Hat Competition

 Good morning from Linden, Guyana! Happy Good Friday!

I was impressed by an Easter hat competition held at a Government of Guyana Agency recently. The hat competition is such a good idea. I recall that a lot of Guyanese women like hats, especially straw hats. My grandmother always wore a hat to church. I have seen beautiful hats on the heads of women in Guyana.

I wore hats when I was growing up in Guyana. I remember that I owned a straw hat that shaded my face from the sun very well. I wore that straw hat just about every day during one (August holiday) vacation in Georgetown. When I was a student at the University of Guyana, I wore a jean hat with a jean flower at the front from time to time.

All Me

There is so much of me in my work. Even the course blogs I created for personal tracking of my PhD course activities say a lot about me. For example, the blog I created for the Research Methods course (http://fmooresignatureassignment3.blogspot.com/?m=0) includes images that say a lot about my background, such as the UG dorm, a red and white flute phone, and a photo of a presentation on Guyana. I stayed at the UG dorm during my first year at the university. I was given a red and white flute phone at Watooka Day School so I could play in the school band.

Hands

Hands are important. People accomplish a lot using their hands. This reminds me of a croquet project I completed at Watooka Day School. I learned to use my hands for creating pieces such as a colorful “stitch” display. I should have included prints of my hands (similar to footsteps / foot prints in the sand). That would have taken it up a notch!

I haven’t worked on a croquet project or art project in a while. It would be nice to work on something for the art competition by the University of Guyana, but I don’t believe I can do my best work in just a few. I learned of the competition only yesterday. 

Another Georgetown Memory

My second memory involves the Queen. I was one of hundreds of people lining the streets in Georgetown when the Queen visited Guyana in 1995. I was living with my aunt at the time (in Meadowbrook Gardens) to attend the University of Guyana. My aunt told me I could go out just out front of the house to catch a view of the Queen as she passed by.