My office view

A panorama view from where I sit.

Lawn mowers

This is the very most common kind of lawn mower.

Old walls and new posters

This is a juxtaposition of a couple of common sights in the city: very old, crumbling walls, and bills announcing upcoming dances and hip-hop music events.

Door locks

This is the typical way to lock doors around the city: the doorknobs end up being useless after a while, either from rust or just parts that wear out, so the more robust solution is a big bar across the door or window with a removable lock on it.  This is also a more secure way to lock down shutters and doors for hurricanes.

Our natural climber

While moving boxes upstairs, Tolman had his own way of getting around.  This won't be a surprise to anyone who knows him.

Working with coconuts

This is how Conroy Hosier pulls down the coconuts from his tree.

And here's him cutting the top parts off a yellow, ripe one.

I didn't get a shot of him stabbing it with his machete... but that's how they pry it open and drink the milk.  Good stuff!

Elusive crabs

I only saw these kinds of crabs a few times... and these are the only videos I ever got.

Tranquility

A very, very calm morning, where our pool is as smooth as glass.

Awesome vegetation

I had to show some of the cool-looking plants around our home.

The bush is interesting, but so is that tree trunk to the left: it's a palm tree around which they build our front deck.

And some regular palm trees... with the palms that have to be collected... the St Croix version of leaves.

A simple, one-tree bonfire.

(May 24)

One of our great scout masters saves Christmas trees for bonfires.  It's not often you get to do this kind of thing at a scout campout.  (Never in Utah!)

Jump Up!

(May 3)

Jump Up: the quarterly event in Christiansted where people gather to meet, drink, and generally just party.

Mark Eckard is a friend from work, and a musician:

Outside, Kiki and the Flaming Gypsies gave a warm-up:

They had a little break where some kids used some hoops:

And then it got pretty intense!

It's an impressive performance if you ever get to see them.

Anyway, it's an all-around good time for everyone.

View from a house on a hilltop

(Apr 27)

At the end of the soccer season, the team was invited to this home... which happens to it on the very top of one of the hills.  It was a magnificent view.

I started with a panorama shot, capturing about 270 degrees of the view from the back of the house.

Unfortunately, that mostly shows an impressive patio.  Here's the view from the far left.

 And here's the view from the far right.

Here's the back of the house, behind me when I took the panorama shot.

And when we went out the house through the front door, here's the completion our full 360-degree view... which is also fantastic.

This is wealth... displayed in a way that I would never do, but still something that I can appreciate.

View at the Howard Scout Camp

(Apr 26)

Here's the view at the boy scout campground where Tolman is pitching his tent.