Happy Halloween Ghouls and Boogeymen!

In the spirit of happy haunting, I would like to share with you some friends from the animal kingdom who may have a frightening appearance but are actually as harmless as a...well, basking shark?

Basking Shark

Goliath Birdeater

Gharial

Milksnake

Giant African Millipede

Vulture

Manta Ray, or Devilfish (how apropos!)

Giant Arachnid

and last but certainly not least, the Aye Aye from Madagascar.

For further reading about these creative looking creatures,

go to:http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/10-scary-animals-that-are-totally-harmless/related-photos

Safe and Happy Haunting to you all.

Something shocking has come to my attention lovies. Now brace yourself, especially if you are used to the maddening traffic of Nassau. 
There are places, not so secret, not even magical places, in this world that are....wait for it....Car Free.


That's right dears, you're eyes deceive you not. 


On the island of Zlarin, Croatia, only service vehicles and tractors are allowed, along with approximately 20 electrically powered golf carts. This island: 8.19 km, population 276.


Entire town centres all over Europe; car free zones. Children and Peacocks may run free. 
In Buenos Aires, an area called Tren de la Costa has dedicated a unique suburban modern leisure tramway artery that stretches for 15 kilometres by the River Plate from Olivos to the village of Tigre, each of its eleven "turn of the century" picturesque stations have a charm of its own with its plazas, cafes, antique shops, movie theatres, boutiques, restaurants and regional product markets. You can get on and off during the day as many times as you wish. Oh yes and by the way the population here is 12.4 million. That is nothing to shake a tailfeather at.


The list goes on.


The Bahamas has another election coming up soon. My vote will be given to the political party who can solve- or at least help alleviate - our desperate and growing traffic problem. The jitneys emit foul smoke on a daily basis. Some days I overhear people saying it takes them an hour and a half to drive 6 miles. At night time on less windy days, as I hop up onto my favourite tree to roost at sunset, I recall my acting days in Los Angeles as I gaze at the band of yellow smog hovering over Paradise Island. We need not reinvent the wheel, lets take a page from the book of our bold nations who recognize the beauty of less vehicular traffic.
Dare to dream my children, dare to dream.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car-free_places

Lending Library

We are still collecting books for our Lending Library my friends. Please drop off your gently used books at our front gate between 9am and 5pm. I realize most of you have a kindle or some such device with which to read by, however some of us prefer the old school method of  "holding the book and turning the page".

"To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them."

— Theodore Roosevelt