Friday 28 February 2014

Day 59 – 365 Days of Photography

2-28-2014


Today was sports day at my daughter’s high school.  They have their sports bi-annually.  They had the traditional march past, step dancing, sprints and novelty events.

It was difficult to choose today’s shot as I got so many.   I decided to go with this one, as the character displayed embodies the festivities at this time of the year in this country.  The school she attends is only girls; this is a girl in costume.

Carnival Midnight Robber
One of the most colorful old time mas figures, the Midnight Robber, is immediately identifiable by his extravagant costumes and blood-curdling speech. Originally inspired by cowboy costumes, the Robber sports an oversize hat with fringed brim, the crown assuming different shapes (graveyard, The Red House); a flowing cape decorated with symbols of death and destruction; satin shirt and pantaloons generally in black and shoes or boots resembling an animal with moving eyes. He summons and dismisses his audience with the blow of his whistle while threatening them with a gun or dagger.

She had a whistle!





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Thursday 27 February 2014

Day 58 – 365 Days of Photography

2-27-2014


Today I drove into Port of Spain yet again.  However, instead of showing you any of the pictures I took there, I've decided to show you this shot.  I went into Port of Spain to meet with a friend who is here for the carnival.  With him, he brought a lens for me.  I was so anxious to try the lens out that I took this shot as soon as I got home, zooming into the neighbors backyard.   The ‘Exif’ says it all!

Another view of the neighbor’s hibiscus fluttering in the breeze.





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Wednesday 26 February 2014

Day 57 – 365 days of Photography

2-26-2014


Tragarete Road to your left and Ariapita Avenue to the right, running parallel to each other, with Tragarete acting as a boundary to downtown Port of Spain.  It is a main thorough fair taking you across town.  Ariapita Avenue is the night life hub of Port of Spain, with local shops, restaurants and bars opening late and catering to the party crowds or street revelers out in the night.  During this carnival season both of these streets would be busy, busy, busy!

For difference, I chose black and white!





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Tuesday 25 February 2014

Day 56 – 365 days of Photography

2-25-2014


As promised another view of Port of Spain, Trinidad from high up!  I am on the roof of one of the tallest buildings around.  A friend of my husband works here and allowed us the pleasure of photographing from this roof.  We always enjoy meeting with this particular friend, a jovial personality with unique clichés and a mannerism that is pleasing to the soul.  Needless to say, they keep us laughing.

The notable tall buildings in view are the Hyatt Regency, and our Twin towers (financial buildings).  The street right in front of the Hyatt Regency (tallest building in view) is Wrightson Road.

It's a nice clear sunny day, we had a drizzle earlier but the day turned around nicely!







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Monday 24 February 2014

Day 55 – 365 Days of Photography

2-24-2014


Port of Spain, is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.  We are in our Carnival season and thus, I found it fitting to bring you pieces of my capital as we approach the countdown to the street masquerade next Monday and Tuesday.  I will bring you different shots of the city in the following days, and climax it with some masqueraders in the end.

Even though Port of Spain is our country’s capital, it is the third largest municipality on the island, after San Fernando (where I reside) and Chaguanas.  The population of Port of Spain and its municipalities is around 128,026.  Is is located on the northwest coast of the island of Trinidad and is part of a larger conurbation stretching from Chaguaramas in the west to Arima in the east.

In this photo I am looking over Mucurapo (the notable cemetery is in the bottom left view of the photo, as well as all the homes in the flat) towards Chaguaramas.  The high rise buildings in the distance are in West Mooring, and there are the homes of Cocorite to its right on the hill.  You cannot see Chaguaramas per say as you have to pass through many other little villages on the way there.

This is Port of Spain, taken from Woodbrook!






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Sunday 23 February 2014

Day 54 – 365 Days of Photography

2-23-2014


Along the fence the flowers look so colorful and pretty.  We have a variation of flowers here.  Some Leucaena, Bougainvillea and Forget-me-nots.  Red, yellow, pink, orange, green, against the blue sky, paints a pretty picture.  There is even a Croton plant in the midst.

Forget-me-not or Myosotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae.  There are over 200 species in the genus with much variations.  Most have small flowers (blue, Pink or white, with yellow centers) growing on scorpioid cymes.  They bloom in spring.

Leucaena is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Milmosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. There are approximately 24 species of trees and shrubs which are commonly known as Leadtrees.  There flowers are white.  They are grown for a variety of uses including green manure, charcoal source, livestock fodder and for soil conservation.

Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes and trees with flower-like spring leaves near its flowers.  Bougainvillea glabra is sometimes referred to as “paper flower” because the bracts are thin and papery.  The fruit is a narrow five-lobed achene.






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Saturday 22 February 2014

Day 53 – 365 Days of Photography

2-22-2014


This morning a trip down to Moruga, proved to be very fruitful.  My brother teaches agriculture out of the Cowen Hamilton High School in Moruga.  On his school farm he has different types of chickens and foliage galore.  Many of the trees are in its flowering mode and they offer the opportunity for some beautiful flowers.   I captured some nice long exposure scenes and many different flowers.  I like this particular shot the most for my 365project.

Here we have what is referred to in Trinidad as the BottleBrush.

Callistemon is a genus of 34 species of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae, all of which and endemic to Australia.  Like many of our other plants, they made their way across the ocean to find home in the tropics.  The Callistemon species are commonly referred to as bottlebrushes because of their cylindrical, brush like flowers, resembling a traditional bottle brush.

This tree was laden with ants, the flowers were beautiful and covering the entire tree.  It was windy, so I was unable to hold the flower still for a real macro shot, after all I didn’t want to get biten.

I almost took the school’s security guard in a picture.  His attire looked very close to plumage.  Both his shirt and pants were equally colorful.  His shirt consisted of blues, whites, oranges, and his shorts yellows, reds, blues, and greens.  With this combination he wore an off white beret and donned an entirely different shade of red flip flops.  My daughter asked me if he slept at the school, and if that was his sleeping attire.   We had a good chuckle in the car.




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Friday 21 February 2014

Day 52 – 365 Days of Photography

2-21-2014


Plumeria common name ‘Frangipani’ is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae.  It contains seven or eight species of mainly deciduous shrubs and small trees.  This particular flower here in Trinidad is home of the Pseudosphinx tetrio, a large moth of black and vibrant yellow color.  The moth or Pseudosphinx Tetrio is a species in the Sphingidae family.  Other names for the moth are tetrio sphinx, giant gray sphinx, frangipani hornworm, and plumeria caterpillar.    The Frangipani tree is so infested by this worm that it is has been nicknamed “the wormy tree”.

Each of the different species of Plumeria bears differently shaped, alternate leaves with distinct form and growth habits.  The Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night luring the sphinx moths to pollinate them.  The flowers have no nectar and simply dupe their pollinators.  The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar.  The caterpillars feed on the plant, detoxifying the poisonous latex present in most Apocynaceae.  It pupates in the leaf litter or under the soil.  The adult feeds on nectar.  The consumption of toxic plants makes this caterpillar very distasteful to predators.

When the tree is laden with caterpillars it’s quite a sight to behold.  Today instead I was able to capture the Plumeria flowers of the tree, instead of the notorious Pseudosphinx Tetrio Caterpillar.







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Thursday 20 February 2014

Day 51 – 365 Days of Photography

2-20-2014


Yesterday I gave you a photo of the white Ginger lily, today the Pink

Ginger Lily or Alpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae.  Alpinia purpurata, red ginger, ostrich plume or pink cone ginger, is the type that grows in Trinidad and Tobago. 
The red variety is the national flower of Samoa.






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Wednesday 19 February 2014

Day 50 – 365 Days of Photography

2-19-2014


Ginger lily or Alpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae.  Alpinia purpurata, red ginger, ostrich plume or pink cone ginger, is the type that grows in Trinidad and Tobago. 
The red variety is the national flower of Samoa.

Even though the name depicts the red variety, we have this same type of ginger lily in a variation of colors.   Notably, red, pink (in many shades) and white are the colors I have seen.  I captured a white version here!





Location:  San Fernando, Trinidad 

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Tuesday 18 February 2014

Day 49 – 365 Days of Photography

2-18-2014


There is something serene about open fields and greenery.  Even though this field is surrounded by trees, the open field is inviting.  It reminds me of shows like ‘the sound of music’, where people are dancing and frolicking in the fields.    I thought the sky to be the perfect backdrop.  Nature is calling, it is calling gently, by the wisp of the breeze, dancing around our shoulder, our legs and the sun is caressing our foreheads with a kiss of heat. 

The blue of the sky symbolizes depth, stability, trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth and heaven.  The white of the clouds symbolizes light, goodness, innocence, purity and even virginity.  The greenery, the color of nature, symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness and fertility.  The tint of brown symbolizes structure, stability, support, it’s down to earth.  Together they paint a pretty picture, of all the values that makes life perfectly complete. 






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Monday 17 February 2014

Day 48 – 365 Days of Photography

2-17-2014


My writing has gone amiss,
I long to write for you
That’s where I find true bliss
In the lines I construe

Please allow my pen to flow
I have words yet unsaid
To you I want to show
What my mind has daftly prepared

I see the words in everything
Every person, animal, plant, flower, scene
Pictures and words together they bring
The completion of my untold dream

So here we are once again
Snapping around this land
My kinsmen and kinswomen
You’ve fallen within my master plan

Today I paint a tapestry
A flower whose name is unknown to me
Bright orange for all to see
Yes orange and very flowery





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Sunday 16 February 2014

Day 47 – 365 Days of Photography

2-16-2014


Simply the Trinidad Buttercup.  Buttercups belong to a plant family named Ranunculaceae, based on the Latin word ‘ranunculus’ which means ‘little frog’.  There are a wide variety of this flower world wide.  The one depicted is common in Trinidad.
Taken at Devil’s Woodyard, Princes Town – Home of the mud volcanoes.




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Saturday 15 February 2014

Day 46 - 365 Days of Photography

2-15-2014

It’s 1:44pm, my telephone rings, I look at the display of my iPhone, I do not recognize the number.  It is not one of my saved contacts.  I answer skeptically “Hello!”  The caller says “Hello, Miss Lawrence, Brent here from Websource”.  Me “Brent, you all work on Saturdays”.  “Well I like getting my deliveries out of the way, makes a lighter Monday for me”.  I smiled knowing very well what I had ordered.  “I am home, so come on through”.  “I will be there in five (5) minutes”.

I love toys.  I just received some ND filters and a remote and I was anxious to test it out.  So here I am in another selfie, on a twenty second exposure of my front yard.   I do recognize that my lawn needs to be cut, and the weeds need to be pulled. The place is very windy, my front yard is breezy enough to warrant long sleeves in the evening, even though we boast of 80 degree temperatures (and NO, I am not anemic).   In the near future, you will see better scenic views utilizing these things.  Today marks the beginning of a long exposed journey.  Can you say DELIGHTED!  LOL!





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Friday 14 February 2014

Day 45 – 365 Days of Photography

2-14-2014


Sixteen (16) years ago, today, the man that I later married asked me to be his.   Although today is not our wedding anniversary, it’s a day I cherished as it marked the very beginning or our journey.   I pray that everyone could find a love like this.  We cherish our time together and pray for continued bliss.

Another family heirloom, a token of love, given by my dad to my mom many moons ago, and I thought it befitting to symbolize today!









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Thursday 13 February 2014

Day 44 – 365 Days of Photography

2-13-2014


……………and then I feel a change, like a fire deep inside
Something bursting me wide open, impossible to hide
And suddenly I’m flying, flying like a bird
Like electricity, electricity
Sparks inside of me and I’m free, I am free

By Hall, Richard Melville

This view is looking at the underside of the meter box from the electric company outside the house that I reside in.  You also see all the electric cables running up the wall, entering the house via the roof.





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Wednesday 12 February 2014

Day 43 – 365 Days of Photography

2-12-2014


I am pondering on a selfie.  I’ve done many phone camera selfies, but this will be my first attempt at a selfie from my DSLR Camera.  Where to pose, what to do? 





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Tuesday 11 February 2014

Day 42 – 365 Days of Photography

2-11-2014


What to photograph today?  

Hmmmm!  

What’s this in my mouth?  Oh it’s delightful, double chocolatey chunk, 'rice krispies treats', crispy marshmallow squares.  

Problem solved, macro, just took a bite, and just where the teeth have edged off some scrumptious delight, I zoomed in, finger on shutter, flash, snap and smile!

Then I finished it off. Sinful bliss.





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Monday 10 February 2014

Day 41 – 365 Days of Photography

2-10-2014



“We ready fuh de road!”  Differentology (a calypso tune by a local artist known as Bunji Garlin, who recently won an ‘MTV Iggy Award’ and the ‘2013 Soul Train Award – Best International Performer’ for said song) is streaming through my Ipod as I walk through Bel Air. I am taking in the sights and sounds.  This is southern old money, where the landscapes are pristine, the homes are elegant and the cars are so NOT affordable.  I took this street in the early evening.  One would say ‘that island life’.  The ocean is to my right, behind the homes that have the sea front advantage, this makes the area breezy and cool.  This area was once some sort of mangrove and forested and as such, there are many birds, iguanas, crabs, to be seen if you just sit still for a minute.






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Sunday 9 February 2014

Day 40 – 365 Days of Photography

2-9-2014


Usually I look at the shot and then write, but today is Sunday, and Sundays are special.  Sunday in the average Trinidad house hold is the day that we attend some form of church/temple/mass and give praises to the God we serve.  Sunday is also the day that we have an exceptional lunch.  Meals with callaloo (in Trinidad this consists of the leaf of the dasheen plant, ochro, cooked down in seasonings and coconut milk, some even add a touch of pumpkin and evaporated milk), peas (from lima beans, to red beans, to black beans, to pigeon peas, your choice), stew meat (beef, pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, fish, whatever your heart’s delight), baked meat (from any of the variety previously mentioned, or even a meat loaf), vegetables (or a green salad, or potato salad), macaroni pie (Americans say baked macaroni and cheese, but it is really more than that, as everything is done from scratch, the grating of cheese, the beating of eggs, the boiling of the macaroni, the grating of onions or adding a tip of parsley, the milk and butter, all added in alternate layers in the baking dish), rice (plain or mixed with vegetables like peas and carrots) and the list can go on and on.  Today is no exception, I stewed some pork, pigeon peas, macaroni pie, mixed vegetable medley, and basmati rice. The smells in the kitchen were delightful and the end product, even more so.

I bring to you my Sunday lunch!




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Saturday 8 February 2014

Day 39 – 365 Days of Photography

2-8-2014


Tonight I had another attempt of shooting my street, this time, I waited for the sun to go completely down.   I straightened the house that is in view, and unfortunately the lamp posts are all crooked.  I guess it adds some form of character.

It’s a look at the type of architectural structures in Trinidad.  We use primarily concrete for our homes.  There are many wall surfaces, including a mud, straw, and manure mixture which is used in the country side and some part thereof used to make the old outside clay ovens which are known for making the best breads, bakes and pastries.  That mud mixture home is known as Tapia and the act of sealing it via the plastering is called “l’epee”, a native word of patois origin.  In Trinidad there are also houses made out of wood, often teak or cedar are used as those two woods are least prone to termites. 
There are a few who construct their homes out of ply wood.  The strongest modern homes are made of bricks and concrete.




As you can possibly tell, I am not so good at Photoshop Lightroom Shenanigans to do any spot altering, so the brightness from the street light is prominent here.


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Friday 7 February 2014

Day 38 – 365 Days of Photography

2-7-2014


My deceased dad always said, “Car is headache, car is worries”, “If you want problems, buy a car”.  The Oil pressure switch on my 2001 Chevy Tahoe, blew out.  The top was completely gone, spewing oil everywhere.  Being down to one vehicle, is absolutely no fun.  I am now the official and master schlepper, carrying everyone to and fro.  Needless to say, by night time I am pooped and not of any use beyond 8pm.  There is no doubt it will be fixed, just the added aggravation in the interim.

Here is a picture of said faulty oil pressure switch.

Car headaches!





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Thursday 6 February 2014

Day 37 – 365 Days of Photography


2-6-2014


‘♪♪♪♫♬  I don’t want to wait in vain for your love……♬♭♩’  

I am waiting again, this time at my son’s school, on Pouchet Street, San Fernando.  He attends the Seven Day Adventist (SDA) Primary School of San Fernando.  It is three in the afternoon and the bell has rung. Some children have left the school premises; they release the younger kids first.  I step out of my car and face the main cemetery in San Fernando, it’s closest to the Catholic Diocese.   I think I should really invest in something wide angle for these shots.  Making do with what I have.  Thought the image lent best to a black and white scene.  A few girls are seen walking away from me, with their guardian and are about to cross Rushworth Street.

Of note: Trinidad is made up of schools of several different religious denominations.  Children attend schools not based on their own religious beliefs, but more because of school performance and proximity.  Much like the Chartered schools in the United States.  Prayer is still a vital part of our school curriculum and so is religious knowledge.  Therefore, children get an understanding and appreciation of other religions because they are exposed to it through school.




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Wednesday 5 February 2014

Day 36 – 365 Days of Photography

2-5-2014


This is a busy week for me.  Morning meetings, Afternoon meetings, Evening meetings and even night meetings, and the week has just begun.  Today I drove up to Chaguanas donning my navy blue suit and light blue dress shirt, I met with the meeting host and had a grand discussion.  After, I met with an old school mate and we headed into Port of Spain.  I sat in the car waiting for her to come out of a business place, she too being an apt business woman was on her ‘A’ Game.  I looked up and down the street, camera in hand.  I reflected, and here is a reflection of my reflecting.
Looking back!




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Tuesday 4 February 2014

Day 35 – 365 Days of Photography

2-4-2014


Waiting on my husband at his job site, I shot this view of the Mosquito Creek.  Different point of view, different angle than normal, it actually looks from this angle as if you can drive into the ocean if you miscalculate your drive. 
Road, Ocean, Sky!





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Monday 3 February 2014

Day 34 – 365 Days of Photography

2-3-2014


Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae.  It is quite large, containing several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world.  They are commonly known as hibiscus and less widely known as rose mallow.  The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as shrubs and small trees.  The generic name is derived from the Greek word which was the name Pedanius Dioscorides gave to Althaea officinalis.

At my childhood family home, my mother planted several of these shrubs along the fence, each flower was a different color, we had white, yellow, red, pink (various shades), blue, purple, and some variegated variations, .  My favorite of the batch was the blue hibiscus.  This flower captured is really off of my next door neighbor’s plant, but this one has shot up above the wall and leans over to my side.



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Sunday 2 February 2014

Day 33 – 365 Days of Photography

2-2-2014


Open the door and let me in.  Unlock your heart, your mind, your soul.  I hear you crying out calling, asking, pleading, have no fear, your answers are here, just unlock and let me in.




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Saturday 1 February 2014

Day 32 – 365 Days of Photography

2-1-2014


What’s for lunch?  White rice, curried bodi, stewed chicken, geera anchar mango, boiled plantain, sliced tomatoes, lettuce, and a glass of barbadine to wash it down.  Good eating, island life.

Bodi also known as Bora, is a pencil thin bean that resembles a green bean although not as crisp, and grows up to about 3 feet long.  Its usually harvested at 18 inches or less.  Bodi is an annual climbing plant with white, yellow or pale purple flowers.  Bodi belongs to the same family as the black eyed pea and pigeon pea.

Barbadine, the Giant Granadilla, Giant Tumbo or Badea, Passiflora quadrangularis, produces the largest fruit of any species within the genus Passiflora.  It is a perennial native to the Neotropics, having smooth, cordate, ovate, or acuminate leaves; petioles bearing from 4 to 6 glands; an emetic and narcotic root, scented flowers, and a large oblong fruit, containing numerous seeds, embedded in a subacid edible pulp.  A tea is made from the leaves, which is used for high blood pressure and diabetes.  A drink and ice-cream are made from the fruit.




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