Just the Simple life.... on the Islands

Just to be clear .... this has not been a big ole jolly life (well in some respects it has)... but it is also filled with missing home, missing friends and missing people I love like family.....
But the Life here on the Islands (They call them Islanders .. funny that!) is actually quiet simple.
A long time ago, the islanders were not joined to the main land. Their main economy was fishing and agriculture, there were many many farms.  In fact, where we lived right now, used to be part of the land that my husband's family had their farm. Yes, the hubby was a "farm boy"... which only added to his charm for me.... because it is such a genuine person.... no pretences and knows what it means to work hard for something.  His father worked really hard and created quite a name for himself on the island and the area.
Some of the things that are very endearing about the Islands now is that there is never any clutter; the houses, the cars, the groceries etc.  There is space for everyone and most people have a fair amount of space around them.
Once the island was connected to the main land via ferries. There were ferries to and from everywhere, row boats (in place of the little speed ones now). And most of the houses that were not part of a farm, were actually vacation or summer cabins.  These cabins, unlike in Trinidad (where u can find a beach house as larger or even larger than a normal house) were usually tiny.. and when I say tiny .. I mean tiny!!!. It was amazing that people can be comfortable in them... much less have a vacation!
Something that I find very endearing about the island Holsnøy are their Postboxes! ...
Many people have artistic talent or try to and have some beautifully painted boxes.

Now you must be thinking painting a mailbox would be like sculpture on the inside of a needle ... which by the way is amazing, but their mailboxes are not like ours back home in Trinidad.  They are usually bigger.

Not only are they bigger, but they are also usually all together.  You won't find a postbox  on your gate.... the post man (or lady) will not drive or walk all the way to your very deserted house out here in the "wilderness" called the islands. 

They would have a little house of their own and the postperson can put all the post in one place.  It makes for very effecient post collecting and post putting ... I mean imagine that the post people would be sooo happy! ... No dogs scratching ... cats barking at them ... it would be a blissful job ... at last!

But that is nothing new to the world of post boxes .... There are apparantly many different ways you can have a post box in this world.. if only we could have more interesting ones in Trinidad! ..

In our little road, we have darling post boxes as well.  The pictures are of Dogs, Norway Scenery, Norwegian Trolls.

We thought that we wanted something to remind us of home :) ...

So we got Astrid to do something extra special for us and she did an amazing job!!! .. Thanks Astrid!! We love ya!

Holsnøy Postboxes