today we went to plum bay aka baie aux prunes, one of our favorite beaches just up the road in terres basses. driving through the hilly streets surrounded by lush green vegetation, beautiful gates that lead to secluded holiday mansions, and the brilliant blue sky decorated with puffy clouds up above, i was instantly put into that wonderful "i live in paradise" mindset i sometimes get while living here.
all the stress from packing, carrying, and unpacking our beach things (i know my life is not that stressful) melts away when i see this view. i think it is beautiful in this picture, but believe me when i tell you it is so much more vibrant and awesome in real life.
ezra and i had a great time with some of our island friends.
we were having one last hurrah with our friend alicia and her sweet baby kendall who leave the island forever this friday. we have loved spending time with them talking about life and motherhood. ezra has gotten a chance to try out the role of big brother and he has since been asking for a baby sister. i shot these pictures at the beginning of our visit just to document the beautiful setting and people we were with.
with us were our friends leah,
her daughter arden,
and laura.
after i took these pictures leah and i went snorkeling for my longest swim yet, while ezra played on the beach with the rest of the gang. we saw several schools of tropical fish, urchins, coral, and blue, green, yellow, silver, and purple fish swimming solo looking for food. it was so dreamy that i wish i could go everyday. afterward arden went snorkeling and pulled ezra and i along in a blow up boat while she collected a small white urchin from below to take a closer look at it. she said, "it feels just like a fork" but ezra said no when she asked if he wanted to touch it. then we traded places and i snorkeled again and pulled arden and ezra along in the boat. after that we followed the adventurous arden to go fishing from the rocks. ezra pulled out the bait of squid and shrimp and threw some of it in the ocean and sweet leah didn't mind. in between these fun little escapades we had some popcorn, watched baby kendall eat sand, applied suncscreen, and had some conversation. but, i'd say 85% of our time was spent in the water and that made me so happy. this was by far one of my favorite beach days yet!
Anushka! I loved this post. I was so sad to say goodbye to such a good friend today. You have such a peaceful sense about you and I have loved when we'd get together. Good luck to you guys and please stay in touch. :)
ReplyDeletei love your storytelling and your beautiful pictures. i'm so glad i get to spend time with you and ez on this beautiful island! and i knew i was freckly before, but MAN do my freckles come out in that picture! :D
ReplyDeletethank you for saying that alicia. the feeling is mutual. i held back tears saying goodbye to you and kendall today and afterward, ezra was in a very bad mood. : ( we hate saying goodbye to the people we love! and laura - i'm so happy you are here too and that we will leave the island together instead of one before the other (let's hope...). and i love freckles.
ReplyDeleteHey Anushka, I love the blog. I had such a great time at the beach the other day. I am about to take Alicia, Roger, and Kendall to the airport. I hope I can hold it together. We have all been so blessed to have each other and live in such a beautiful place. Alicia's leaving makes it all more of a reality that we are only here for a little while and we need to enjoy every minute of it. I will be leaving next. Your blog will be a great keepsake for your family. talk to you soon. :)
ReplyDeletePrecious post! Looks like y'all had a great day!! Makes me wish we were at the beach together!
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