Two weeks in beautiful Aruba was heavenly but like all good things, it came to an end. Here are several photos of this lovely little island for you to enjoy.
The food was delicious and included several different kinds of fish – grouper, red snapper (my favorite), mahi mahi, Chilean sea bass, barracuda, wahoo, yellow snapper, and all kinds of shellfish, and lovely steaks (Argentinian and New York beef) and plenty of Italian food!
Seafood Di Mare Marinated seafood
Raviolis
Barracuda, mussels, calamari, shrimp! Waki Wahoo Restaurant waiter – we see him every year!
View from Pure Beach Restaurant Eating tuna salad at Pure Beach
Divi Divi trees, that grow in the direction of the wind, cacti, and beautiful flowering bushes are all around the Divi Aruba Phoenix Resort where we stayed on this desert island.
Lizards are plenty here and iguana but I couldn’t find one to photograph
Sitting on a rock that was carved by the ocean which sits out in front of the resort.
View from our balcony
Walking to dinner Waves which are unusual here
Gorgeous sunset views every night
Views of beach and smaller pool
Views of the larger pool at night
Views of pool bar daytime
Wonderful friends we meet every year
Celebrated Halloween there
Lovely artistic shell creations by Ara aka the shell lady – this incredible woman in her seventies still walks all the way down the beach for 5-6 miles each day to collect shells that she shares with everyone on the beach.
Selfie on our balcony
It was a wonderful vacation as you can see from the photos. Thank you for stopping by!
Happy to be back but I do miss the warmer weather there and the glorious water that feels like you are sitting in a warm Jacuzzi. Ahhh! We spent hours in the water soaking our tired old bones and talking to our new and old friends. Oh well, have to wait until next year to do it again.
Blessings & hugs!
Janice
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Janice is an multi-award-winning author with 35 books: 17 children's books for PS-Gr 4, 12 middle-grade/preteen/young adult books, written under Janice Spina, and 5 novels, and a short story collection written under J.E. Spina. She is also a writer of poetry, blogger, avid reader, reviewer and a copy editor. Janice has always loved writing and started very young writing poetry, then stories.
Her books have received 26 Book Awards and a few Finalists in contests.
AWARDS:
4 MOM'S CHOICE AWARDS - SILVER MEDAL - Lamby the Lonely Lamby, Ricky the Rambunctious Raccoon, Louey the Lazy Elephant, Jesse the Precocious Polar Bear
11 PINNACLE BOOK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Davey & Derek Junior Detectives, Books 1, 2, 3, 5, & 6. Abby & Holly Series, Books 1-6
READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS - HONORABLE MENTION - Davey & Derek Book 1,
READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS - SILVER MEDAL - Davey & Derek Junior Detectives Series, Book 3
READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS - BRONZE MEDAL - Abby & Holly Book 1
READERS’ FAVORITE AWARDS - HONORABLE MENTION — Abby & Holly Book 2
READERS’ FAVORITE AWARDS - FINALIST - Davey & Derek Book 6
5 PINNACLE BOOK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Jerry the Crabby Crayfish, Broose the Moose on the loose, Colby the Courageous Cat, Jeffrey the Jittery Giraffe, Sebastian Meets Marvin the Monkey
BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD - FINALIST - Davey & Derek Book 6
Authorsdb Cover Contest Silver Medal - Davey & Derek Book 5
FINALISTS:
Authorsdb First Lines Contest, - Hunting Mariah and Mariah's Revenge were Finalists
Red City Review Awards - Finalist - Davey & Derek Book 4
READERS’ FAVORITE BOOK AWARDS - 5-STAR REVIEW - Davey & Derek Book 4
All Janice's books are available on Amazon.com, Kindle, B&N and other online book sites.
One of her sports' poems was published in The Lawrence Eagle Tribune in October of 2008. She is currently working on book 1 of a YA fantasy series. There will be six books in all in this series. She hopes to work on a series of four books in a crime/mystery genre that will be offsprings of her thriller, Hunting Mariah.
Her hobbies are crocheting, walking to keep fit, hula hooping, tap dancing, going to the movies with her husband, and spending time with her five grandchildren.
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Looks like heaven. Breathtaking and tranquil. ❤ ❤ ❤
Good to have a break once in a while. Sounds your's was fantastic. Magnificent photography. Thanks for sharing, Janice. 😀
Oh it was, Tess. Miss it already! ❤️
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Thanks, Tess! Yes, it was fabulous! Miss it already! ❤️
Oh it looks lovely! How wonderful of you to share these happy photos 🙂
Thank you, Christy! Happy to share. 🙂
Looks heavenly!! Glad you had fun & got rested! Welcome back home!
Thank you, Wolfpug! 🙂
Gorgeous happy photographs.
Such beautiful photos – this will have to go on my wishlist of travel destinations!
It is well worth the visit – very relaxing, warm and lovely people there. Food is delicious too! Thanks for stopping by. 😀
Aruba is and has been on my travel bucket list but I have not made it there, yet. Between you and a niece of mine who visits there quite frequently I might have to move it up on the list.
A very inviting post and it appears that you had a great time. Love the photos too. :o)
Thank you. It is a beautiful and relaxing place to visit. Love it! Thanks for stopping by. Hope you get to go. 😀
So do I The sands of time are slipping by too fast for me but I will keep trying to beat those little grains before they run out. :o)
I got to get there soon.
You will love it! 😃