Sunflowers

We have always loved Sunflowers, and our neighbor would throw a few seeds in the ground by his house.  It was amazing to see how quickly they grew and how large they grew with so little care and attention.  It would make me smile to pass them on my way to work every morning.

Several of these shots were taken at night.  Hope they bring a smile to your face and brighten up your day.

Happy photography!!!

Trinidad, WI

So I promised pictures of Trinidad and here they are.  Trinidad, is the southern most Caribbean island before Venezuela and about the size of Delaware.  Port of Spain is the capital, and that is where the airport is.  Alvin's mother lives 69 miles outside of Port of Spain in Palo Seco.

This is the statue that was built to welcome President Obama, when he visited Trinidad for the World Summit.  It is in a "round about" or rotary, just outside of the airport.

 

                                    The "Red House" Government building.





 This is a Concert Hall fashioned after the Opera House in Syndey Australia.

This is another view of the "Red House" the seat of Parliament

 This is a gazebo in Queen's Park Savannah

This is in the Wright Nature center in Arima, this is a Bird of Paradise

An interesting seed pod, this was  about 8ft long and 6-8 inches wide

This is a huge termite nest 

 Part of the path through the rain forest, on the trails

 I love what this says!

My favorite view from the trail

There were lots of birds and different plant life, it was a really fun day.

This is Pitch lake, aka "LaBrea Tar pits"  Part of the lake is solid enough to walk on, other parts are so liquid, you can scoop up the tar. 

It was about 100 degrees out and very humid when we were there, and we had walked about a mile in the hot sun with our guide George.  I thought I was going to faint in the heat!

On the edge of the lake, there were Lotus flowers blooming where water had collected on the tar.  It was strange to see these beautiful flowers blooming on a lake of tar.

Most of the asphault mined from the lake in exported to various countries.

Figs

Cocoa pods, you can crack the shell opened and there is a white filmy sweet covering on the cocoa beans.  Kids have this as a treat. Then the beans get dried for cocoa.

Cashews and the Cashew fruit.  The fruit is very sweet!

Two of the beaches, out by Ruby's

We kept trying to get sunset pictures at the beach, but the weather would not cooperate.  It was always too overcast.

Hope you enjoyed the brief views of Trinidad.  Hopefully we will have another trip there soon and be able to add to this collection.......until next blog, happy picture taking! :-)