i love having company. St. Croix is a wonderful island to show off and we do show off whenever we have visitors. Leading someone through the unknown, especially a pesky guest, can be full of trials and tribulations...but not usually. We sus them out, figure out what they enjoy and then try to accommodate their needs so they will come back. We want them to visit again and again so we try to feed them the gems. Of course we always keep more in reserve for that next trip.Because there hasn't been a whole lot of time to write this week, darn that pesky guest, i've decided to put up a few nature pictures.
We have spent a lot of time eating, chatting, playing at the beach, hiking, touring around, swimming and taking pictures so here we go.
At Sandy Point we had a Little Blue Heron that was very accommodating. It was almost as if he wanted to have his picture taken. Its not a great shot as we have been hit with "dirty air" from South America which is creating hazy conditions.
The crab on the rock is but a shadow of his former self. i actually placed this abandoned skin here as that pesky guest had considered taking it back home. i thought a picture might work better.
The blue brain coral is how it looks when the algae has left and it is gasping for life. It is a beautiful color but sad none the less.
Underwater photos are really hard to take. Our pesky guest has an underwater camera and let me play with it...so now you have to suffer through my learning phase. Hopefully sometime in the future they will have much more clarity, when i have time to practice with one of my own.
Green and Hawksbill turtles are common in the islands. This one is a green that stayed around long enough to get a quick shot.
Sargent Majors mingling under the pier are great subjects, but they won't hold still. Putting that focus on one and hoping you are holding the camera steady enough in swelly water is a feat. i had a lot of blurry ones that were deleted.
St. Croix still has areas that have remained relatively unspoiled. How much longer that will be the case is anyone's guess. At Will's Bay below there is a major hotel slated to go into the valley just before the baths. With the economic climate not as conducive as it was to development maybe this pristine place will get some breathing room.
Pesky guests love going places that are not crowded. It gets them in touch with the beautiful side of nature and makes for great photo ops!
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