Scottish Blue Badge guide Susan Brown [Eyes on Scotland and Eyes on Bermuda] spends her winters in sunny Bermuda (lucky lady!), and this year, she’s giving us a photographic tour of the the island’s town of St. George all decked out in holiday lights.

Living on an island means that local raw materials are finite, and part of wood craftsman Alex’s ethos is to reuse and repurpose discarded wood, whether it be windfall, landscaping waste, ocean flotsam and jetsam or off-cut wood. Chris, a designer of rope art, believes in sustainability wherever possible and repurposes discarded ropes that he finds in the ocean, as well as working with new ropes.

Human beings are social characters that need interaction to stimulate emotions, to energize thought processes, to bring experiences to life; and boy, have I loved the various communities I have been part of across the world!