Standing Alone......Thank God for Family!

It has been a rough 2 weeks. There are some minutes in the day that I feel totally and completely alone. I know these feelings will pass with time, its just going thru the changes I must make in my life is a very lonely and scary process. FOR EVERY BAD THING there is A GOOD THING and this weekend my youngest son and his gal Cess, went to the Ocean with me. IT has been years since my newly adult son has sat with me on the beach. It was such a GOOD THING=0)

Seeing my children in the Ocean is always a pleasure to watch, even when they dissappear with my gear and i have to hunt them down in the water to be able to get my STUFF back =0)
It was on my way back from retrieving my gear that I ran into one of the oceans most beautiful creatures.
A Spanish Dancer...
IT looks like a piece of colorful ribbon and it moves like it is dancing in the water. It was swimming all alone happy as can be, looking sooo beautiful in orange against a blue background.
For me standing alone is not an easy thing, may i do it with as much grace, strength and color as the Spanish Dancer.

I am an island gal...

Comments

Tami Weingartner said…
A Spanish Dancer....I've never even heard of one...let alone seen one. How lovely!
September 21, 2009 at 8:05 PM
Firefly the Travel Guy said…
I have never seen or heard of it either, but will go and do some research to see what exactly it is. How great it must have been seeing it. I wish I can go snorkling with you one day. Or even just sit on the beach with you having a chat.
September 22, 2009 at 2:20 AM
robert said…
Living about 3,000 miles away from my parents makes it hard to see them often, most contact through the internet, exchanging e-mails, photography etc. - however, sometimes even this is hard, as there is always the bitter-sweet taste of distance, making it some days impossible to write a single line, nevertheless, would like to reasure you, that kids are thinking about their family on a constant base.
September 22, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Leilani Tresise said…
Tami and Fire.. If you google Spanish Dancer I think you can find more info =0)

Robert, I bet ur parents miss you alot! You are a one of a kind awesome person!
September 23, 2009 at 3:01 PM
A human kind of human said…
What an incredible creature. I have never heard of it, or seen it before. Thanks for sharing - the other two creatures in your photos look kind of amazing also.
September 26, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Leilani Tresise said…
LOL A HUMAN ! Thank you! Glad you got a camera on that phone! Africa.. Beauty in its finest form!
September 28, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Winter island style

Image
Winter island style.... is always a rest and catch up time for me ..... but for some water men and women.... They've waited and waited for this..... They are beautiful out there ... im not ashamed to tell them so..... Winter .... Hawaiian Kine Style,,,, Thes shots were taken , by me , at the Iconic Banzai Pipeline, on Oahu's North Shore...  
Read more

The Splash

Image
The water in the Bay has calmed down enough for me to swim into the big cave at the bay. I enter the crystal clear water of a little bay that's sits within the Big bay and made my way toward the cave. The tides are still high, the ocean not quite ready for the low low tides of summer. I enter the big cave that is still partially filled with water. The tide is pushing me in and out of the cool cave like a ride at the carnival! In and out... in and out of the cave, all the while I'm trying like crazy to get a picture from the inside of the cave looking out. It was on my 20Th trip with the tide back into the cave that I heard the splash behind me. Now, for me a splash behind me causes my heart to immediately start racing. Why? well when sharks feed they have a certain tail movement that causes a splash. I hear the splash and my brain goes into overdrive, "LANI", my brain screams, "DON'T look back,just swim to shore".. i feel my legs getting weak.. "LAN...
Read more

Swims with Scissors

Image
The weather here on Oahu has been yucky for the last week so I was surprised yesterday the 15th to see that the breezes had returned , the sky was blue and when i checked the surf report the waves on the North shore had calmed way down. I ventured down to the turtle rock i had been having so much fun at. I had seen the turtle below on my first day at the turtle rock. He had gotten snagged in fishing line and it was all over his neck, head and flippers. It so upset me I got out of the water, hurried into the bustling, little beach town of Haleiwa, to get the number to the turtle hot line here on the island. When i got home I threw a pair of first aid scissors in my beach bag and made a mental note that if I saw a turtle who was in trouble I would do the best i could to help. I am not a professional and I know that good intentions are not always enough. You have to KNOW what you are doing. I could hurt a turtle more than help it so i needed to use my head. He was at the rock yesterday an...
Read more