Hummingbird Retreat
Reflections from the Retreat August 2024
Before Hurricane Beryl came and set back development in Grenada, the government ran a programme of town hall meetings across Grenada....
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Jul 17
- 8 min
Reflections from the Retreat July 2024
I didn’t expect to be writing about my experience of a hurricane this month but then none of us expected it. Officially Grenada is below...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Jun 19
- 6 min
Reflections from the Retreat June 2024
This month I had planned to focus on the link between nature and wellbeing for the monthly blog. This has been confirmed to me in the...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- May 15
- 4 min
Reflections from the Retreat May 2024
One of the things I miss being here is not being able to spend time with close friends who live in the UK. So having the daughter of one...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Apr 17
- 5 min
Reflections from the Retreat April 2024
This month my friends, Terry and Sue from our church in Romford, came to visit on a working holiday. The photo above is at the rum...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Mar 20
- 5 min
Reflections from the Retreat March 2024
The change to writing monthly blogs instead of weekly has been ideal because the last few weeks have been very busy. Since my last blog,...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Feb 21
- 5 min
Week 52 - My First Year in Grenada!
Wildlife Wonder- Turtles The local Levera beach is one of the best places to see the leatherback turtle, particularly over the next few...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Feb 14
- 6 min
Week 51
Wildlife wonder- Scarlet Ibis One of my favourite walks here is to go down to Levera National Park and walk along the beach, passing the...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Feb 7
- 5 min
Week 50
Wildlife Wonder – Whales This time of year, between about December to April, is the best time to see whales in Grenadian waters. Like the...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Jan 31
- 6 min
Week 49
Wildlife Wonder – Tropical Mockingbird I was talking to someone recently and then she said that she thought that she could hear a...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Jan 24
- 6 min
Week 48
Wildlife Wonder – Red-Rumped Agouti My very first pet was a guinea-pig called Checkers who had a black and white checked pattern on his...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Jan 17
- 6 min
Week 47
Wildlife wonder – Grenada Flycatcher A few weeks ago, I heard a very distinct birdsong that I hadn’t heard before and so I went out onto...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Jan 10
- 5 min
Week 46
Wildlife wonder – Queen Conch I remember being amazed when I first saw piles of these beautiful, large conch shells on beaches, that you...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Jan 3
- 5 min
Week 45
Wildlife wonder- Manicou This animal will be celebrating the New Year along with a few other animals in Grenada because the hunting...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Dec 27, 2023
- 4 min
Week 44
Wildlife Wonder- Spices Grenada is known as the Isle of Spice because of the many spices that it grows and exports. Each of these plants...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Dec 20, 2023
- 5 min
Week 43
Wildlife Wonder- Dolphins These must be some of the most cheerful creatures to watch and when you spot them, you can’t help but feel a...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Dec 13, 2023
- 6 min
Week 42
Wildlife wonder- Cactus As we walk around this area, there are a lot of different cacti, such as the ones above which I photographed on a...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Dec 6, 2023
- 5 min
Week 41
Wildlife Wonder- Flying fish Sitting on my balcony, looking out to sea, I was wondering what to focus on for this week’s blog. I then...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Nov 29, 2023
- 5 min
Week 40
Wildlife Wonder- Orange-winged Parrot A while ago I was driving early in the morning, about 6am, and I saw about 4 or 5 of these...
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Hummingbird Retreat
- Nov 22, 2023
- 6 min
Week 39
Wildlife Wonder- Nine-Banded Armadillo Sadly, I haven’t seen one of these amazing creatures during my time here so far. It features...
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