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a roadside treat
easy breezy Sunday
and a brisk trade

the street vendors
cut with the greatest of skill
fresh green coconuts

coconuts
clumped together on a branch
water filled

refreshing drink -
truck-piled the empty nuts
fit for the dump
© gillena cox


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Western Main Road 2015
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A good way to get the Sunday going is to drink a coconut water. Here in St James, the vendors along the Western Main Road will sell you a freshly cut nut and you can drink the water from the nut or with a straw. They also sell you bottled coconut water.

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42 comments:

  1. Mascha10:32 AM

    Coconut water - so delicous and rare with us!
    I like it since childhood, but only by Christmas we got one coconut every year)
    Have a blessed new week

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  2. Gillena Cox10:38 AM

    Happy you dropped by Mascha

    much love...

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  3. brudberg11:52 AM

    Sounds so refreshing... I never had it, but I can understand that it is refreshing.

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  4. dsnake111:52 AM

    mmm!delicious cool drink from the fresh fruit!
    reminds me of familiar scenes over here. i don't know how those vendors cut those coconuts, turning the fruit on one hand and chopping away with a big blade on another. real skills. :)

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    1. Gillena Cox1:33 PM

      Real skills. Happy you dropped in Cheong San

      Much love...

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  5. Adelaide12:29 PM

    I've never had it, but I love the coconut meat.

    all the best and happy Sunday

    Adelaide

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    1. Gillena Cox1:34 PM

      Thanks for dropping by Adelaide

      Much love...

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  6. J.N.T.12:49 PM

    Yup. those coconuts that make up islands or the other way around. thanks for the memories. good lunch break image for any day here in DC.

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    1. Gillena Cox1:34 PM

      Thanks for dropping in James

      Much love...

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  7. Sanaa Rizvi1:52 PM

    Nothing like a fresh coconut to cheer up your day :D
    Beautifully executed :D

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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    1. Gillena Cox1:55 PM

      Thanks for dropping in and linking up Sanaa

      Much love...

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  8. Sherry Blue Sky2:35 PM

    I can feel the atmosphere of the market.

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    1. Gillena Cox2:45 PM

      Thanks for dropping in Sherry

      Much love...

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  9. Donna@LivingFromHappiness3:50 PM

    Now that would be amazing to drink the coconut water right from the coconut...love the image!

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    1. Gillena Cox6:12 PM

      Happy you dropped by Donna


      Much love...

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  10. X4:01 PM

    Personally a big fan of street vendors.
    In NYC, down near Chinatown, the guys set up boxes
    and slice samples with a big machette.

    When I was in Miami a few weeks ago,
    I got coconuts right off the tree - well what fell
    from the tree after the storms.

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      Thanks for dropping in X

      Much love...

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  11. Magical Mystical Teacher4:36 PM

    This is a lovely tale you tell. I'm sure the coconuts are smiling! ;)

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    1. Gillena Cox6:14 PM

      Happy you dropped in Maggie

      Much love...

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  12. Mary4:54 PM

    Oh I would LOVE to have some of the fruit sold by those vendors!

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    1. Gillena Cox6:15 PM

      Thanks for dropping in Maggie

      Much love...

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  13. Old Egg7:55 PM

    I was interested to note that you called it coconut water, for I remember it being called coconut milk. I guess that is some government regulation because the coconut has no teats?
    Over here you would have to have a licence to sell on the street unless it was in front of your own property.

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    1. Gillena Cox12:43 AM

      Coconut milk is what younger when you grate dried coconuts and extract the liquid. Coconut water looks like water and is contained in the green coconut

      Glad you dropped in Robin

      Much love...

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  14. Gabriella8:49 PM

    I like the scene you paint, Gillena, and would not mind a drink of that coconut water.

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    1. Gillena Cox12:44 AM

      Thanks for dropping in Gabriella

      Much love...

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  15. Diane Mayr9:30 PM

    Thanks for including the video, I enjoy the old Belafonte records and this tune and "Jump the Line" remind me of the times growing up when listened to the radio almost exclusively.

    Your street vendor poems remind me of the times when a man drove his horse and cart down my grandmother's street selling vegetables. I'm feeling nostalgic today, I guess.

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    1. Gillena Cox12:45 AM

      Happy you dropped in Diane

      Much love...

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  16. C.C.9:58 PM

    Mmmm.....that sounds absolutely delicious :-)

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    1. Gillena Cox12:45 AM

      Thanks for dropping in CC

      Much love...

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  17. NataĊĦek3:19 AM

    very refreshing :)

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  18. Unknown6:22 AM

    Every refreshing words is as wonderful as the song, and so engaging, what a lovely post Gillena!

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  19. Sumana Roy6:55 AM

    aw...i love coconut water...refreshing indeed...

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  20. Gen Giggles 9:29 AM

    A great scene you've paimted for us.

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  21. Susan9:47 AM

    You take me there with words/image/song. Great!

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  22. Magaly Guerrero11:20 AM

    Your words have made my mouth water...

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  23. Gillena Cox6:53 PM

    Thanks for dropping in Natasa

    Much love...

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  24. Gillena Cox6:54 PM

    Thanks for dropping in Sumana

    Much love...

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  25. Gillena Cox6:55 PM

    Thanks .GL

    Much love...

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  26. Gillena Cox6:56 PM

    Happy you dropped by Susan

    Much love...

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  27. Gillena Cox6:56 PM

    Thanks for dropping in Magaly

    Much love...

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  28. Locomente6:31 AM

    Vivid!

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