Glass burned in beach fires, then tumbled for decades
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We saw this guy take off and fly on the slope near Kealia beach. He had no trouble taking off, with the steady tradewind blowing up the hill, but he really struggled to get any altitude. I guess the wind was flat just above. We watched him take off and then fly for about 15 minutes, and he never got any higher than this.
There were some large tides and we happened to be near Fuji beach in Kapaa, so we went for a walk on the rocks that are usually under water, and found some tide pool inhabitants:
The dogs still pull on their leashes, so Sonja cut this palm frond into a dog-reminder: we can shake it at them when they start pulling and whack them gently if they don’t stop pulling:
Watch out for the trolls on the Kapaa bike path bridges:
The dog park at the Kauai Humane Society in Puhi has some pretty trees:
This orchid-like flower was just by the liquor store along Rice Street:
Two dogs waiting (im)patiently in the car:
There are still some wild places to be found (but not named online):
Another walk down to Kealia beach and the bike path to Kumukumu (aka Donkey) beach:
Then a hike on the Nounou West trail, a day after the heavy rains. It was muddy, but the mushrooms were “fruiting” and native hibiscus was blooming:
At the mouth of the Wailua river, by the boat ramp.
We saw the eclipse. Leilani found out that by putting 3-5 pairs of sun glasses on top of each other one could really look at the sun, and we photographed the cool sickle shadows.
Also during the eclipse. I had never heard about that effect before or have any explanation… but it’s sure cool.
We use the solar cooker a lot for sun tea, black and herbal. The herbal tea from the yard is really tasty, mint, basil lemongrass, sometimes a bit oregano…
Sierra came for a sleepover
Leilani counted and photographed her money, before rolling the coins and depositing it into her savings account.
Sunrise papaya
Our prisms cast rainbows on walls and ceilings
Our Christmas tree was absolutely beautiful through mid February.
But then started to slowly decline. This is the last photo I took in March.
A few days later we burned the tree in a beautiful bonfire at the beach.
A neighbor found this kite and gave it to Leilani. She loves it and likes to go fly it on the beach, here South Lydgate beach. When there isn’t enough wind, she just runs with it on the beach with all that energy she has:
One day, we went to hike at Ho’opi’i falls, but it started to rain so we turned around quickly. But the sun was still shining while it kept on raining, and one of the brightest rainbows we’ve ever seen appeared.
The rain was coming from the west and we drove down to the bike path in Kapaa where the same rainbow appeared over the ocean:
Click this and the other panoramics in this post to view the high-res image (best viewed full screen).
Technical note: our little camera, a Panasonic Lumix TS5, takes great images, but its panorama feature doesn’t work well (low res). But Andy got a (used) iPhone 5 for Christmas and it takes excellent panoramas–so expect to see more of them. Actually the iPhone 5 takes great photos too, which is really handy (that’s a pun for German speakers) for those dog walks when we don’t bother to take the camera, but see something beautiful.
Like this sunset at the dog park :
This was the first (or second) of several beach fires. It seems like we don’t do any for years, and then we had several in a few months:
The girls were off playing and showed us what they made: a little town with houses and roads made out of driftwood.
Another out of the way place we hadn’t been in a long time, but then ended up visiting several times recently:
This is seaweed of several sorts growing on a rock underwater, very colorful:
Down a non-descript dirt road, a nice little beach off the beaten path. Not deserted however, the photos don’t show the homeless camp in the trees nearby.
