{"id":12955,"date":"2023-01-29T10:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T15:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=12955"},"modified":"2023-01-29T10:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T15:39:02","slug":"the-many-textures-of-guadeloupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=12955","title":{"rendered":"The many textures of Guadeloupe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another beautiful day in Deshaies, Guadeloupe where we expect to spend another few days before heading farther south.<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago a large cat pulled in behind us to drop the hook.\u00a0 That was fine except when it came time to watch the sunset.\u00a0 As the sun dipped below the horizon they obscured what turned out to be a green flash.\u00a0 It would have been the second for us this season.<\/p>\n<p>However, all was not lost as after dark they turned on some underwater lights.\u00a0 The scene was amazing as the moon set behind them.\u00a0 \u00a0Thanks to Brenda&#8217;s iPhone, that takes amazing low light photos, check this view out.\u00a0 \u00a0The light in Pandora&#8217;s cockpit wasn&#8217;t all that bright but glows in this image.\u00a0 Note that this is not altered in any way beyond the way that iPhone sees the world.\u00a0 \u00a0The wonders of modern photography. <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-7509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-7509.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG-7509-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>It&#8217;s been nice to be back in Deshaies, having visited this tiny port on our every trip south.\u00a0 The village is very quaint.\u00a0 \u00a0I suppose that &#8220;shabby chic&#8221; describes it pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>It is also the village where the filming for much of the BBC series <em>Death in Paradise<\/em> is filmed.\u00a0 It&#8217;s fun to watch the trailer to see images of this very harbor.\u00a0 Yet, I have not yet seen any detectives cruising the harbor in a business suit.\u00a0 And, the only thing that I&#8217;ve seen killed on the beach is a cold beer.<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f9B6dljC7ag\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>In the village there is a nice mix of places to eat out and a lovely shop, Les Cave, that sells a number of gourmet items including foie gras that you can order with a few days notice.\u00a0 The shopkeeper, who greeted me this year with &#8220;I remember you.\u00a0 You are on a boat&#8221;, told me that the liver comes from France but that a friend makes up the pate here in Guadeloupe.\u00a0 Brenda had ordered a batch and I picked it up yesterday.\u00a0 It was quite pricy but worth it.\u00a0 I froze it all and we will portion it out so it will last as long as possible.\u00a0 Perhaps I will take it to NYC where it is illegal and sell it.\u00a0 &#8220;Hey buddy, want to buy some&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We have been buddy boating with our friends Lynn and Mark on Roxy since Antigua as we have been for the last few years.\u00a0 It&#8217;s fun to go from harbor to harbor with folks we know.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s Roxy.\u00a0 She&#8217;s a huge 60&#8242; ketch and very heavy at 80,000 lbs.\u00a0 By comparison, Pandora weights in at about 32,000 lbs. fully loaded.\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12990\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4265-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4265-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4265-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4265-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4265-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4265-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4265-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4265-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>Yesterday I went on a hike with Mark and the girls met us at a nearby beach for a late lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Along our hike, we encountered some leaf cutter ants, seen as a near perfect example of a symbiotic relationship.\u00a0 They being leaves back to their nest and a specific fungus grows on them.\u00a0 Then they feed on the fungus and the fungus feeds on the leaves.\u00a0 In a very real way they are farmers.\u00a0 <iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eYlGPicbXLE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>For more about leaf cutting ants and their unique relationship with a certain fungus, <a href=\"https:\/\/ants.com\/mutualism-and-leaf-cutter-ants-how-it-all-works\/\">check this out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the beach our hike ended on.\u00a0 A beautiful spot.\u00a0 You might recognize this beach from the Death in Paradise teaser.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4255.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4255-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/> Later we walked back to the boat.\u00a0 It was a very nice walk with huge trees lining the road.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4256-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4256-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4256-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4256-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4256-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4256-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4256-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4256-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>The other day we went to the local botanical garden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jardin-botanique.com\/en\/home\/\">Jardin Botanique.<\/a>\u00a0 It&#8217;s up the mountain a short way but the walk would be treacherous as the road is one switch back after another and the drivers go like they are in a race.\u00a0 Best to take the shuttle that they will send for you.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s sometimes hard to decide what to write about when I have already done posts about a place a number of times.\u00a0 However, I really wanted to do yet another post about these wonderful gardens but this time I decided to focus on textures instead of trying to document the place itself.\u00a0 \u00a0 Under the &#8220;been there, done that category&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=6864\">check out this post about the gardens from our first visit in 2017.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, as we made our way through the gardens, I enjoyed looking for patterns in the plants.\u00a0 There were so many to choose from it was hard to focus.\u00a0 \u00a0This season has been wetter than normal and the condition of the gardens were particularly lush.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the flowers looked fake but weren&#8217;t.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4246.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4246-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4246-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4246-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Palm fronds never disappoint. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12983\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4247.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4247-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>This\u00a0succulent was not as velvety and soft as it looked.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4228.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4228-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>A tangle of palm berries.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12977\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4220.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4220-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>I will never quite get used to seeing &#8220;house plants&#8221; that aren&#8217;t in a house.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12975\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4218.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4218-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>These flowers look like little soldiers.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4213.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4213-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>More soldiers.\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12971\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4209.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4209-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>The soft texture of cypress. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12970\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4207.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4207-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>I love the koi.\u00a0 They are as big as they look, some 18&#8243; long.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12968\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4201.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4201-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Every where I looked, beautiful textures. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12969\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4205.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4205-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>And colors. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12967\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4191.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4191-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>And so many plants that we think of as house plants growing outdoors and loving it.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12964\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4185.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4185-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>I don&#8217;t know, just a dramatic pattern&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12974\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4216.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4216-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>A beautiful giant fern.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12961\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4174.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4174-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>A not so giant epiphytic fern. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12973\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4215.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4215-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/> Some that looked like they would be right at home in more arid places. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12966\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4190.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4190.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4190-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Just love these flowers. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12963\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4179.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4179-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>I have a particularly soft spot in my heart for orchids and to see them growing on trees here is a treat.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4175.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4175-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>And who doesn&#8217;t love flamingos?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12960\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4172.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4172.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4172-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4172-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4172-533x800.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Who you lookin at?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4166.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4166-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Texture in water or is it an aquatic Cousin It?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12959\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4171.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4171-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>You don&#8217;t have to be green.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12978\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4225.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4225-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>And speaking of standing at attention.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12976\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4219.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4219-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Some flowers don&#8217;t look anything like flowers.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12979\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4227.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4227-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>And a view of Pandora in the harbor far below. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4238.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4238-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>And what post is complete without clouds?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12956\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4164.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4164-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>That look, upon closer inspection, like a baby duck reclining on the cloud bank.\u00a0 Get it, his head with feet to the left?\u00a0 Well, that&#8217;s what it looks like to me.\u00a0 Not buying it?\u00a0 Work with me on this. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12957\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4165.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4165-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>Ok, anyway, I love clouds so perhaps yet another.\u00a0 Pretty dramatic day here in Deshaies, Guadeloupe.<\/p>\n<p>The sun is out, the sky is blue&#8230;\u00a0 And I see textures all around. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4264-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4264-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4264-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4264-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4264-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4264-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_4264-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, 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