CRABBY neighbor?

We see this crabby old neighbor almost every morning on our way to exercise but he/she usually runs away and hides. He/she lives in a hole by the side of the gutter that runs along the sidewalk beside our house. Wednesday morning he/she stayed out long enough for us to go inside for the camera and snap a picture or two. By the way, is it "Crab Festival" time at Red Lobster? Would anyone want to eat our crabby neighbor???

Pet or Stray?

Anyone interested in giving a doggie a home?

Missionary Transfers

Elder Jackson received word Tuesday evening he was being transerred from Dominica to Puerto Rico Wednesday. Packing wasn't easy! Leaving a place you've learned to love and two scheduled baptisms--especially when they're the first baptisms since you arrived--can't be easy! But, Elder Jackson took it like the faithful, obedient missionary he is. He managed to lighten his load by the thirteen pounds his luggage was overweight and was off on a new adventure.

Elder Maldonado waited patiently with the Hadlocks for the arrival of his new companion from Antigua.

Elder Schmutz managed to make it through customs despite the customs officer who likes nothing better than to give missionaries a difficult time!

Elder Maldonado had a plan for their first companionship teaching appointment Thursday after lunch at the Hadlocks.

Orange Juice

ORANGES? Look more like GREENS! At any rate, nine ugly oranges.....

a sharp knife, plastic cutting board, bowl, colander, blender .... and WAH-LAH! You have this much juice......

..... and this much pulp! After all the work, and all the mess, and all the ants, the 'juiceress' decided maybe paying the EC$29+ for an outdated carton of Tropicana might be the way to go????

"OK! Lunch is ready." Michael George is happy to be first in line!

Ronald Rossi is very polite and content to wait. Ronald is an investigator who says he wants to be baptized. He brought sandwiches he'd asked his sister to make for him. The young generation loved the sandwiches!

Some were obedient and ate their lunch outside on the veranda.

Hermine enjoyed every bite!

Carib Territory & Pirates of the Caribbean Scenes

28 July 2010 we picked up Elders Jackson and Maldonado at their third-floor apartment in Picard, a Portsmouth suburb, and drove to Carib Territory on the northeast side of the island of Dominica, .....

....stopping along the way to snap pictures of scenes ..... which may be recognizable to Johnny Depp fans.

This asphalt trail is the only evidence that remains of a chase scene from a popular Hollywood movie.........Any guesses?........

Becoming more familiar? We hope someone recognizes these "rocks." All that's missing are ships and pirates........and dark of night!

"Mabrika! Come Celebrate (with us)...... Kalinago Barana Aute. http://www.kalinagobaranaaute.dm/.

If you're really quiet,.......... and look closely in the stream,........ you might glimpse a shrimp.

Cinnamon tree leaves smell even better than warm zucchini bread!

A canoe carved by the Kalinago from either "grommier" or "white cedar" trees in times past took up to a year. Modern tools have cut that time to as little as three to six months, depending on the hardness of the tree.

Picture and description on the wall inside the visitors' center show that cassava bread was a mainstay of the indigenous diet....

This is how it's done today. One must try cassava bread for him/herself. It's ground from cassava root, covered with water, then squeezed dry to remove toxins, mixed with coconut, salt and sugar, smashed with the bottom of a cup and baked over a fire. We found that ONE PIECE of cassava bread was more than substantial, and WAY MORE THAN SUFFICIENT!!!

Making Passion-fruit Juice

To make passion-fruit juice one would start with three little plastic bags containing three passion-fruit, each tied with an impossible Caribbean knot, inside another plastic bag tied with another of those impossible Caribbean knots! Next one would cut through the tough outer peel ..... scrape the pulp and seeds .....

into a blender with a little tap water. Then, give five quick pulses of the blender.Next, one would force the juice and as much pulp as possible through a sieve into a pitcher or other container of choice.

One would see that nine passion fruit of various sizes would result in approximately .........

...... 2 cups of great-tasting PASSION FRUIT JUICE!

....... and lots of little black seeds that one would flush down the toilet.Or, ............ one could simply go to Wal-Mart and purchase a carton of passion fruit juice!