The Origin of The Coconut Vendor lorries, or ornate new advertising wagons, have been a fixture in Port-of-Spain seemingly forever. Long before bottled water and cheap, plastic bottled soft drinks, the easy way to refresh oneself after a hot day in the city was to pay a penny and have a vendor wield a razor-sharp cutlass across a coconut, guzzle the sweet water and then have it hacked open, so that the jelly inside could be eaten with an improvised spoon made from a chip of the same coconut shell. READ MORE HERE
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YUMMY
I made cucumber water.
What would you do with any one or all of these veggies Tell me in the comments ☺
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[From my archives]
Here am i Year 2020 with my coconut i bought from the vendor behind me😊
Today's haiku was first posted at Facebook during this week
rainy days are the best
when the Netflix romance guy
makes his woman laugh
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Thanks to the editors
PUBLISHED
4 collaborations written with Linda Lee
2 cherita And 2 TanRenga
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My Granddaughter 💖Zuri and two of her peers in a mini recital on Wednesday of this week
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THIS WEEK'S ANNOYANCE
My cell phone charger which i had bought a few day past fell and the part to put into the phone broke of and one of the tiny wires busted so i had to rush out and buy a new one😕
Then i was redesigning an oversized styled jump suit which i had not worn in a long while and my scissors fell and the handle broke. Now i cannot use it
I have to buy new scissors; 😕but i finished my redesign project
Hope your month of June was a good one
Bye Bye month of June
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I'm loving the palm tree and the background looks like sunset-so pretty. And cucumber water is the best. Thanks for reminding me I need to make some. :) And I hope nothing else breaks on you. It is always such a pain when those things happen. Happy weekend with nothing broken Gillena. hugs-Erika
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Makes me long to return to areas where I have enjoyed those coconut drinks. So refreshing, and doubtless nutritious too.
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Sorry about all that bad luck. Nice art and onto July!
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Love your coconuts! Nice to see your granddaughter. Hope nothing else breaks! Hugs, Valerie
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I love palm trees! cucumber water sounds refreshing, is it? your grand is beautiful, bet she also has a beautiful spirit
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Yes, bye bye June. I will not miss you this year. You have been way way too stingy with your rainwater. Gillena, I adore your drawings. You draw so simple, and so free, and it takes the viewer right into your art and puts them on scene. I can feel your lovely coconut tree, fronds swaying in the breeze, coconuts ready to drop or be cut to share their delicious, cooling drink. Mother Nature is so thoughtful sometimes. I really need to do that art Friday thingy. I dont know what is holding me back.
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Dear Gillena,
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Warm July greetings and all the best, Traude
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A very lovely post. I love this art so much. Your granddaughter is just beautiful, like you. Thank you for joining FFO and have a lovely weekend. Oh and your veggies look amazing.
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And I just noticed you joined us at AJJ GIllena. Thank you for linking up.
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I love cocoanut milk ... my mother would buy them then punch a whole in the "eye" and pour the milk out for my sister and I to drink and then we would eat the meat like candy :) I also drank cocoanut milk in Thailand with a straw. I also love cucumbers and read an article recently that told me how many good things there are in a single cucumber ... good healthy food :) Now Zuri ... what a sweet and beautiful child and talented as well. Thank you for sharing. I know you must be proud as punch ... I know I would be. Wonderful post, Gillena ... Thank you for making me smile :)
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Thanks for your appreciation Andrea
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