Thursday, September 13, 2012

Old San Juan folklore and photos




Mountainside of Arecibo PR




Side of road at El Yunque rain forest at Rio Grande, PR






Town square of San Juan Puerto Rico









Entrance of San Cristobal Fortress in San Juan PR






Old Church in town square






the side of el Morro in San Juan






aero view of el Morro in San Juan






The capitol in San Juan


Old San Juan folklore and photos



These are photos of a trip I took to San Juan a few years ago. I went with a neighbor to San Juan and El Morro fort. I was told this story about a legend about a giant rock formation that is across the bridge of the two brothers or "Puente de los dos Hermanos". This bridge connects old San Juan to Isla Verde Condado. The legend goes that during the 16th century there was a captain of a Spanish galleon who was returning home to San Juan, it was a stormy evening and the galleon struck a rock coming into the port of Puerto Rico. The captain's dog saw the galleon sinking from the coast and swam into the ocean looking for his owner, the captain. The captain of the galleon and his dog both drowned off the coast of Puerto Rico, the legend says that from the middle point of the bridge there is a rock formation shaped like a dog's profile across the bridge; at night along the bridge people can hear the sound of a dog howling looking for his owner.

Some of the photos were taken years ago, but I have some vintage postcards from Puerto Rico uploaded too.



 


Old San Juan folklore and photos

Mountainside of Arecibo PR
Side of road at El Yunque rain forest at Rio Grande, PR

Town square of San Juan Puerto Rico


Entrance of San Cristobal Fortress in San Juan PR

Old Church in town square

the side of el Morro in San Juan

aero view of el Morro in San Juan

The capitol in San Juan

Old San Juan folklore and photos

These are photos of a trip I took to San Juan a few years ago. I went with a neighbor to San Juan and El Morro fort. I was told this story about a legend about a giant rock formation that is across the bridge of the two brothers or "Puente de los dos Hermanos". This bridge connects old San Juan to Isla Verde Condado. The legend goes that during the 16th century there was a captain of a Spanish galleon who was returning home to San Juan, it was a stormy evening and the galleon struck a rock coming into the port of Puerto Rico. The captain's dog saw the galleon sinking from the coast and swam into the ocean looking for his owner, the captain. The captain of the galleon and his dog both drowned off the coast of Puerto Rico, the legend says that from the middle point of the bridge there is a rock formation shaped like a dog's profile across the bridge; at night along the bridge people can hear the sound of a dog howling looking for his owner.
Some of the photos were taken years ago, but I have some vintage postcards from Puerto Rico uploaded too.

 

My garden Part III Eggplants

From my garden Part III Eggplants



My vegetables are growing at slower pace and not as large as before so I may have to add more seeds to my tomato plants. Some of my plants have been getting insects since I stopped using the sprinkler system and started to hand water. I think I am going to go back to the sprinklers, it help keep pests out of the garden. Here are photos of vegetables from my garden; cucumbers, tomatoes, tomato plant, peppers and cilantro seeds.







































My garden Part III Eggplants

From my garden Part III Eggplants

My vegetables are growing at slower pace and not as large as before so I may have to add more seeds to my tomato plants. Some of my plants have been getting insects since I stopped using the sprinkler system and started to hand water. I think I am going to go back to the sprinklers, it help keep pests out of the garden. Here are photos of vegetables from my garden; cucumbers, tomatoes, tomato plant, peppers and cilantro seeds.











Sunday, September 2, 2012

Vintage Vavoom I love this book






Vintage Vavoom I love this book


 







I have had this book for about 4 years and I never get tired of going back to it for ideas on organization and home decoration with vintage salvaged upcycled items used in a creative method.



How to create displays with your collections and reuse vintage items for new purposes. At end of book, it has a list of resources, such as antiques and flea markets online. This book has tips on how to search flea markets and find those treasures.



This book has beautiful photography and its stunning how collections are placed in this book. This book was published in 2007. 




























Vintage Vavoom I love this book



Vintage Vavoom I love this book

 






I have had this book for about 4 years and I never get tired of going back to it for ideas on organization and home decoration with vintage salvaged upcycled items used in a creative method.

How to create displays with your collections and reuse vintage items for new purposes. At end of book, it has a list of resources, such as antiques and flea markets online. This book has tips on how to search flea markets and find those treasures.

This book has beautiful photography and its stunning how collections are placed in this book. This book was published in 2007. 















Thursday, August 30, 2012

Trip to local Lowe's

Lowe's has great selection of  perrennials and annuals around the 200 corridor in Ocala.   I love visiting Lowe's and finding the next edition to my garden.














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