Benzies Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

365 Project (Take 3) - 237/365



 (Snapped on 7/29/15, at The Cove, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

 #squirrelfish #lobster


Thursday, July 30, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 236/365



(Snapped on 7/28/15, on Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#abandoned

365 Project (Take 3) - 235/365


(Snapped on 7/27/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filter)

I absolutely detest these nasty muddascunts! Had a small one in my damn bed the other night!!! 

The sting of a centipede is more venomous than that of a scorpion (or at least that's what they say here on Anguilla). Someone once told me that it felt like two big knitting needles had been rammed into his arm when he was stung by one, and that for 5 days afterwards - he couldn't stand up straight because the pain in his abdomen was so excruciating…neat. 

#centipede #whatisthepointofyouevenbeingontheplanet

365 Project (Take 3) - 234/365



(Snapped on 7/26/15, in The Caribbean Sea, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

Satellite was dead last coming around the first stick, in last Sunday's Peter Perkins boat race. But we ended up finishing 4th out of 9 boats? (I think?) We should've taken 3rd place, but I won't bore you with the details of why we didn't wind up nabbing it.

#boatracing #anguilla #nationalsport #peterperkinsrace

365 Project (Take 3) - 233/365


(Snapped on 7/25/15, in Road Bay at Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#carnival #britishmerchantmarine #drunkernhail

Saturday, July 25, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 232/365


(Snapped on 7/24/15, in Road Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

The British Navy has arrived at Anguilla. They'll be here through Carnival in order to help keep things peaceful and stuff…and to let the sailors blow off a little steam whenever they have free time in which to come over and have some fun on this beautiful island!

365 Project (Take 3) - 231/365


(Snapped on 7/23/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

My trusty steed, locked up tight, and all set to retire for the night…

365 Project (Take 3) - 230/365



(Snapped on 7/22/15, on Sandy Island, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#seabirds

365 Project (Take 3) - 229/365



 (Snapped on 7/21/15, in Sandy Hill Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

 Took pictures while my friend Tony was spear fishing the other day…he shot this barracuda.

365 Project (Take 3) - 228/365



(Snapped on 7/20/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

How obvious is it that I was completely unmotivated on this day, to take any pictures that were worth a damn? At least the gravel and cow poop are in focus…fail…big time.

#avacadotreethatistartedfromapit

Friday, July 24, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 227/365


(Snapped on 7/19/15, in The Atlantic Ocean just off of Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

In last Sunday's Solaire Cup boat race, Satellite came to the finish ahead of sister North Hill boat, Real Deal, yet again (hollah!) The only boat that was able to beat us - was Sonic, but we get another chance to capture first place this Sunday…and I believe that we're gonna do it!!!

#sailboat #realdeal #boatrace #anguilla #nationalsport

Monday, July 20, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 226/365


(Snapped on 7/18/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

Loading Satellite onto the trailer, so that we could then take her down to Sandy Ground, put her in the water and get her all set for Sunday's boat race.

365 Project (Take 3) - 225/365


(Snapped on 7/17/15, on the reef just off of Sandy Island, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and edited on iPhoto)

#tony #spearfishing

365 Project (Take 3) - 224/365



(Snapped on 7/16/15, at Dad's on Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#borax

365 Project (Take 3) - 223/365


(Snapped on 7/15/15, in Road Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-pro and Instagram filters)

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 222/365


(Snapped on 7/14/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#dogskull #beautyindecay

365 Project (Take 3) - 221/365


(Snapped on 7/13/15, in Road Bay, at Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#rock #pelican

365 Project (Take 3) - 220/365


(Snapped on 7/12/15, in Road Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

365 Project (Take 3) - 219/365



 (Snapped on 7/11/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#beautyindecay #pepsi

365 Project (Take 3) - 218/365



 (Snapped on 7/10/15, at Mariners Cliffside Resort, Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

Two days after I came here to shoot earlier in the week, a fire broke out in one of the villas at this abandoned resort, which then started a brush fire that burned much of the bush that surrounds the central cluster of villas…Anguilla is currently suffering from a pretty serious drought, so this definitely could've ended up being a much worse situation with a far more catastrophic outcome. Props to Anguilla Fire & Rescue for getting everything under control!

365 Project (Take 3) - 217/365


(Snapped on 7/09/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#houselizard

365 Project (Take 3) - 216/365


(Snapped on 7/08/15, in Road Bay, at Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

#shipwreck #mrted

365 Project (Take 3) - 215/365



(Snapped on 7/07/15, at Mariners Cliffside Resort, Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

365 Project (Take 3) - 214/365



(Snapped on 7/06/15, in Road Bay at Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 213/365



 (Snapped on 7/05/15, at Le Bar, on Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters

 Celebrating Le Bar's last day of being open for the season, with some good ole fashioned, wholesome pole dancing (the more ho'some stuff happened a little later on…*gulp*)

Can't wait until they open up again in time for Carnival :) Great bar, great owners, great staff, and great patrons!

365 Project (Take 3) - 212/365



(Snapped on 7/04/15, in Road Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

#seaurchins #littlestripedfish #bravesouls

365 Project (Take 3) - 211/365



(Snapped on 7/03/15, in Katouche Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

I am SO sorry for posting a second "wave curl" post in a row (and I swear on my life that this one really was taken the day after the last one - I PROMISE!), but I've been going down to Katouche Bay to exercise lately, and the waves there have been so nice and juicy, and with conditions like that, I simply cannot resist working on perfecting the art of capturing the sea whenever she's in one of her moods. Plus, this was honestly the only photo that I got over the whole entire day, of which I am not completely mortified.

Friday, July 3, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 210/365



(Snapped on 7/02/15, in Katouche Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

Thursday, July 2, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 209/365



 (Snapped on 7/01/15, in Katouche Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

365 Project (Take 3) - 208/365


(Snapped on 6/30/15, at Benzies Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

An ancient, old pile of super fat marine rope.

365 Project (Take 3) - 207/365



(Snapped on 6/29/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

Priscilla broke free from her tether again…and then stopped by my place to eat egg shells out of the compost heap. 

#islanddog #escapeartist

Monday, June 29, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 206/365



 (Snapped on 6/28/15, in Benzies Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

#juvenilewrasse #blueheadwrasse #seafans

Sunday, June 28, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 205/365



(Snapped on 6/27/15, at The Agricultural Grounds, in The Valley, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

365 Project (Take 3) - 204/365



 (Snapped on 6/26/15, in Road Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using a Go-Pro and Instagram filters)

#swimmingwiththefishes

Thursday, June 25, 2015

365 Project (Take 3) - 203/365



(Snapped on 6/25/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

(Today ya' get a two-fer!)

Walkin' the track today, from my hood, down to the beach at Katouche Bay...


…here's where I ended up. Not even so much as a single fresh footstep (other than my own) on this gorgeous stretch of sand…

I love Anguilla for more reasons than I care to bore you with right now, but I will mention this one - I can walk from my house down to this spot in about 15 minutes, literally any day of the year…and when I get there, I can swim, snorkel, sunbathe, veg…and never be cold, (nor too hot) and rarely ever be disturbed by another individual, and all the while I'm surrounded by such exemplary beauty in nature…which is crazy to me. I seriously doubt that many other people in this world are nearly this lucky…but believe me when I tell you, that I am extremely appreciative, each and every day - of just how lucky I know that I am…

#hellsyeah #lovemylife #lovemyisland

365 Project (Take 3) - 202/365


(Snapped on 6/24/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

365 Project (Take 3) - 201/365


(Snapped on 6/23/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

After running errands early on Tuesday morning, I came back to my little shack, and tasked away until after dark. I don't know why the sudden desire to be so uncharacteristically domestic came over me, but I'm not askin' any questions! Cuz I thoroughly enjoyed being so damned productive - first working in my raised garden beds, and then moving furniture and artwork around, while intermittently doing load after load of laundry. I also made some nice prints of a few of my Anguilla photos - and then framed and hung them, and finally - I dusted off my sewing machine so that I could make beverage coasters, and some cute new throw pillows for my bed and my sofa. By the time my friend arrived later in the night, I must admit - the shack looked the best that it ever has, and I was so excited to be able to enjoy it with someone besides just myself :)

Needless to say though, I barely even thought about taking any pictures that day…so this ^ (I'm afraid) is all that you get…I just wish that I would've realized when I snapped it, that the sewing project in progress on the kitchen floor in the background, was visible in this pic….ah well.   

#winslowmccaggpainting #ilovemylife #iheartyouanguilla #marthastewartforaday

365 Project (Take 3) - 200/365


(Snapped on 6/22/15, in North Hill Village, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

The other day, my artist neighbor brought me an easel to borrow so that I can start drawing again - I thought that it was terribly sweet of him, especially since I hadn't ever mentioned that I was without one here on the island :) 

Two of the young man's cousins happened to be here hangin' out with me when he stopped by, and so I asked the younger of the two girls if I could photograph her eye so that I would have something to draw…and in the process I ended up inadvertently taking a selfie, and capturing miss thang's older cousin - right there in the little girl's iris. 

#neato

365 Project (Take 3) - 199/365



(Snapped on 6/21/15, at Lockrum Bay, Anguilla, BWI - using an iPhone and Instagram filters)

I went to the nicest pool party on Sunday, at the most fabulous private residence…would you just look at the property owners' view? 

#divine #stmartin