The box in the top left was the first souvenir I received as a gift when my parents travelled to JA in the early 80's/ '90s telling me stories that got me wanting to go. It contains dried flowers I've received over the years.
The turtle I won while staying at Beaches my first trip to JA. When I came home my dog, Bailey got to it and I came home one day to find the high polish scratched and chewed on...I was a little peeved to say the least.
The hanging Virgo plaque was from my first solo trip@ grand Pineapple and purchased from Courtney. Ja and Virgo-representing all in one!
And the shell is from the trip I just got back from. I have other smaller shells I've collected close to the shoreline, but I happened to be out in the water about 630 AM my last day and noticed it in the water. I wasn't quite certain it was a shell and I was out in shoulder height water. Because I couldn't get to it, I made a note of the stick that was nearby and the bouy position to try to locate it. I stood next to it for a good 10 minutes waiting for my guy to get back from the room to get it for me. I had drifted from that point by the time he returned but my "GPS" mapping helped me find it again.
