Naialani

 It started out this way.... winter skies over the island of Oahu...the sun and clouds greet each other...  they sit down for a cup of coffee.....  They find the have a lot in common ...the sky a friend to them both.....  As time moves on.... sparks fly.... they get along so well.... To this human this sunset over the skies of Oahu, was one of the most beautiful she has ever seen.... it was A Love Affair, between the Sun and the clouds....  sunset 11-15-12..... I am an island gal.........................

Winter water here on Oahus North shore has underwater visibility of "hand in front of your face". Big waves on the outter reefs, stir up the summers silt on the inner reefs, carrying it eventually out to sea... Its Mother Natures way of cleaning house. Currents are strong so yesterday Friday November 9,2012 i was trying to take a picture of this beautiful serene turtle u see here in the first shot... a friend he was being very patient.... All of a sudden, out of the midst of the silt,a turtle, i dubbed Solomon drops in next to me... like a helicopter landing, he surprised me... Every once in a while you meet a turtle like this... a little wise guy, full of personality. Since being too close to these guys is a NO NO, i turned and moved away. Well, Solomon wasn't having it.... it was his time for the camera... u see him here in the third shot,he is the turtle in the back, swimming full throttle around the rock i had just moved away from... What ...

Its been hot hot hot here on Oahu.... not the usual here for the months of October and now November........ My son and his wife had vacation time so as a family we headed to the Ocean... Waimea Bay, North Shore Oahu, our favorite.... even though the days are still hot, the ocean has gone into winter waves and winter currents.... My son, now an adult brought his body board with him... nice little waves made for a good safe time. I laughed as I took pictures of him riding the waves. That's him, the person closest to u in the picture... i remember for years, when he was younger, running up and down this beach pulling him out of Waimea Bays white water yelling for him to please be careful. My knees constantly remind me that i had done more than my fair share of running on wet sand. I continued to smile and then laugh out loud as i realized someday, myson, at my age, will have conversations with his aching knees.... How do I know this? Hes going to...

The place i call heaven.....  I had found discarded fishing line stuck to the underwater reef, a huge hazard to   swimming turtles.....I brought my knife and with the help of a passerby cut the line from the reef... When i got to shore, the winter storm clouds over me parted and what did i see? Can u see it ?? right there in the middle of the third picture..........a turtle in the sky.... I took it as a "Thank You"....... Magic??.... nope.... just the wondrous, mysterious, beauty of Mother Nature~~ I am an island gal........ p.s.  picture of the "sky turtle" is just as i shot it.... =)

It is that time of the year here in Hawaii   Winter is peeking thru the clouds.... The sun still summer warm, the clouds, winters messengers.... together, they create here in the islands... rainbows that glow........ Glow Bows..... I am an island gal...............

Persevere and Endure... 2 words that can drive a human crazy..." WHY cant things be just a little easier?" i hear it often... " Life is tough" hear that one often too...  This time.....  I waited 2 years for the dolphins to come into shallow water... see those white things floating in the picture? they STING? Ive mentioned them before...to Persevere and Endure... was it worth it? .......  In this first picture u see 5 baby dolphins.. there are six but one is hidden.... this moment alone would make eternity worth the wait... Baby dolphins learning the shore line... Mommy dolphins secure enough with my presence to let them swim by...  The wait.... the pain from the stinging.... disappeared..... all forgotten.... vanished ... Perseverance and Endurance ... 2 verbs according to the dictionary...I realized ive inadvertently been using these 2 words for years....then it hit me..... not giving up can CHANGE your Life!...

Beautiful Makua Oahu, it takes me an hour to get here from my house.... It is worth every single minute it takes.... A Summer Sunday in September.... this island gal loves it!!  p.s. that's a baby dolphin in the last picture....it just doesn't get any better... 9-9-12