Photo Friday - Dec 30 - Best of 2005

Drive By #2 - Belize City, Bel...

Well, I didn't think it was thaaaat funny.

Its nice to know that someone else has a more viscious and sarcastic sense of humour than moi. (Middle Child Syndro...

Postcards from Paradise

Each year for Christmas I like to send out an "Eat Your Heart out" photo to my parents. Healthy, tanned, smiling. Middle Child Syndrome took my photo this year and amazingly came up with about 8 really nice shots, of which I won't share with you... because I think you'll enjoy the out-takes better. I swear I wasn't trying to act like a 3 year old with ADD.Just Remember Fugly is the New Pretty.This...

Happy and Merry

I heisted this off of Natalie Dee's website.What will I remember the most about today? No, it won't be the list of food my mother ate today, that she will inevitably email me later on, that will go something like this: This morning your Dad and I had decaf and cinnamon buns that I got at the thrift store 3 packages for $1, then we went over to your Aunt Margies for lunch after church and your cousin...

Letter From Santa

Dear Baby Girl,Your Grandma is so smart! When you wouldn't take a shower the other night, after you covered yourself in dirt and sand, and she put you in the cooler with bubble water (and then took your picture) I decided to reward her this year for Christmas. Don't tell her, but I'm bringing a new 1 speed beach cruiser bike with big booty seat, basket and rust resistant chain. If she gets real lucky...

The Bump in the Road

I'm glad I was oblivious of what was going on. I was just ridin de bus and trying to make sure I was there when the plane came into Cancun.Little did I know what was going down...---------------------------------------------------------------Email from Middle Child Syndrome:Well my trip is off to a great start. I packed up the car and ran into the apartment for one last thing (Halima and my purse) and walked back out to find NO CAR in the parking...

Illustration Friday - Dec 16 - Imagine

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Photo Friday Dec 16 Depth of Field

Hey, thanks to everyone for voting for me on the Weblogawards. http://weblogawards.org/2005/12/best_latino_caribbean_or_south.php...

Don't Let the Door Hit You On Your Way Out

“Psst.. Miss Miss, how much for a coffee?”I look around for where the sound is coming from and see the sweet Kriole police officer standing at the vent window next to the café kitchen. The window faces the police yard and is a direct shot into their duty office.“2 bzd ($1 U.S.) for a small and 3 bzd ($1.50 U.S.) for a large” I answer.“Its not for me its for my prisoners” he declares.I look past him and see the backs of two dyed blonde heads in the...

Changes in Plans and Missionaries on the Move

4:30 p.m. the phone rings - Is this Mr. Bigness? Be at the international airport at 10 a.m. tomorrow, you're going to Cuba.4:31 p.m. What?With Bigness in Cuba for eye surgery, I'm leaving today to go to Cancun to pick up Middle Child Syndrome and Baby Girl. I'll be back on Sunday. Notice to would-be burglars, I've left the wild kittens and sand crabs in charge of security.Perhaps you don't know my feelings about missionaries, unless you've heard...

Photo Friday - December 2 - Experimental

This photo is called Market Day in Belize Ci...

Hallooooo, You Reach Da Caye Caulker Compleeyn Depaaatmen

I'm thinking about putting a comments box and questionaire outside my door so I can stop answering the phone. I'll paint a sign that says "Comments? Suggestions? Complaints?" with a big arrow pointing to the box.The police choose from time-to-time to not answer their phone.I can hear it ringandringandringandring until the phone company shuts the ring off after about 20 rings.How can nobody be home at the police department?Then my phone starts to...

Illustration Friday - Dec 2 - Blue

This peice is called Eyes of the Medicine Woman its 45" x 45". It is hand painted silk using the French Serti Technique of fencing in areas you want to paint. You first stretch the silk like canvas on a stretcher frame, then you treat the silk and paint. Its controlled chaos. The results are usually surprising.A few years back I went to see a medicine woman. A real live Belizean medicine woman way...

I feel so self conscious

I've been nominated for Best Caribbean Latino South American Bloghttp://weblogawards.org/2005/12/best_latino_caribbean_or_south.phpVote for me!Vote every day!I want that free trip to Good Mornin Uhmerika!I guess I'm over my shyne...

Shake It You Won't Break It

BLAM! I hear, and the house shakes.What happened? I call from the bedroom where I'm uploading files on my computer.Nothing. Bigness answers sheepishly.A few minutes later I walk out to our kitchen and look at the sliding glass door that leads to the verandah. I see a greasy face print about 7 feet up the glass. He's lucky he didnt break his nose, knowing how he walks full tilt all the time. I realize too late... Oh, I forgot to put the tape X on...