A pier in Jamaica......

A family on the pier in Jamaica.....

A photo of parents and little brother taken in Jamaica....

A happy girl jumping on the beach in Jamaica....

FINALLY! I get to see and share photos from my daughter's Easter trip to the island!

[sometimes being patient is not easy....love these, now off to see more on her Facebook!]

At last, photos of my grandchildren on their Easter trip to Jamaica!



Lilia with the wind in her hair and the beautiful Caribbean Sea around her.

Little "B 3" running across the lawn, wearing the seersucker romper (Simplicity pattern in size 1, still "big") I sewed for him!
This is what days off are for, catching up with family and friends! [all photos from my daughter's blog, www.myeloise.blogspot.com ]

The Pirate's Daughter


I'm doing some arm-chair traveling today courtesy of a library book.
The novel is about Jamaica from the 1940's to the 70's. I've been to this beautiful island for a wedding....now I will visit again through the pages of this book. It was published last year and is the second novel by Margaret Cezair-Thompson, a native of Jamaica.

The story is set near Port Antonio, Jamaica. This is the area where my daughter's family will be going to spend Easter very soon! I'm off to the tropics....goodbye cold weather!

A Reggae breakfast.....

This morning, we had an island breakfast here in Gerogia.

The main course is based on this fruit, the national fruit of Jamaica, ackee.

Jamaican friends were over for the meal, and reggae music( which I love!) was playing. Ackee can be prepared several ways....it is not a sweet fruit.

Today we had "Ackee and Saltfish" made by Baby Bindley's Jamaican grandfather, Bindley.

It is traditionally served with fried plantains, johnny cake and maybe boiled green bananas. Very different!

Hmmmm.....Now back to those Thanksgiving leftovers.....maybe turkey soup?

(Note: These are photos from my birthday, October 15th, 2005. Looking through old photos here at Mom's! BTW, to find the beginning of this "story", scroll down about 4 posts!)

My daughter and son-im-law exchanging vows in Jamaica, as my granddaughter looks on. (I sewed the flower girl dress with the turquoise silk sash. My daughter wore her paternal grandmother's pearls and had native orchids in her hair.)
Advance rains from Hurricane Wilma are on the horizon.

I love this photo of my granddaughter, Lilia with the orchids in her hair too!

This is just a perfect photo!

Another successful destination wedding!

(Note: Since I am away from my home with no camera or scanner or e-mail, I am writing about things using images stored on Mom's computer....like looking through one of her many photo albums....join me if you wish!)

Remembering a special
October..........2005

These are scenes from beautiful Jamaica.....above, Mr. Pear and our daughter, Laura, at the ocean. Next, the patio of the restaurant of the resort, with coconut palms.
Banana's growing along the paths of the resort. We were at the Rock House in Negril, Jamaica, for the wedding of my daughter and her fiance who is from Jamaica, in fact his grandfather was a Prime Minister there!
A "lobster claw" exotic plant, I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw this! It was a relaxing, tropical paradise!