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From the Movie Set of Lost~ exploring Kaaawa, Oahu

Our family scored an amazing invite down to party along the fish ponds in Kaaawa. The land here is amazing and has been used to film many movies. We recognized ...

Sunset flight, Halloween~ Crazy Mountains over Molokai, Hawaii

I was speechless as we lifted off on the tiny flight plane. We caught views of the ridges on the mountains over the least inhabited island on our chain~ Molokai...

Taking the skiff out from Kupreanof Island~ LeConte Glacier AK

The voyage is always full of surprises~ glaciers floating past, whales popping up to take a breath, seals scurrying off of passing icebergs, bears foraging on s...

Key Lime Pie~ The Real Deal!

Enjoying the last harvests of summer on Oahu before the cool air takes over and what a better way than with a meal on the deck ending in exploding tastes of loc...

Color Challenge~ Saturday Indigo

Fireweed explosion in front of Portage Glacier~ climbing up toward this glacier just outside of Anchorage, was incredible! The area was full of light in the sum...

Cloudy Skies and Light Play- Kalama Beach

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeRKyUTmPBQY268AGAHW5fiakcC6RirvAsL8cH6TPUA2K/ACB4D82F-021C-4743-B93C-FA84087D7DBD.jpeg Early morning walk in Kailua, Hawaii, wa...

Golden Hour Photography~ Sunset Snorkle at the Reef Drop Off

We headed out in hopes of finding manta rays as we'd heard they loved to fly through the drop off at sunset. The waters were warm and the sky exploded with gold...

Exploring Manoa after the Rains ~Jungle Falls on Oahu

The tropical storm that hit Oahu this past week left areas washing in floods. As our storm drains picked up the pace and the winds subsided we took the bridge o...

Golden Hour Photography~ Cloud Reflections on the Shore

Colors lit up the beach in oranges and golds, the water created a mirror image of cloud layers exploding in color~ we stared in awe feeling the day and peace wa...

Tuesday Trees~ Double Reef, a Jungle Oasis Found!

.JPG) We started our hike on the edge of the cliffs and climbed down the limestone walls to the shore below. It was humid and green was spilling out of everythi...

DIY~ Welcome Whale Sign for our Family Home!

Well we did it, this year we bought our first home and we needed to bless it with a request from our son~ a proper welcome whale greeting had to be made, hahaha...

Golden Hour Photography~ Peace all Around

The last light beams of the day burst out below a hovering storm cloud covering everything with a golden glow. We all sat entranced until it spilled into the se...

Hiking the Old Pali~ Oahu Hawaii

We took an adventure today with some of my son's classmates and went up onto the top of the Pali Lookout through the jungle under the 100 year old abandoned hig...

Golden Hour Photography~ Flying over the Philipinne Sea

The sun reflected color across the water lighting up our plane in an orange glow. Cloud shadows streamed across our ceiling as we turned just leaving the island...

Color Challenge, Friday Blue~ Wild Hawaiian Peacocks

Peacocks have been thriving here on the Hawaiian islands for over 150 years! We hear their calls out in the evenings and early mornings along the edges of the j...

Waimea Valley~ North Shore, Oahu

This valley sits in the heart of the north shore of Oahu, welcoming hikers with it's huge monkey pod trees creating a giant canopy over the massive garden lands...

Farm Fresh Seasonal Meals~ Vegetarian Quiche

We came across a local farm up the street from our home and got some fresh eggs so I just had to make them a main meal for the gang! We went down to our garden ...

Color Challenge Monday Red ~ Dragon Fruit, Jungle Foraging on Hawaii

Pitaya is the fruit of a cactus indigenous to the Americas but it has been popularized by it's Chinese name huǒlóng guǒ, which means fire dragon flower. It grow...

Wild Orangutans~ Borneo

We traveled through Borneo in hopes of seeing wild orangutans knowing that they only exist here and in a few colonies in Sumatra, dwindling in numbers due to ha...

Golden Hour Photography~ A Beautiful Sunset in Southern Thailand

We walked the shores of southern Thailand on the last night of our great journey around the world and watched the sun slip down behind the fishing boats like a ...