Love all, trust a few. - William Shakespeare

TRUST IN JESUS

and you'll be in full control
under full throttle.

GOA CHITRA - Museum founded by Victor Hugo Gomes

The Goa Chitra is a museum based in the former Portuguese colony (and now India's smallest state) of Goa. It has a large collection -- over 4000 artefacts -- focusing on Goa's traditional agrarian technology and lifestyle.

Goa Chitra is based in the coastal Goan village of Benaulim. It was founded and is run by the artist-curator-restorer Victor-Hugo Gomes. The museum has been described as one of Goa's most charming attractions. This little rural complex houses a huge collection of horse and bullock-drawn carriages and thousands of traditional implements, vessels and tools that evolved over centuries in the agrarian heartland of Goa in the service of farming and other traditional trades.


Goa Chitra's collection includes examples of local pottery, farming tools, musical instruments, ancient carts and palanquins -- from different points of the past. It also showcases an organic farm for the cultivation of various vegetables, herbs, spices, sugarcane, and rice -- all staples of the area in coastal western India 

Photos by Tony Fernandes

GRANDPA'S HEART

Grandpa's Heart

News of you has taught me more,

I know now what a long life's for.

I've found through you my magic heart,

The kinder, gentler, patient part.

While I waited those months for you,

I reflected on the things we'd do.

I would be your special friend,

Have secrets to share and pennies to spend.

I would tell you of the past,

Leave you memories that would always last.

I would grant your every wish,

Like bigger scoops in your ice cream dish.

I would be your biggest fan,

The one cheering loudest from the stands.

I'd play games of make believe,

Pull magic tricks from up my sleeve.

I'd take lots of photographs,

And be generous with smiles and laughs.

The first time you were in my arms,

I felt the miracle of your charms.

I placed your newborn hand in mine,

And understood the gift of time.

Tender feelings are hard to express,

Grandchild,it is me you've blessed.

Your life gives me another chance,

A youthful heart and eyes that dance.

News of you has taught me more,

I know now what a long life is for.

I give to you the magic part,

Of your Grandpa's loving heart.

- Teri Harrison

Grandchild's Hand

Grandchild’s Hand

The promise of tomorrow

And the hope of dreams come true…

A reminder of the childhood

That’s still a part of you…

The wonder of a miracle

From which this love began…

There is so much found in the touch

Of holding a grandchild’s hand.

A NEW FERN - A New Beginning

OUR GRANDSON ARI

JOINS THE FAMILY TREE

To Our First Grandchild
 Ari Lukasz


It is a special time for us
as you bring great joy to us this day,
And it also means a lot
to those who love you, too ~
So, along with lots of love and pride
on this very special day,
Comes a wish that you’ll be blessed
in a very special way.

The Lone Fisherman Lost in Thought

Looking for a clue among the pebbles in the sand

Sunset at Baga Beach, Goa

Spectacular Chapel of St. Anthony, Cabo de Rama, Goa

St. Anthony's Chapel

situated within the fort,

Cabo de Rama, (Cape of Rama)

Goa, India

Resort Rio - Arpora, Bardez, Goa

Resort Rio

Panoramic Goa - Baga, Bardez, Goa

Baga Across the River

Panoramic Goa

View of Chapora River from Morgim Hills

Goodbye Goa! Hasta la vista!

Till We Meet Again!

Church of St. Cajetan, Assagao, Bardez, Goa

Photos by Tony Fernandes in Panoramio Google Earth

http://bit.ly/29H55fJ

Situated on the hills of Assagao, is the beautiful church St. Cajetan's Church in Bardez, Goa, along the scenic winding route through the lush green hills, from Mapusa to Anjuna.

Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene (October 1, 1480 – August 7, 1547), was an Italian Catholic priest and religious reformer, who helped found the Theatines. He is recognised as a saint in the Catholic Church, and his feast day is August 7.

Chapel at Sucorro, Bardez, Goa

ST. CAJETAN'S CHURCH, Bastora, Bardez, Goa

Ashvem Beach, North Goa

Bridge across the lake

Ashvem Beach, South of Keri,

 North Goa.

View of Sunset from Monte de Guirim, Bardez, Goa.

A place of peace and tranquility

and a moment of reflection

at every sunset

at the hilltop.

View from the Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi,

Monte de Guirim, Bardez, Goa.

Sunset View from Miramar, Goa, India

HINDU TEMPLE, Parra, Bardez, Goa

Illuminated Temple - Evening Splendour

Temple at Parra, Jaaknnim, Bardez, Goa 

SPICE MARKET

'Nossa Senhora de Milagres' Church, Mapusa, Bardez, Goa

Vintage Cars in Goa, India

TULSI, Goa

The Chapel on the Hill, Verla, Bardez, Goa

Our Lady of the Rosary

Nossa Senhora do Rosário

Canca - Verla - Parra

Resort Rio - Arpora, Bardez, Goa

Fruit of the Cashew Tree

While the fruit of the cashew tree is used for making the world-famous one of a kind CASHEW FENNI, the seeds (cashew nuts) of the cashew fruit make excellent snack to go along with Cashew Fenni with Limca.

The cashew is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. Its English name derives from the Portuguese name for the fruit of the cashew tree, caju, which in turn derives from the indigenous Tupi name, acajú. Originally native to northern South America, it is now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew seeds and cashew apples.

In Memoriam

In Memory of those young school children and others who lost their innocent lives at Calvim - Aldona, Goa,  a tragedy that occurred yesterday - a mini bus plunging into the river.

Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi, Monte de Guirim, Bardez, Goa

Chapel of St. Francis of Assisi,

St. Anthony's High School,

Monte de Guirim, Bardez, Goa

ANCESTRAL HOME, GOA

Ancestral Home of Late Benedicata Fernandes e Barboza,

Loutolim, Salcette, Goa, India

Bridge across the Chapora River, North Goa

Bridge across the Chapora River, North Goa,

From Siolim Bazaar to Chopdem

ROSES REMIND OF "EL KAYS" Parra, Sonar Vaddo, Bardez, Goa

Roses Remind Me of El-Kays,

& 

El-Kays Remind Me of Leo & Lourdes

Please click on link below

 and listen to the song

'Roses of Rio'

(an old favourite song of my childhood)

https://youtu.be/fzo6YG9w4mE

FLOWERS OF GOA

Down by the Chapora River, Siolim, Bardez, Goa

Down by the Chapora River, Goa, India

Panjim City Garden, Goa, India

DOWN BY THE BANKS OF THE MANDOVI

WHERE THE WATERS FLOW

AND COOL BREEZES BLOW

View of Mandovi River from Ribandar, Ilhas, Goa

Picnickers at Keri Beach, Goa (North)

Sari-clad Picnickers at Keri Beach, North Goa.

RIDING ON A BUDGET

SHIRTLESS LOW BUDGET 'TUSHIN'

LOW ON APPROPRIATE ATTIRE

AND POSSIBLY LOW ON GAS TOO

AS THE LADY SEEMS TO BE DIGGING INTO HIS POCKET