These cloud clusters appeared over the Caribbean, above my favorite beach, Galloway Landing. The largest formation reminds, me of the caring community members of Long Island, Bahamas who readily extend their hospitality to visitors like myself! We are the smallest clouds though truly significant to the diversity and economy of the Island!
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Clouds and Community
Posted in beach, cloud, community, economy, photography, water, tagged bahamas, beach, caribbean, cloud, economy, Galloway Landing, hospitality, LGI, visitors on March 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Pass the Salt, Please
Posted in economy, tagged Long Island, ponds, salt, sea, slavery, sold on January 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
On Long Island, shallow ponds may be seen beside the road. In the past, including times of slavery, these ponds were flooded with sea water that was left to evaporate, leaving behind salt that was harvested and sold.
Lost and _____
Posted in beach, boat, community, economy, feeling, water, tagged better, clothing, dream, forbes, gordon, haiti, hope, immigration, nail, needy, ocean, police, purse, raft, rail, refugee, remnants on April 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Remnants of raft with clothing attached
Found: Remnants of a raft meant to deliver hopes and dreams of better lives(?) Embedded in a few of the beautiful beaches on LGI remain what probably were rafts or clothing from people of other nations, such as Haiti. I took these photos on Gordon Beach, southern most part of the Island. Clothing or backpacks may be seen, wound around nails, perhaps by the ocean rebelling against assertiveness… Not far from Forbes Beach, I’ve seen clothing, purses, shoes (individual not paired), and other personal items strewn together along the sandy shoreline. More stuff than would be left by visitors, enjoying an outing! If these items could talk, think of the stories they could tell…
I know of one native who accumulates used clothing for the needy. At times the police contact her in order to collect clothing for refugees who have landed on the Island. Eventually the escapees are sent back to their country… Note the somberness of these photos, lack of color. I’m feeling sad to think of the people involved, attempting better lives.
Beached "stories"
Clothing collection
Backpack
Feeling Crowded?
Posted in community, economy, plant, tagged business, crowd, desk, machete, outside, pal, stuff, vounteer on April 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Too much stuff may be one of your issues, as it often seems to be mine! I photographed a unique solution to a crowded office space. Set up business outside, as has this native for at least the two winters I’ve lived and volunteered on the Island. Palm trees grow behind the desk and I’ve seen the resident digging out weeds with a machete, a common practice on Long Island; however, I’m not sure whether selling the trees is the business.
Location location
Palming(?)
Creative Fencing
Posted in animal, community, economy, tagged creative, economy, fence, support on March 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
In hard economic times, not everyone’s able to use metal posts for wire fences. Someone in southern LGI cleverly used a different type of wooden posts for support.
Wooden fence posts
Bountiful Buoys
Posted in economy, photography, water, tagged announce, bouy, color, fish, LGI, net, occupation, sale on February 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Buoys of color sometimes hang in trees outside houses or sheds, announcing the importance of fishing among Long Islanders. The buoys mark placements of nets and popular spots for catching fish or other water animals for sale.
Bountiful buoys
All Washed Up
Posted in economy, water, tagged board, clothes, hang, outside, scrub, wash on February 21, 2009| Leave a Comment »
It seems that every native on Long Island is related to another. Students point out many students who are their cousins. Adults do the same, including their children and grandchildren of course. We stopped on the southern route to buy some basket items from a known native who made them. His sister washed clothes at the next house over. When my kids were young, I used a washboard similar to hers to clean their socks. This woman, very glad to have her photo taken, said she used Joy.
Shirley Ventures 