Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Until Tomorrow

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
Buddha 


Sunday, August 18, 2013

Litigation

“Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.”
Gore Vidal

A lawyerly license plate

Monday, August 12, 2013

The Destination

“The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is
essentially a part of it.”
Charles de Lint

This is Old Hulemalu Road which lead straight to our temporary home on Kauai.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Inflation

“Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut
you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.”
Sam Ewing

Let’s hold still for a minute…

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Quit Puffing

“I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air.”
Carrie Nation

Especially if the hellion is leaning up against a gas pump. This is the lonely
gas station in Kalaupapa, the former leper colony in Molokai, Hawaii.
There are no roads that connect Kalaupapa to the rest of the island.


Friday, June 28, 2013

Into Nature

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
Albert Einstein

Looking deep into a corner of nature on Kauai.




Friday, June 14, 2013

Shadows on the Sand

“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.”
Charles Dickens 1812-1870

This is on the edge of the island of Kaua’i, where the light is always strong.




Monday, May 13, 2013

Vacancy

“Architecture is inhabited sculpture.”
Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957

And, if empty, it’s a pile of wood. This free-for-all lumberyard is on Lydgate Beach, Kauai.



Saturday, May 11, 2013

Dog Training

“If you can relax without liquor, if you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
then you are almost as good as your dog.”
Unknown

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

True Nature

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968

A rainbow eucalyptus tree growing on Kauai.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Friday, May 3, 2013

Pleasure

“The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.”
John Ruskin 1819-1900

A self centered way of looking at things but still...




Wednesday, May 1, 2013

The Best Part

“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.”
Sir Francis Bacon 1561-1626

But I keep snapping anyway. This is Hanalei Valley on Kauai’s north shore

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Wanted: Rainbow

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
Dolly Parton

Or, in this case, the blow hole.


Thursday, April 25, 2013

Don't Fence Me In

“Give me a firm place to stand, and I will move the earth.”
Archimedes 287 BC-212 BC

This banyan tree in Kaua’i is moving the earth and the fence.


Monday, February 4, 2013

Happy H2O

“It is wise to bring some water, when one goes out to look for water”
Arab proverb

I didn’t bring any water... but I found a wet smiley face anyway.



Sunday, December 16, 2012

Nine Out of Ten Doctors Agree

“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.”
Lily Tomlin

Enjoying the end of the day on Maui.



Friday, December 14, 2012

BLISFL

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls”
Joseph Campbell 1904-1987

Or get a vanity plate so your bliss will follow you.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

In My Humble Opinion

“Where id was, there shall ego be.”
Sigmund Freud 1856-1939

We’re number one.   Aren’t we?