Naialani

Its rained hard and often here on Oahu this January 2013.  That much rain causes the water to run into the ocean and cloud it up. Visibility goes to zero..    So I found myself in a dilemma one morning when i wasn't sure whether i should go left to the west, or right to the North... There a a rainbow on my right so I followed it north...  that rainbow led me to the clearest cleanest winter water on the North Shore Oahu I have ever seen...  I didn't know these turtles but it sure was a pleasure to be able to see them... Either that rainbow knew something I didnt or I got real lucky!!   I am an island gal...........

After the craziest weather i have ever seen here on Oahu, yesterday was like a dream..... We are in the throes of Winter.... only the bravest can swim... hehehe.... So heres my question.... When will the WINTER water calm down?... and then I WONDER... when will I be able to leave the LAND and swim again? Winter Wonderland........

I stood camera in hand smiling. The weather on Oahu has been hot hot hot... The island held prisoner by VOG... that's Volcanic Haze... but on this evening the skies had cleared and I smiled as i watched another winter sunset... The skies over the island of Oahu lit like a fine Christmas Ornament..its one of the beautiful things about a Hawaiian winter... I hop into my car, still smiling and ride off into the sunset.....  I am an island gal.....

 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.... =)