You might have to look very close here, but this photo is taken from the Koloiki Ridge on Lana’i, with Moloka’i on the left and Maui on the right.
Photographs
Evening views at the beach.
My grandson playing in the rock pools.
The setting sun.
I’m not spending much time in coffee shops these days, but I took some time this morning to sit outside at Maui Coffee Attic.
Starting my Field Notes annual subscription.
Having bought the cookbook Vegan Japan Easy a little while back (ahem), I though it about time that I try a recipe. A couple of nights back I prepared this “Ramen for Faye Wong,” as it was titled. Two hours lates(!) I was pleased with the outcome - both looks and taste.
Make, Day 13 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. Well that’s that dinosaur contained. Evening construction projects with my grandson.
Sporg, Day 12 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. What a sporg will do to a tree after a bad day. Beware!
Machine, Day 11 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. Rigged up to some machines at KBOO in Portland for an interview in 2011.
Energy, Day 10 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. My energy levels were much stronger at this early stage of the hike through Haleakala crater at the end of last year. My legs were heavy and dragging by the end.
Muddy, Day 9 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. The mudflats at low tide at Weston-super-Mare.
Hope, Day 8 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. My hope for this year is to be able to get back to the UK to visit my parents. 18 months or more have already passed since I was last there. The end of 2021, maybe? Here’s the Avon Gorge in Bristol.
Craving, Day 7 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. Today I was craving peace and quiet, so found myself at Waihe’e Coastal Dunes & Wetlands Refuge. Hardly a sole there.
Sport, Day 6 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. This is probably the closest that I get to participating in sports, and I don’t do this enough. Here out hiking in the Oregon foothills, circa 2011. Cycling figures in the picture as well, but less so since moving to Maui.
Pets, Day 5 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. This is Bronx, my stepdaughter’s French Bulldog, our surrogate pet.
Layers, Day 4 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. Cloud layers over Portland, OR at dawn, December 2012.
There is snow on the summit of Haleakala. Zoom in and you can see it. Not the quantity that some parts of the world are experiencing right now, but a rarity here.
Comfort, Day 3 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. I sometimes find comfort in remembering the corner of South Wales where I used to live.
Morning Beverage, Day 2 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. Setting up to make my pre-dawn pour over coffee.
Close up, Day 1 of February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge. Sometimes I find nourishment in the little, unnoticed details of life.
Your morning rainbow fix 🌈
I’m joining the Scan Thing bandwagon. That cup was sitting on the dashboard of my pickup. Amazing!
I love the light in this photo. Outside the front of the Marriott in Wailea.
Walking down the driveway of the Marriott, Wailea on Saturday night. Old trees, twinkling lights, magic in the air.
A day of rivers and flooding, and it’s still raining as we turn in for the day.
Kiki's Map of Maui
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Since HBO started their HBO Max service, I have slowly been filling in the Studio Ghibli movies that I have not seen. I recently watched Kiki's Delivery Service and noticed that the map that Kiki used was of Maui, or at least had the names of towns and places on Maui. So even though the movie is set in a European looking town, there is a South Pacific slant!
It’s raining - hard!
This evening.
We found a quiet, empty and very small hideaway yesterday, admits what I thought were troublingly crowded beaches (we almost turned around and went home). In the distance is the island of Kaho’olawe, and just in front I could make out the water spouts of whales.
Just next to where we were sitting was this old lava tube. I imagined red hot molten lava pouring out of it and into the ocean, many moons ago.
What a beautiful day! 🌞🎄
Melissa and I are not long back from a lovely evening at Mama’s Fish House to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Mama’s does the Hawai’i experience so well. I’m happy that they survived the pandemic after rumours that they were closing, and they are handling reopening well.
