Doris, laundry, karaoke, bearded dragon...

More of Doris' beautiful fabric.

Doris and Susie.

A cruising friend of ours, Dick, taught us how to make dry rub BBQ ribs.  They were veryyyyy delicious.  We ate them at Ester's.

This was the meal, salad, ribs and pickled beets.

The cat came to visit too.

Tuesday Night Karaoke.  Mary and Duncan singing.

EJ singing.

I asked Anthony to hang the laundry out.  Can you tell it was him?

One of the girls at Hawksbill Yacht Club had a Bearded Dragon as a pet.

Jeremy, Doris....April 2012

 When I was in the Bahamas three years ago I was looking for a person who was blind so that I could perhaps be of some help.  Some people told me there was a woman who was blind by the City Market in Port Lucaya so I got on my bike to go looking for her.  There she was sitting behind her little table by the grocery store selling peanuts.  She had a poster on her table saying that she was Margaret Russel and that she was blind and to please buy her peanuts and God Bless.  I walked up to her and introduced myself as a retired teacher of the blind and asked her if she would like to learn Braille.  She said she already knew Braille but like to practice it and learn more so...our visits started.  I would take my Perkins Brailler to the parking lot outside the grocery store and Margaret and I would practice Brailling.   Then Margaret became very ill and couldn't come to the City Market any more so I went to her apartment and we did Braille there until she became very weak and couldn't work the Brailler any more so I would pick up a Bahamian meal from a local restaurant and we would share lunch together and visit.  Margaret died that June one day before I left.  I didn't find out until the next year when I returned because my phone had been cut off and I had said my goodbyes the week before.  When I returned the next year I was very sad to hear that Margaret had died.  I went looking for her son Jeremy so that I could continue our brief relationship so this is a picture of Jeremy and me.  We meet every now and then at the KFC near his highschool.  He is a very sweet young man and very handsome, don't you think. 

This is some of Doris Hamilton's pottery.  She calls it Batik Pottery.

This is Doris, granddaughter, Susie, standing in front of the tub that Doris dyes her fabric in.

Doris and Susie in Doris and Chris' kitchen.

Susie and me.

Susie's feet.

Some of Doris' fabric.

 Hand batiked.  Isn't it beautiful?

Hank and Diane...Brailling in the Bahamas

Hanks Bday Party at Ester's.   A proud sailor.

Diane and me.

Hank and me.

This is what my bike basket looks like when I'm heading out to teach Braille in the Bahamas.  You can see my Perkins Brailler and some scribbler's with dark lines for the young boy at Beacon's School who is Visually Impaired.

This is Edmond in Grade one.  He is a very good Brailler.  This Brailler was donated by Val and her friend Al.  Thanks to them for giving Edmond a chance to continue his Brailling.

Here Edmond is using a Braille Calendar set that was donated by a Braille Angel in Canada.

This is paper with raised lines.

On Monday afternoons, I would bicycle to Leona and Lakita's home and we would all do Braille with her friend Vandrea.  Here is Vandrea Brailling.  The Braille Association in Freeport had two Perkins Braillers for their members to use.  Vandrea needs a Perkins Brailler so she can practice at home.  They are $700.  I am looking for donations to pay for materials for the students in Brailling in the Bahamas and two Perkins Braillers.  Let me know if you have ideas for fund raising for this.

Lakita and her Mom, Leona during Brailling class.  Lakita isn't blind and is learning Braille with her Mom.  She is a big help because she can read out what the dots are for each letter for Leona and Vandrea when they need a bit of help.

Coins, Annie, Shavargo, Carolyn, Brailling in the Bahamas...

Anthony working on coin sets at Annie's.

We would go to Annie and Chippie's and help her work on putting together her coin sets once and awhile.  It was fun.

Business woman Annie, working on the phone.

One of my students, Shavargo, working on his Brailling.

This is what my bike looks like as I'm about to bike to Sharvargo place.  Brailler in the basket.

Student and keeper of the books, Carolyn, Brailling at her restaurant, Ruby Swiss, we would meet there every Friday with Glenelle and later with Pastor Lornal and his wife Peggy.

The Perkin's Brailler that Appleby College donated to Brailling in the Bahamas.

Carolyn and Peggy working on their Braille.

Art in the Bahamas.  These are Evelyn's watercolour pics.  We got together for an afternoon of painting.  She is really good and sells her pictures.

Ev is on White Diamond and they sail around the Bahamas in the winter and run a campground near Bancroft in the summer.

Doris, family and fabric...

Batiked fabric by Doris Hamilton.  Isn't it gorgeous?

Susie's hand on mine.

Grandson, Daniel.

Doris' daughter, Hausa, and me.

Tom, Carol, Hank...Port Lucaya...

So Carol and I bicycled to Port Lucaya and walked around there for a while and then Tom offered us a ride back on his fishing boat.  He and Hank were there visiting Rum Runners.  This is Anthony and Tom tying our boats on the back of the boat.

My highschool bud, Carol and me, 40 years later?  Couldn't be.

Hanky from the sailing boat, Adanac, catamaran built by him.

The GHOST SHIP from Pirates of the Caribbean.  It sits in the bay off of Port Lucaya.

Snorkelling on the reef.

Snorkelling can be very funny.

On the beach with Carol and John