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• The Mona Dam – A Pretty Cool Place to Exercise

  23 January 2012 by Karin in Photography,Photos from the Edge,Worth A Visit [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_13832" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="The Mona Dam - Birds at the Bar, Kingston, Jamaica"][/caption] Thanks to Steve Urchin for this beautiful shot of the Mona Dam, which he named appropriately "Birds at the Bar". The dam is located in Mona, Kingston, ...

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• Andy Jefferson at Clifton Mount Coffee Estate, Blue Mountains

  3 January 2012 by Karin in Photography,Photos from the Edge [ no comments ]

  Here's a photo from the edge! submitted by Jamaican artist, Andy Jefferson taken at Clifton Mount coffee estate high up in the Blue Mountains.  Thanks Andy! For more about Clifton Mount coffee - see YardEdge talks to Cafe Blues's Jason Sharp SEND US YOUR ...

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• Moon Over the Blue Mountains

  7 November 2011 by Karin in Photography,Photos from the Edge [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_13378" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Moon over the Blue Mountains"][/caption] Here's a beautiful photograph of the moon rising over the Blue Mountains taken by Christopher Edmonds from the top of Jacks Hill. Thanks for sharing Christopher! We welcome your photographs of unique things Jamaican. You ...

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• Colourful Caterpillars!

  29 August 2011 by Karin in Photography,Photos from the Edge [ 2 comments ]

  Here's a photo courtesy of Steve Urchin of some friendly neighbourhood caterpillars -just hanging out in his yard and adding to the vibrant colours of the Caribbean. Thanks Steve!

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• Forest Conservation Fund Photography Competition On Now

  24 June 2011 by Karin in Photography [ 1 comment ]

  The Forest Conservation Fund (FCF) is running a photography competition in honour of the International Year of Forests 2011. Deadline is October 21, 2011, For more information on FCF see Jamaica Protected Areas Trust . Contact FCF at their offices: Protected Areas Trust/Forest Conservation ...

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• The Definition of Prickly

  7 March 2011 by Karin in Just crazy,Photography [ 4 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_11662" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="The definition of PRICKLY..."][/caption] This is an interesting tree I spotted while recently visiting a farm  in the hills of St. Elizabeth. It's called "Prickle Yellow" and is apparently a great bird feeding tree - but I call it the definition ...

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• Tivoli Resolution Project to be Recognized in New York

  18 February 2011 by Karin in Photography [ 1 comment ]

  The NY Daily News is reporting that the Tivoli Resolution Project is being recognized at the Jamaican Consulate in NYC. The Tivoli Resolution project aims to engage youngsters in Tivoli Gardens to express their feelings about the recent “happenings” in ...

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• Small Kings, A New Book of Photography Takes on Passa Passa

  28 October 2010 by Karin in Books,Photography [ 1 comment ]

  Small Kings is a new book by the New York-based photographer Alessandro Zuek Simonetti. This new book is a collection of black and white images taken at Passa Passa (the weekly street dance that was being held in Tivoli Gardens each ...

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