Two favorite things, yellow and tulips.

GD #1 with her Yellow elephant watering can.. She was abt 2 1/2 in this pic.. she will 7 soon

Sea weed.

Palenquera in Cartagena, Colombia

Amazing photograph of the woman in Columbia! Now I want to see more. I’m assuming you travelled there?

liasch, yes we visited the walled city of Cartagena on a Panama Canal tour. Here’s a bit about the ladies

”During the height of the Spanish colonial period, Cartagena was a major hub for the transatlantic slave trade. Africans were captured, shipped, and sold across the Americas, many through the bustling port of Cartagena. But amidst this grim chapter of history, stories of resistance emerged. One of the most remarkable is the formation of San Basilio de Palenque, located about 50 kilometers outside Cartagena.

In the early 1600s, groups of enslaved Africans, many of whom would later be associated with the Palenquera fruit sellers of Cartagena, managed to escape their captors and flee into the nearby jungles. They formed fortified communities known as “palenques,” where they could live free from Spanish rule. San Basilio de Palenque was one of the most successful of these settlements. Officially established in 1713, it became the first free town in the Americas. Today, it is a UNESCO World Heritage site, recognized for its role in preserving African cultural traditions.

The residents of San Basilio maintained their African languages, religious practices, and customs, blending them with local indigenous and Caribbean elements to create a unique Afro-Colombian culture. The Palenqueras, as women from this community are known, played a crucial role in maintaining economic and cultural ties with Cartagena.”

You know that you’re in New Mexico when you seen signs warning you to watch out for cattle, wild horses, mule deer and aliens on the roads!

Yellow Record

eltonjohndriver, I love your different coloured records. My husband has a few red ones. I’ve never seen yellow ones.

I remember a promotion at a local KFC when I was a kid and they gave out a Bobby Curtola 45 on a thin red plastic sheet. It was square.

Ooops, I forgot my other sign!

Birthday flowers from a number of years ago.

Ginkgo leaves. When one falls, they all fall.

tj

Great signs! Thanks for the Afro Caribbean history. Fascinating!

Hobbittmom, is that Julia Child?

@palisades_ yep. She is one of my favorites. Always beautiful, bountiful, and well behaved.

Thanks Roxsolid.

Great story about the Cartagena ladies!

Sulphur butterfly emerging

In the village of Vinci, Tuscany

And one of my favorite butterflies