| 06/25/17, 05/28/20 |
| June 2017 - Graduations, trip to St. Croix |
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| René - Orlando, Florida |
| René and Nilsa |
| René with parents, Nilsa and Carmelo |
Left - René, Nilsa, LeAnn and Papo (LeAnn's father) after LeAnn's high school graduation, St. Croix. Right - René and Phyllis (Cuchie) |
| Nilsa and grandson, Tarique |
| René and his nephew, Tarique |
| LeAnn, Cuchie, Raissa, Nilsa, Tarique and René |
| Tarique, René, Cuchie, Glory (Cuchie's mom, Raissa's grandmother), Raissa and Nilsa |
All photos on this page sent to me by Nilsa via text. All taken with iPhone. |
While on St. Croix Nilsa had time to go "toechin" (term used to catch land crabs). Here are crabs being purged. Before being cooked, the crabs must be allowed to clean their system. Why "toechin"? (Torching) Crabs were hunted in the dark. To see where we were going and to startle the crabs, we used a torch. A torch was a bottle or can filled with kerosene in which a piece of cloth (wick) would be inserted and lit. The "torch" was a dangerous invention. |
Leatherback baby turtles getting ready to make their way to the sea. |