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My Chutney Garden

My Chutney Garden

http://thechutneygarden.blogspot.com

A blog about my Trinidadian garden and life as I hunt out hidden treasures. I live under a large samaan tree in an old nostalgic house in St Anns with my husband Ross, daughter Hayley, four dogs and two cats. Join me in the garden every day.

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  • Debbie\'s Glass

    Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 20:04 in debbie's glass

    My friend Debbie is a very talented artist. These are just a few of her pieces. Her sense of colour and shape is beautiful.Glass is a challenging medium but also an extremely rewarding one. Colour becomes translucent and vivid. I like glass - stained...

  • Chutney Garden 2

    Posted on Saturday September 19th, 2009 at 09:18

    It was strange having a garden blog with no garden. When I moved out of my house in February, it was sad because the garden as I knew it will never exist again. I am really glad that I documented so much. It will be lovely once we have completed the ...

  • Orchids in context

    Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 13:00 in caularthron bicornutum; zygosepalum labiosum; oncidium lanceanum;

    It's not hard to see why I love orchids. Orchids belong to the jungly, over-heated place that identifies where I live and where I come from. As simple as that. They belong to the land that I have claimed as my own. It's the only home that I know inti...

  • Why We Live Here

    Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 20:55

    Trinidad is a complicated home. But when someone picks up a cuatro on a jetty down the islands and begins to sing old time calypsoes, a very tangible patriotism reminds us of what makes us all Trinidadian. Thanks to Laughing Gull for the lyrics belo...

  • Chacachacare

    Posted on Wednesday September 16th, 2009 at 17:25

    Chacachacare is the largest of the small islands that lie off the northwestern coast of Trinidad. It has an interesting history as leper colony. The original Leprosarium was located at Cocorite but with the discovery in the early 20th century that l...

  • Ganga Dhaaraa Teerath

    Posted on Sunday June 14th, 2009 at 13:06 in ganga dhaaraa trinidad 2009; hindu prachar kendra;ganga dhaaraa teerath.

    Last Sunday, I was very lucky to experience a sacred river festival celebrated by the Hindu organisation Hindu Prachar Kendra called the Ganga Dhaaraa Teerath.According to Creedopeida The Ganga is personified in Hinduism as a goddess: Maa Ganga (Moth...

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Very interesting blog with really great shots!

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