Photos from Puerto Rico: Family Contributions Edition

A handful of recent photos of the island taken by friends and family.

View of the San Juan bay as seen from Paseo de la Princesa.
Pic from the in-laws. (They visit PR several times a year.) May 2018.

Paseo de la Princesa.
Photo from the in-laws. May 2018.

The Puerto Rican single-starred flag flying next to the US flag on Paseo de la Princesa.
Photo from the in-laws. May 2018.

Palomo is my mom's outdoor kitty, one of several strays that she feeds who has claimed their house as his. Mom caught him, had him neutered by her vet, and set him free again. Here he is resting at the front gate.
Photo from my mom. July 2018.

Palomo is a loverboy.
July 2018.

What? Caribbean cats play with coconuts, didn't you know that? ;)
Also Palomo. Photo from my mom. July 2018.

My great-grandmother's lillies. They have been blooming for decades.
Photo from my mom. July 2018.

Red-tailed hawk takes flight from a light post in Guaynabo, my hometown.
Photo from my mom. April 2018.

View of the mountains from the house I grew up in Guaynabo.
Photo from my mom. May 2018.

Living room of the house I grew up in. My grandfather was a civil engineer. He both designed and built this house in the 1960s. He was building open floor plans way before they were trendy.
Photo from my mom. May 2018.

View of one of Mayaguez's streets.
Photo from Carlos's cousin. July 2018.

Mayaguez and its mountains.
Photo from Carlos's cousin. July 2018.

Street art in Mayaguez.
Photo from Carlos's cousin. July 2018.

Rio Piedras street art.
Photo from Carlos's cousin. May 2018.



Arroyo on the 4th of July, 2018.
Photo from my mom.

Lordemar Restaurant in Patillas. My mom and the aunts went there for lunch.
Photo from my Aunt Mary. July 2018.

Lordemar Restaurant in Patillas. Check out that VIEW!!! You can step off of the deck onto the beach itself.
Photo from my Aunt Mary. July 2018.

One of Guaynabo's many, many roundabouts.
Photo from my mom. May 2018.