As the sun sets, the pink tinged clouds are reflected in the calm waters of Flamingo Lake
Marta
Posts Tagged ‘Flamingo Lake’
Flamingo Lake sunset
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Times of the Island
Friday, January 8th, 2010
Here we are............my FIRST magazine cover!
I’m so thrilled with achieving one of my goals………..to get a cover photo on the Times of the Island magazine. I had to send this photo to Kathy (the editor) as I thought it was pretty good especially with the stunning reflections on the waters of Flamingo Lake right beside our villas. Kathy phoned me to say that they wanted to use my photo in the Winter 2009-2010 edition of the magazine. So pick up your copy of The Times of the Island while you are here on Provo. The articles are always interesting and I’m sure you will enjoy reading them along with some great photography.
Marta
Beaches and more beaches
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Mike floating about on Grace Bay beach at the Bay Bistro
I decided to take Mike to one of my favourite spots along the North shore and Grace Bay. It really is interesting how the beach changes from one end at the entrance to Turtle Cove Marina to the other end at Leeward. If you want to snorkel, the best spots are at Smith’s Reef and the Bight Reef at Coral Gardens (White House Reef). Mike took all his great photos of turtles at the Bight Reef. Here’s one from today……..he saw turtles, a sting ray, a huge barracuda, a lionfish (oh no!!!!) and lots of fish.
Mike snapped this photo of a Hawksbill Turtle at the Bight Reef
The best for just enjoying the water and swimming, just lazing around and for the softest sand is just in front of the Bay Bistro ( great food and tell Chef Clive, Marta sent you!) and Sibonne. We used to find all kinds of sand dollars there years ago but when things got built up they all disappeared. We spent hours here today just enjoying the water.
Nothing like having a cold Corona on the beach while enjoying the water
While Mike was out snorkeling at the Bight Reef, I saw a white eagret swoop over my head and land. He stayed for a while and I managed to get some great shots.
A white eagret stopped by to check things out.
To top off every fantastic day in the Turks and Caicos Islands…….. a sunset that was extraordinary. We were at a friends house overlooking our villas at Harbour Club and Flamingo Lake below us. The colours and the calm waters showed off the Five Cays so clearly.
Harbour Club Villas between Flamingo Lake and the ocean at Cooper Jack Bight
On your next visit to Providenciales, explore all our beaches as there’s many of them each one as spectacular as the next. See you there!
Marta
Rainbow over Flamingo Lake
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
A beautiful double rainbow appears over Flamingo Lake and the roofs of Harbour Club Villas.
Enjoy the photo.
Marta
Flamingo Lake Reflections
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Flamingo Lake was at its stunning best today .... flat calm with a mirror image reflection.
I glanced out at the lake late this afternoon and the reflections in the calm waters took my breath away. I grabbed my camera and didn’t even have a chance to tell Barry where I was going. The ripples and the colours kept changing as the sun started to sink over the hill to the right of our villas at Harbour Club.
The sun started to set and tinged everything with an orangey glow
As I walked along the road the water was churning………….”nervous water” as the fishermen call it. The bonefish were tailing and rippling up the calm on Flamingo Lake.
The bonefish were tailing and rippling the surface of Flamingo Lake
In the foreground of the photo you can see all the circles and ripples created by tailing bonefish.
I zoomed in on this photo which does show a definite bonefish shape.
For all you bonefishing enthusiasts out there, fishing would have been great this evening. Our guests at Harbour Club Villas can just walk across the road and into the lake. We see bonefish tailing all the time and you can watch from your villa windows.
Bonefishing is great in the lakes by Harbour Club as well as the flats. Come on down and join us.
Tight lines!!
Marta
Sunset overlooking Flamingo Lake
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
- A beautiful sunset overlooking Flamingo Lake.
An amazing sunset view of Flamingo Lake in the foreground looking towards Turtle Lake.
Marta
Island Sunrise
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Early morning is really the best time of day!
We watched a beautiful sunrise from our deck at Harbour Club Villas. The view is from over the top of the villa roofs out over Flamingo Lake and Juba Salina.
Marta
Lazy afternoon at Taylor Bay
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Yesterday was so spectacular I dropped everything and drove up the hill to a friend's house to get this photo.
Harbour Club Villas (six red roofs) sit overlooking Flamingo Lake. It was a perfect day to get some new photos of our villas from a vantage point up at a friend’s house on Ocean Drive. It was one of those flat calm days and definitely a must to take off on the boat for the afternoon.
I love the water when it's like this, shimmering patterns glint in the late afternoon sun at Taylor Bay
It was after 3 pm when we got onboard and headed out to Taylor Bay. I’ve mentioned before that this is an idyllic spot especially when you have kids and we had friends with a baby who came out with us. The water was warm as we moored in two feet of water quite a ways from the shore. The baby absolutely loved it.
Baby's hungry and so it's time to wade back to the boat for a feeding.
Barry shows us all how to relax, put your feet up and float your cares away!!
Harbour Club Villas are a great place to stay when on Provo and Taylor Bay is one of those soft powdery sand beaches where kids will have the time of their lives playing in the sand and shallow water. Come and see us soon.
Marta
Flamingo sunset
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
A solitary flamingo at sunset with the reflection of the clouds in the waters of Flamingo Lake
What a sight………the sun setting behind a new house being built on the lake and a lone flamingo. A glittering pathway of shimmering gold appeared on the surface of Flamingo Lake while the reflexion of the clouds made for a truly spectacular moment. I had seen the flamingos close to the water’s edge and grabbed one of our Brazilian guests who is a photo journalist and off we went to capture these shots. As soon as we arrived, the two flamingos headed further out on the lake.
Flamingo silhouette with the warm colours of another spectacular Provo sunset
Hope you get to see flamingos on your next visit to our beautiful islands.
Marta
Flamingos on Flamingo Lake
Monday, June 1st, 2009
I glanced off our deck and spotted three specks in the lake and when I grabbed the binoculars.......sure enough there were three flamingos.
Today there were three West Indian or Greater Flamingos out in the lake and that’s something we don’t often see. Usually they are further down and more in Juba Salina. I grabbed my camera and ran down to take some photos. It was interesting watching the flamingos feed as they would do a little stomping dance and then put their heads in the water. Apparently they feed on small organisms which they strain out of the mud by filtering it through their unusual, upside-down beaks.
One flamingo was quite a bright pink and the other much paler.
North Caicos has a large flock of flamingos with as many as 1000 birds inhabiting Pumpkin Bluff Pond better known as Flamingo Pond.
The last time I took photos of Flamingos near our villas was just after Hurricane Ike
If you’re a bird watcher or birder, come and see the large variety of birds in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Hopefully you’ll catch a glimpse of these beautiful flamingos.
See you soon on Provo,
Marta