The Tall Ships have started sailing into Hamilton's Harbor. I wandered down to Front Street, a block and half away, to see what had come in by lunchtime today. They are so gorgeous! So a few pictures...
The gloriously stunning red-blooming trees are poincianas, which have lots of other names including flame trees (but lots of red-blooming trees are called flame trees, too.) Seem to be two versions - this bright red, and a lighter, more orangey version.
Busy busy at work, between mentoring, case work, special projects...and lots of power outages around the island today, for no particularly discernible reason. Several government offices closed as a result. Didn't have power here at the apartment for the first hour or so after I got in, AND my phone conked out. I used it as a sort of practice for the aftermath of a serious storm - what did I have, what did I need to get, how prepared was I?
Enjoy. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and there will be more of these in tomorrow and this weekend - 23 in all are expected. The Russians are here - they have I think the largest of the ships, and they are visible around town in their sailor suits and broad-brimmed hats. (They jump like they've been goosed if you toss off a bit of Russian, even just a 'dober dan', as you wander past.)
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