Noel's Adventures

  Thought I should post another pic from St. Vincent. This is a photo looking towards Young Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies. Young island is a short swim from the beach of the hotel we stayed at. I understand there is a hotel on the island. I imagine it would be a neat place to stay. On any given day you can also clearly see Bequia and some of the other islands. I will probably post a slideshow of some St. Vincent pics.

I recently visited St. Vincent on a business trip. This is the Salt Pond at the Owia Salt Pond Recreation Park. The pond is sheltered by the volcanic rocks in the background. The only disappointment was that I did not have my swimming trunks.

  Southern California is really beautiful. This is a view from one of the trails at the Gilman Historic Ranch and Wagon Museum in Banning, CA. Truly a place worth visiting if you are in the area.

  More flowers. This tree has a nice fragrance.

  Young berries on an elderberry tree. The elderberry is native to Europe and is used for food and to make wine.

  It has been a long time since I came across a hibiscus plant so it was quite refreshing to see this one. Taken this past week in Brenham Texas, home of Blue Bell ice cream.

  The zinnias are starting to flower and they are really lovely. We have three varieties so far and hope for a fourth one so some photo opportunities should be forthcoming.