Yearly Archives: 2006

Junkanoo is postponed!

The weather here in Nassau is delightfully muggy and hardly hot; for Christmas, we feast on a dinner with turkey, port and Cuban cigars sponsored by the Graycliff Hotel, then play games, while every few minutes a horse-driven carriage clops by under our white balcony. Each horse wears a straw chapeau; it’s hokey,...

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Greetings from Small Hope Bay

The school I attended in Calabash Bay on Andros Island in the Bahamas has long since morphed into a fundamentalist church, and the kiwi trees we kids used to sit under for lessons have been backhoed away. Still, the core interior is mostly unchanged, and it’s easy to see past the altar to the...

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Such good news!

I’m delighted to tell everyone that following the launch of our new portrait site at www.janeeatonhamiltonphotography.com/portraits, we have now officially rolled out our new travel site at www.janeeatonhamiltonphotography.com/travel. It’ll go live sometime this week. What a bundle of work it was to put together! And now, beyond the showcasing of our favorite...

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Look at baby Leif now!

In the midst of Vancouver’s cold snap and 2 feet of snow, we got together with Leif, the little tot in my book “Becoming Leif.” Look at this little pike now! He’s almost 20 pounds at 4 months old and just as cute as a button.
Leif’s doing all that cool older baby...

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The Himba

In 2003, when Karutijambja left her village to fetch water at the Kunene River, a crocodile grabbed her and dragged her under. Her dog attacked, and the croc let Karutijambja go, grabbing the dog instead. Karutijambja was flown out to the hospital by the good folks at the Serra Cafema Lodge, and, amazingly,...

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