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Update on the GHFR Fire Truck and other stories

This week I am bringing you a lovely update on the GHFR Fire Truck as well as other stories … Two of the members of the Governors Harbour Fire and Rescue Department took a trip over to the US to be trained on the actual fire engine that has been purchased for Governors Harbour. They were coached by the fire […]

Michele Johnson – wishing you the happiest birthday

So this week we all want to wish dear Michele Johnson the happiest of happy birthdays. Many of you will know Michele from The Buccaneer , The Haynes Library and many of her other numerous involvements. She is a very special woman who has been immersed in this community in central Eleuthera ever since she first came here many years […]

Date night at Tippy’s ……

Yes – you read that right – we had a date night last week at Tippy’s – and very enjoyable it was too ! I don’t know about the rest of you but we seem to have forgotten how nice it can feel to go out at night to have a meal. Since lockdown we have definitely got out of […]

Easier to travel to Eleuthera – yippee !

Yes – great news if you haven’t heard it already that no tests or travel visas are required anymore to travel to and from the Bahamas. For us that means no antigen test to travel to the US or back home here. Of course this only applies if you are fully vaccinated – if you are not then you still […]

Hot Buns is open and eating at The Surf Club

News this week of the rest of our trip to Florida including eating at the Surf Club and also news that Hot Buns is now open here in Governors Harbour. Hot Buns has had a quiet slide into opening. They are not quite fully operational but what we see so far is great. Bob and I had a takeout sandwich […]

A relaxing long weekend in Eleuthera

This last weekend we had two public holidays – Friday was Labor Day and Monday was Whit Monday – so it made for a lovely long break. The weather was appalling for a holiday – I am talking about torrential rain – actually what we were getting was rain from Tropical Storm Alexa. So it was hunkering down time and […]

Pineapples , Poincianas and Parties this week

Yes – pineapples, poincianas and parties are all featured in this week’s blog. As I wrote the other week pineapple season is well and truly here – they are absolutely delicious as well. We are very lucky to be gifted with the very best pineapples – thanks this week to the lovely Eva Thompson from Gregory Town for an absolute […]

8 years of blogging plus dining at BFF

Yes dear friends – it is 8 years since I started this blog and I can’t believe that I still find things to ramble on about after all this time – right ? I am putting a link HERE to the very first post that I wrote…. Much has happened in those 8 years and I think that I will […]

Pineapples, a graduation and book shelves ….

Yes this week you get to hear about pineapples – back in season on island , a graduation and our bookshelves at Sprawling Towers. Pineapple season is here again in Eleuthera – the best sweetest and juiciest pineapples ever – not that I am biased in any way you understand . This week we were very generously gifted 6 pineapples […]

Gearing up for Summer Camp in Governors Harbour

This week we are gearing up for Summer Camp in Governors Harbour so I am handing the blog over to Dr Claire Verden who has written this great piece …… “As the weather gets warmer and the end of the school year comes ever closer, it’s time to think about what children will do over the long summer weeks when […]

Kathy Colman

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

Update on the GHFR Fire Truck and other stories

Michele Johnson – wishing you the happiest birthday

Date night at Tippy’s ……

Easier to travel to Eleuthera – yippee !

Hot Buns is open and eating at The Surf Club

A relaxing long weekend in Eleuthera

Pineapples , Poincianas and Parties this week

8 years of blogging plus dining at BFF

Pineapples, a graduation and book shelves ….

Gearing up for Summer Camp in Governors Harbour

Kathy Colman

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