Elenoa, part of the family-owned Bibi's HideAway in Taveuni, Fiji. i made her pose in this shot of the glass door i painted to add interest to the picture. The sun was so intense and the rain so strong during hurricane season that my painting literally got beat up! i came back to it some time later with pieces of paint melted off and 'Noa's sasa broom doing added damage.Jim Bibi, an elderly Fijian and the owner of this semi-budget resort (where you can eat for free all the fruit and vegetables they grow in their gardens), asked me to paint over the green tape holding up the cracked glass. i incorporated that green tape into the design.
Lesson 1: do not paint on the outside of glass doors...duhhh!
Lesson 2: do not paint according to the colors of the curtains--for they come and go to Laundry Land and other color schemes come into play which may or may not match the painting.
Lesson 3: do not let 'Noa clean painted glass doors with her sasa (coconut tree leaves with the leafy parts shaved off so that only the spine remains; then many are tied into a bundle to create a broom).
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