Jana Matusz on Site

Big thank yous to Triangle Diving’s Graham, Ryan, Stefan, Marcus, and all the divers today! I’ve always wanted to draw diving subjects, but when I’m diving I’m DIVING, not drawing. This time I went out on the boat specifically to draw. It was mighty bumpy for drawing, but I had fun. More to come!

(Hmmm. Could there be another truck painting in my future?)

You’re kidding, right? A Peppercorn Ceremony? What is that?

(the following is from www.experiencebermuda.com)

If you visit Bermuda in late April, make sure to behold one of the islands’ quaintest, oldest traditions, the Peppercorn Ceremony. Complete with costumes and parade, the function held in colonial St. George’s will transport you back in time to 1816. Since then, it has marked the official collection of the yearly rent for the Old State House: one solitary peppercorn. Although a minimal payment, it is enough to bind a contract under British common law.

The 45 minutes of pageantry, held with much pomp and circumstance, begins with the gathering of the Bermuda Regiment on King’s Square. Bermuda’s premier, St. George’s mayor and other dignitaries arrive in full regalia, joining a large congregation amidst the town crier’s bellowing and bell ringing.

A 17-gun salute announces the grand entrance of the governor and his wife in a horse-drawn carriage. Then his excellency inspects the military guard of honour, while the Bermuda Regiment’s Band & Corps of Drums plays. The grand finale is the rendering of the symbolic peppercorn, presented on a velvet cushion laid out on a silver platter.

(Everyone knows that if you click on the little pictures they get bigger, right?)