If you live in Nevis you have at least 3 options to do so legally:1- Year residency permit renewed each year6- Month visitCitizenship Periodically Nevis adds or changes some requirements or options for longer residency stays, but basically if you want to live here year around, then you need … [Read more...]
Quintessential Nevis – Getting a Driver License
Nevis gives out temporary licenses with a 1 year limit when one first arrives on island. After 3 temporaries one is eligible for a permanent license with photo, a local picture ID. We got the temporaries at the police station but found that we had to go to the inland revenue desk in a different … [Read more...]
Daylilies – Peach, Golden Yellow, Dark Red Vibrant in My Sunny Michigan Garden
The garden in our old house was half shady and some of my daylilies did not do well. They survived and bloomed but never seemed to thrive. We moved to Kalamazoo in southwestern Michigan after that. Our back yard was almost all sun all the time. We moved some of our plants with us, including … [Read more...]
What’s It Like to Live on Nevis? Driving on Nevis
We Drive on the Left The first thing to know about driving on Nevis is we drive on the left. No problem for British folks but we Americans and Canadians have to switch our thinking. For the most part Dave and I had no problem adjusting because we bought a car with the steering wheel on the … [Read more...]
What’s It Like to Live in Nevis? Food and Grocery Shopping
Disclaimer! What follows are my opinions based on living in Nevis for 2 years and 9 months. Others will have different opinions and experiences. Grocery shopping is not glamorous but it is sure necessary! The first time you shop for food on Nevis the prices will give you sticker shock. St. … [Read more...]
Can You See Me? Lovely Fragrant Ylang Ylang
One of the most interesting trees in our yard is the ylang ylang. The flowers range from dull light yellow to tan with long floppy petals. They look more like floppy spiders than something with a divine perfume! This was very hard to photograph. The tree is only about 15 feet tall, but it is … [Read more...]
Learning to Paint 60 Years After the First Time
The last time I painted anything I was in 8th grade art class and that's 60 years ago. OK, I tried to paint part of a cupboard door once and my husband had to rescue the door and me. It is HARD! We both love watercolor and own about 10 paintings, landscapes, all with lots of trees and are … [Read more...]
Oleander on My Walk – Pink, Rose and Yellow
Several of our neighbors planted oleander bushes along the road, and since ours are way in the back corner these photos are from the Tree Frogs villa down the street. The slightly tubular flowers have 5 petals, with short feathery stamens. Long leaves are lance shaped and grow on the stems all the … [Read more...]
What Cats Think When the Door Is Closed
What does your cat think when he stares intently at that door that inexplicably is closed? I'm Trapped This common response, the intense hatred of being stuck where they don't want to be, is known as the Trapped Response. Your cat shows her feelings with her wild eyes, frightened meows, … [Read more...]
Good Help Is NOT Hard to Find
The next time you hear someone bewailing how you cannot find good help these days, don't believe them. Servants are not obsolete; they have transmogrified into cat ladies and cat men. Just as the ladies and gentlemen of old each had their own bell to summon their servants, so do our … [Read more...]