It was a cactus bud

No, it was not an artichoke. Tracey G and Michelle had it right! Yesterday's Wordless Wednesday picture is of an cactus bud. This particular cactus called "Dama di anochi" (lady of the night) in Papiamentu, only opens its flowers during the night and it only does so about twice a year. Last night was the first night that one flower opened. Tonight all of the buds are supposed to open.

Here is a snapshot of what it looked like last night.

See the little bud on the lower right?

Wordless Wednesday - Do you know what this is?

Pictures after a week of fun

As promised, here are some pictures taken during my time exploring Curacao.  You can find some more in the album "Curacao" on Flickr. It was an amazing week, but I did miss blogging.

The above picture is the most creative thing I saw this week, a pot made out of an ostrich egg shell.  

Relaxing

Will be exploring Curacao in the next couple of days. Will be back later with pictures (this one was taken yesterday).

In the mean time would really like to hear more about the most relaxing place you've ever experienced. (I will be checking the comments).

Breathtaking Curacao sunset tripych

Recently I stumbled upon these pictures I took of a breathtaking sunset in Curacao. So I decided to put them together in Photoshop and create a tripych.It was taken at my house, so that is why you can see part of the roofing with some trees. I thought it looked kind of cool and chose not to crop it out of the picture.

Other Curacao related posts:

- Orguyo | Triptych 
- Curacao flavoured artwork - Nena Sanchez 
- Curacao beaches - playanan di Korsou

Curacao flavoured artwork - Nena Sanchez

 

Last weekend, I stopped by the art gallery of Nena Sanchez here in Curacao. Our island is known for it's colors and Ms. Sanchez does not fall short of showing this off in her artwork. All of the drawings that she does involves some kind of architecture, flower or cultural elements of our island.

Best thing about it is that she also has her artwork online, this way everyone from all over the world can have a piece of her artwork in their home. So go take a look at her artwork at nenasanchez.com

Open Atelier Curacao 2011

Today I spend the day visiting different ateliers on the island. They opened their workplaces for the public for these two days. So far it has been a true inspiration to me and just makes me want to create more. Here are some of my favorites. Maybe it will do the same for you.

Top left: No title by Ailsa Anastatia
Top right: Stone tribe sculpture by Ashley Mauricia
Bottom left: Tender II by Midzy Longuevergne
Bottom right: No title by Tanya Haynes

Curacao beaches - playanan di Korsou

As requested by Cynthia I made a little collage of my favorite beaches in Curacao. Since I don't have good pictures myself I resulted to Flickr for some help.

Curacao has 50 some beaches. Most of them are small, white sandy beaches. There are some popular ones that have bars and turn into party clubs at night, but I prefer the nice quiet ones.

Upper left: Playa Kenepa Grandi by procktheboat
Upper right: Cas Abou by Martina Valle
Middle and bottom left: Playa Forti by Peter Breuls - The only brown sand beach on the list.
Bottom right: Playa Lagun by Liembo