Haynes Library

An update on the Friends of the Library program.

This week I am bringing you a heartening update on the Friends of the Library program which I wrote about a few weeks ago. Latest news is that 185 tablets have been purchased and delivered to students from Hatchet Bay down to Tarpum Bay. Altogether six primary schools and Central Eleuthera High School have all benefitted from this very successful […]

Big thank you to the Leon Levy Preserve and Shelby White

This week I want to say a big – very big – thank you to the Leon Levy Preserve and Ms Shelby White for a very generous donation to Project Text – run through Haynes Library here in Governors Harbour. The donation means that around 110 tablets – with a hotspot – can be provided to children whose families do […]

A glorious summer camp at Haynes Library

Last Friday saw the finish of a glorious summer camp at Haynes Library here in Governors Harbour. I have already told you that the theme was around the world in 30 days – well the last week after having been all around the world they made rockets to go off in to outer space ! They were made with Alka […]

A sizzling summer in Eleuthera

It really is a sizzling summer here in Eleuthera – and we had a spectacular thunderstorm and plenty of rain to prove it. Hopefully the rain will cool the ocean down a bit and lessen the risk of a hurricane…… Meanwhile the Haynes Library Summer camp for the kids is going from strength to strength. This week there is a […]

Summer camps, lovely lunches in Eleuthera and Happy Independence Day

This week there is plenty to write about – summer camps, lovely lunches and Happy Independence Day all here in the Bahamas. So first – the summer camps. This week I went to see the summer camp being held at Haynes Library. The theme of the camp is around the world in 30 days – six weeks of camp – […]

Haynes Library update and a wedding celebration in Eleuthera

Lots of joy and delight in Governors Harbour this week with an update on The Haynes Library and a lovely wedding celebration. The funds raised by the Jazz Festival in 2018 have been put to great use at the Haynes Library by updating the computer centre there. There are now 15 new desktop computers there along with a much more […]

Thanksgiving and the late Joy Pyfrom in Eleuthera 2017

Thanksgiving week in Eleuthera this year was marked for many of us by the gathering of friends of dear Joy Pyfrom to celebrate her life, to come together for a Sunday lunch party and talk about her life and reminisce….. It was hosted by a good friend of hers Davida Carvin and her friend Mary Schwanke at Davida’s house in […]

This and that this week in Eleuthera !

This week’s blog is a bit of this and a bit of that -news of what’s happening in Eleuthera and at Governors Estate. Great news is that The Buccaneer is open again, and so is Tippy’s. Da Perk opened last week and The Island Farm is opening on Monday 30th October. The 6 or 7 weeks while a lot of […]

Encouraging new businesses and All That Jazz…..

This blog has a wonderful organic way of generating itself – this week I am writing about encouraging new businesses here in Eleuthera as a result of being paid a visit by an enthusiastic and talented young entrepreneur. Menishca Barr and her husband are starting up a small business manufacturing soaps, body wash, hair shampoo, body scrubs and body lotions […]

An Arty Week in Governors Harbour

What a great arty week we have just had in Governors Harbour ! Saturday 10th September saw the launch of the art show – Max and Amos – featuring the work of Maxwell Taylor and Amos Ferguson at the beautifully renovated old Pyfrom’s liquor store – now known as the Pink Perch. It was staged by the National Art Gallery […]

Kathy Colman

Writer, Interior Designer, Foodie, and Wife to Bob. Living in Eleuthera, Bahamas

An update on the Friends of the Library program.

Big thank you to the Leon Levy Preserve and Shelby White

A glorious summer camp at Haynes Library

A sizzling summer in Eleuthera

Summer camps, lovely lunches in Eleuthera and Happy Independence Day

Haynes Library update and a wedding celebration in Eleuthera

Thanksgiving and the late Joy Pyfrom in Eleuthera 2017

This and that this week in Eleuthera !

Encouraging new businesses and All That Jazz…..

An Arty Week in Governors Harbour

Kathy Colman

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