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| 1/31 -- Another day in paradise and it was
wrapped up with a beautiful rainbow this evening. I did learn
something new today from one of our neighbors. Basically, it
is things to consider when ridding a mouse from ones dwelling.
Our neighbor has one and she said she did two things; she
consulted an exterminator and she consulted her Buddhist
friend. The exterminator discussed the basic options in which
to exterminator the creature while her Buddhist friend
discussed the ramifications of killing it. She was informed
that killing it might seal her fate as a rat in her next
incarnation. The advice she received was to talk firmly to the
mouse and tell it to leave. This plan had apparently worked
for one of the Buddhist's friends. Our neighbor said she
informed the mouse she need to sleep and it better be quiet or
she was going to have to kill it. The mouse went to its part
of the room and remained quiet for 3 hours.
Personally, I am afraid of mice and would have to roll the
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evening, I looked up and was greeted with a beautiful rainbow. |
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| 1/30 -- Today is highly unusual for Maui. It is
actually a bit dark and dank and damp. I suspect it will be
short lived and back to it's bright eyed bushy tailed self
soon. I thought this would be a good opportunity to post a
photo of Sugar Beach with Kihei Pier in the distance. It was
taken 3 days ago and the water was unusually blue. |
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What isn't easy to notice here is how windy
it was. My hat kept flying off. |
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A closer image of Kihei Pier. |
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Looking out on to the water. I think it was
a spectacular shade of blue. |
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| 1/29 -- Around 11 a.m. today there
was a knock on the door. John stepped outside with our
neighbor for a couple of minutes and then excitedly re-entered
the condo. If you grab your camera, you can take a photo of
snow while standing in the parking lot he said. Suspicious to
say the least, I grabbed my camera while pondering on this
"snow". I was speculating a tree was shedding some
white flower, but as I stood in the parking lot, what did I
see? Snow! Real live snow. |
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Haleakala Mountain. |
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longer lens for you. You want closer? |
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| 1/28 -- Wrapping
up work, I contemplate what I need to do make sure is
accomplished in the next 5 minutes. Contacts in, yes,
Sunscreen applied, check, kites in the vehicle, no, maybe John
will do that, jug of water, oops, better get moving, dry
clothes for later, on the bed, just need to grab. I think I am
ready. Time to hit the road, our destination: Kite Beach. Not
very often, but sometimes, I am contemplative on how I ended
up on Maui.
For
full story click here.
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| 1/26 -- Quote of the Day -- Yesterday, we went
to a yard sales about 6 blocks from us. The guy holding the
yard sale was a healthy, verbose guy in his thirty's. Standing
there talking to us in his thick hooded sweatshirt, jeans,
socks, etc, he had his arms folded across his chest talking
about winter being "brutal." I thought he was
jesting but continued, "It is definitely winter, I have
pulled out the electric blanket."
Locals are definitely sensitive to temperatures and I have
started a little bit. But this same evening in which he had
the electric blanket cranking, we slept with the windows open
and I had a sheet halfway across me for most of the night. The
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| 1/26 -- Birds, birds everywhere.
When we get home in the late afternoon now, a family of Doves
fly toward us eagerly. I have been crumbling up some bread for
them and I do believe they expect it now. I feel they are
pecking their little bird watches if we are much past 5
p.m.
Yesterday, a male and female cardinal briefly visited for a
morsel of bread before flying off to bluer skies.
One bird that won't come near us is the chicken below. I
think he realizes he has lots of flavor. The other morning
John happened to run in his general direction....or maybe it
was more like directly towards him, and those legs were
moving. He tore around a car unaware I was on the other side.
As he rounded the front bummer and starting running towards me
his get away plan kicked into gear. With a squawk and a flap,
he took to the sky. I think it took all his will power to get
that plump body to defy gravity. |
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| One Dove pecking
about for bread crumbs. |
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| He was hiding behind
a bush giving me the hairy eyeball. As I tried to maneuver my
lens around the yellow flower, he dashed off. |
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1/26 -- I made a new page. It shows the
Kalepolepo Park and the Whale Sanctuary.
To view click here.
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| 1/25 -- What a beautiful January day. We
decided to forgo kiting and did a walk out to Maalaea Bay
Harbor and back. Below is Sugar Beach. In the mornings we
often walk along the sand to the Kihei Pier and back. You
can't see it on the second photo but it is a half to three
quarters of a mile down the beach heading west. The dry sand
typically has a cool edge to it while the water is beautifully
warm. |
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| 1/24 -- We wondered on to the beach today and
what did our wondering eyes see? A Classical or seventh
circuit labyrinth made out of little rocks in the sand. I
Googled it and learned it can be used in a group ritual or
private meditation. It dates back over 4,000 years. |
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| John does his private
meditation. |
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| An image of it I found on
Wikipedia. |
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| He keeps going |
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| 1/23 -- Yesterday as I photographed the below
triangle cement structure in the water, I noticed this stump.
I though there was something clean with the way the light was
hitting it and the beach. So I snapped away. |
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| 1/22 -- What a glorious day on the beach. The
wind was superb. I did catch some air too. Accidentally of
course. I sheeted in too much and the next thing I knew my
feet were 3 feet above the water. It was fun, but it took me a
solid 5 minutes to work upwind to my board.
Yesterday, as I landed downwind of my launch location I
looked at this triangle in a new light. While I have noticed
this hunk of cement many times, it is an obvious hazard to out
of control kiteboarders, I decided it would be a cool image. I
took this around 5 p.m. I might try around noon one day. I
rarely like noon time shots but I think this will be an
exception. |
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| 1/22 - Another day, another opportunity to
perfect ones Pogo sticking ability. |
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| 1/21 -- Another crazy day of wind on Kite
Beach. The wind was all over the place. At first I was
underpowered, next it felt great, then it was gusty and last
but not least it stopped all together. Two minutes prior to
the complete shutting off of the wind, I noticed Suzie and
Dave Dorn, owners of Action Sport, and one of their
instructors, Karen, returning to shore. I briefly pondered
this since Suzie and Dave had only been on the water for 5
minutes. Next time I see them leave unexpectedly, I am
following suit.
As my kite bobbed in the water, I decided to walk up the oh
shit line (it's official name) to the kite. When you shorten
one line it de-powers the kite. Now, should the wind pick up,
it will only flag out. Of course this left 3 long lines. The
closer I swam toward the kite, the more these 3 lines pooled
into a knot around my kicking legs. Inadvertently, they
wrapped around my right ankle.
On the beach, John helped me remove this 4 inch wide wad of
string before I did the walk of shame back to our launch spot.
As we walked, I just let the knot drag on the sand behind me.
Once settled, John looked at me and said, "I can say with
confidence, there are no cats on this beach." Pretty darn
funny.
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| 1/21 -- Yesterday before we pumped up our kites
we decided to take the little bridge that separated our launch
spot from the one directly upwind (northeast) from us. At
Kanaha Park there are three main spots in which people launch.
Starting th the highest point there is Nash Beach, then Pro
Beach and lastly, our favorite, Beginner Beach. As we crossed
the beach we headed over to Pro Beach. Named such because the
best riders tend to launch from here.
I learned something new when we arrived. The rocks make a
barrier or pool on a section of Pro Beach perfect for
families wishing to escape strong currents and waves. Kanaha
Park is obviously a park and a few tents populated the woods
directly behind the beach. |
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| The little bridge. How cute! |
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| The view from the bridge. Not
shabby. |
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| The rocks create a barrier
making this a calm, smooth pool of water. Perfect for
families. |
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We rounded the beach and beheld the beauty
of the Nash launch spot. |
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