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Tuesday is for Trees


St. Lucia. The most mountainous of all the Caribbean Islands. Volcanic island. Oh, the natural beauty of it. Rainforests to hike through and discover another side of nature. Plunging cliffs that take your breath away. Winding roadswith hairpin turns and single wider roads. Hang on!!


Welcome to #TreeTuesday by @Old-Guy-Photos! Where every tree has meaning. Let's see your trees! You know you want to!


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I was driving through the countryside, taking in the lush beauty of St. Lucia, when I passed a banana farm and knew I had to stop for #TreeTuesday to get a shot. They have them in the blue bags to prevent black spots on them as they ripen. If a green banana rubs up against another, it will bruise. Also, they are sprayed for mites and the bag helps keep them safe from them. I am not sure how I feel about that! Technically, bananas are not even trees!! Who knew??? I just found out that they're perennial herbs.


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These are typical West Indies style housing with the pretty color dotting the landscape.


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Soufriere is the town that you see below the tree line. It makes a nice backdrop of the Pitons, the rainforest and the sea. Undeveloped and lightly populated, it is located in the southern part of the island. Trees are in abundance here!


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Quaint little fishing village, surrounded by a forest of trees and palms and banana trees. There were boats pulled up to shore and fishing nets being dried in the sun. And the people. The people were beautiful. Simply beautiful


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He lived in the fishing village and worked here, in this artists shack, which were dotted along the roadside everywhere I drove. He took out his guitar and seranaded us with his Bob Marely songs. Oh, yes! And then he showed us his artwork, as we looked down at the town. So much talent here. So little opportunity.



Villages with boats, yachts and fishing equipment. What a life, no? And TREES! There are trees all over the place!


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There is a melt-off upon my arrival back home. One day a frozen tundra and the next day 70. The trees did not appreciate this. Especially my Red Maple.


#Alwaysaflower. There must always be flowers to color my world.

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Somewhere A symphony plays The strings of my heart Passionately Harmonizing Making Music to my eyes


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A giant tree for good measure! Thank you for taking the time to do #TreeTuesday with me! Much appreciation to all. Have a great night from here!


Let the sun shine in on your life, so the joy may touch your soul.As always, keep on singing that song!! And just like that, this post is done. Thank you for stopping by and saying hello, leaving your words behind... and just so you know, although much sun and shine were used up today, I can guarantee that there is still a little left in my heart. Have a most fabulous day ahead!



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they set my aunts house on fire i cried the way women on tv do folding at the middle like a five pound note. i called the boy who use to love me tried to ‘okay’ my voice i said hello he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened?

i’ve been praying, and these are what my prayers look like; dear god i come from two countries one is thirsty the other is on fire both need water.

later that night i held an atlas in my lap ran my fingers across the whole world and whispered, "where does it hurt?" it answered,

"everywhere" "everywhere" "everywhere"

warsan shire


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Comments · 30

  • @manorvillemike(73)· 2364d

    What a gorgeous place ... I would fit right in since I love bananas ... 😃

  • @justclickindiva(78)· 2367d

    Beautiful is St. Lucia. I loved the photo showing the fishing boats. Beautiful shot of the water @dswigle.

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  • @wonderwop(67)· 2369d

    Those house colors are so cool @dswigle, great photos. 🙏

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  • @porters(73)· 2370d

    How strange to have blue bags on bananas! Beautiful photos of a beautiful place! It got me longing to be on the beaches in the warm weather! Still waiting for some thawing here although there is more heat in the sun now Thanks for sharing!

  • @prydefoltz(75)· 2370d

    You live the life, Denise. I would be jealous, except I know you make the most of it and share the energy of it with us all on steem. You are an inspiration. I did get around to joining #powerhousecreatives and now we are sisters in another way too:)

  • @papilloncharity(83)· 2370d

    Wow! And I thought that there was only a St Lucia here in South Africa. A lovely tropical area in KZN. That island looks fabulous Lady Denise and I am glad that you could get some R&R in. They wrap the bananas here in hessian cloth, as the cloth can breathe, but I have never seen them spraying the fruits. Far up north in Tzaneen, a place near where I lived as a child, there are tea plantations, mango trees, avocado trees, to only name a few and all over the place the banana trees can be seen. Glad that you are back and that you are well my dear friend. Blessings!

  • @kamrunnahar(67)· 2370d

    These are really pretty landscape and flowers photography. Thanks for your love to me and i am really encourage all of you.

  • @lymepoet(68)· 2370d

    That tropical island looks like paradise. The view from the top is mesmerizing. I love how the colourful houses stand against the green lush vegetation. Beautiful shots,as always!

  • @marybellrg(75)· 2370d

    A beautiful publication, full of that positive energy that permeates your soul and reminds you that the world is beautiful, despite its vicissitudes and setbacks. Thank you for sharing such beautiful material and beautiful photographs. Life is those small details that are beautiful in themselves and that sometimes we forget to appreciate. I hug you with love from Venezuela! @dswigle

  • @wwwiebe(74)· 2370d

    Look at you and all your fancy trees and cutely coloured houses and boats and such. That doesn't seem fair to the rest of us! 😂

  • @ourhappyplace(62)· 2370d

    Bananas are not trees? Interesting fact :) beautiful photos :) And beautiful countryside :)

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  • @redheadpei(72)· 2370d

    What a beautiful place with the colorful painted homes and the gorgeous scenery with backdrop of mountains Denise. Awesome trees.

    I didn’t know banana trees were considered a perennial herb. Not even considered a fruit tree? 😂 !tip

  • @birdsinparadise(68)· 2370d

    St. Lucia looks amazing @dswigle! I'm sure you didn't want to leave, lol The skies so blue, the water oh my goodness :) Beautiful beautiful...

  • @mballesteros(74)· 2370d

    Lovely photographs. I love trees and I remember that I have some trees pictures. Thank for sharing. 😉

  • @bdmillergallery(77)· 2370d

    Your post caught my eye with that blue bag.. I was thinking it was trash stuck in the tree and then after reading, it all makes perfect sense now..haha. Glad you had a nice vacation. My wife and I are stuck in the all inclusive rut, and like it. St Lucia doesn't have many of those and to tell ya the truth I wouldn't do one there. Looks like an island that one would like to just putter around on. Some day. Some day. Where did you end up staying?

    I can picture myself in that nice rancher by the marina in that photo of yours. Those docked sailboats and steep lush valley's look amazingly peaceful.

  • @hlezama(74)· 2370d

    Beautiful place. Santa Lucia is ne of those mysterious places we know very little about. It's nice to see some images and stories from there.

  • @joanstewart(75)· 2370d

    Hidden away amidst the trees, a small little village where life should be a breeze.

    Alas it is not so for fishing and farming, signing and art no big industry life is hard.

    If only we had money to buy that little something extra to make lives easier, the dream of many who are so poor, yet still happy and smiling.


    Looks so quaint, glad you enjoyed the warmth offered by all on your stay there Denise. Cold weather looks like it's on it's way out, have a wonderful day watching the warm sun start melting the ice away.

  • @ninahaskin(72)· 2370d

    Welcome back, Caribbean Queen!🏝 St. Lucia looks and sounds like a vacation in paradise, Denise. Glad you had fun!

    Thank you for the lesson about where bananas come from and their proper classification. A perennial herb?🍌

    That was great of you to bring the tropical warmth back home and thaw your maple tree! Please send some my way, as it's lightly snowing & freezing outside at the moment.

    Hope you have a terrific day! @dswigle💕

  • @watersnake101(68)· 2370d

    Wow I love the colorful houses. It feels like there is always a tropical party going on. Photos are superb by the way my friend.

  • @brittandjosie(76)· 2370d

    Ohhhh those colourful houses and the brother to bobM wow what a peaceful scenery and i get in The holiday mood just watching your photos. I have to wonder about that plastic used to cover, that is not very inviromental but ok brushed goods arent attractive either, thanks for the tree tuesday and congrats on the community pick by phc

  • @free-reign(67)· 2370d

    Great photos as always! Are you doing a lot of diving as you visit these tropical paradises? You must have so many gorgeous photos in your collection.

    I never knew that about bananas either. I wonder what they spray on them before they put them in the bags. I'm thinking it can't be anything healthy.

    I would have enjoyed the performance of Bob Marley songs as well. There's an indoor/outdoor club near me and on Friday evenings they have a guy that performs Bob Marley songs, and he's been there literally years.

    Are you back home for a while, or will you be off on another cruise soon?

    Have a great day!

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  • @shuvo35(71)· 2370d

    all photography just beautiful and very colourful. have a nice day 😊❤

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