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Hi, my name is Victoria Grace Avara (Vickie for short) and welcome to my blog. This blog was written while I was stationed in Barbados for 4 years from 2008-2012. I would just write things down whenever I had the time. I would write about my experiences with living in a new country and a different culture. Please forgive my grammatical errors, but enjoy these posts that I wrote during this time. My husband and I dearly love the Island of Barbados and we hope to someday retire to this little island that we called home for 4 short and wonderful years of our life. I hope that you enjoy reading this blog.

Sincerely, Vickie Avara
Showing posts with label Hermit Crab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hermit Crab. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Hermit Crab




I am going to tell on myself -  but before I can do this story I need to preface it with the fact that Gary shaved his head (in case you have not seen a picture of him lately) so, he has no hair.  So, this morning - I am driving Gary to work in our only car, and he looks down at my pants leg and says, "Hum, is that your hair or mine?"  I look down and study it and try to determine if it is a blond hair or a brown hair and it's length and then, finally - it dawns on me that he doesn't have any hair!  I look up at him, unfortunately way too many seconds have passed since he first made the comment, and he is grinning at me like a mule eating briars.   He is full of jokes.  If you have never been around him, you need to be - because he is good at it - and I unfortunately, am way to easy to fool.

Let's see - oh, this morning - our maid (Betty) is here to help out - and it is raining outside but the sun is also shining.  So, Gary says to Betty - "Betty, where I come from - they have a saying that when it is raining and the sun is out - that the devil is beating his wife."  Betty looks up at him and says, "Well, he sure is doing a lot of it about now."  LOL

I always like to post a picture or a video and so, today - we were walking on the boardwalk and Gary spots two hermit crabs carrying their shells towards the sea.  Now, you know that I have been told that hermit crabs like to steal someone else's home (shell) and live in it.  And this video is a good example of that.  Here these two crabs are carrying two shells - totally different in color and shape back to the sea.  Not their own.  Hum, I think there are some people in our lives that could be classified as hermit crabs - don't you think?  They take what someone else has built and worked hard for and feel they are entitled to it as their own?