finches…

12 Sunday May 2019

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spent some time in the garden reading this afternoon…

I’ve also been watching the birds…

yesterday I spotted a couple of finches and have been hoping to get a photo of them so I can identify them… I even took my camera upstairs and left it on the landing hoping I might spot them again when going up or down the stairs…

no luck so far, but there are at least four different types of sparrows out there;-)…

and the creeping Charlie is starting to bloom…

favourite…

03 Friday May 2019

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I’ve been asked by a number of people to share my favourite thing about Maui…

so I’ve been thinking about it… and I can’t come up with just one thing…

over the last week I’ve printed a group of my favourite photos… and have been looking them over and remembering the particular moments each one represents…

there were so many special times… the ocean, the beaches, the rainbows, the trees, the turtles, the vegetation, the orchids, the flowers, snorkelling, the waterfalls, the food, the helicopter flight, the cacao trees, and on and on…

it really was two weeks of bliss;-)…

mailbox…

30 Tuesday Apr 2019

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started the day admiring a few of the flowers from my birthday bouquet… yesterday morning I removed a few and returned the remainder to the office…

when I got home and checked the mailbox I was very happy…

there was a parcel and a postcard from Hawaii;-)…

the parcel was from one of my “girls” who lives in Vancouver now… she sent me some lovely black currant loose tea… what a sweet girl…

the postcard was from my daughter… she is always sending postcards and while we were on Maui she found one with orchids on it and sent it to me;-)…

just made a cup of the tea… it is lovely…

missed…

26 Friday Apr 2019

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been away from the office for sixteen days…

today when I returned there were notes and presents at my desk, and hugs from colleagues… nice to feel missed…

shortly after I went into a meeting I was called into another meeting at which point there was singing, flowers and a card… I was surprised as I was thinking that my birthday celebration would be on Monday…

sure is great to be appreciated;-)…

souvenirs…

25 Thursday Apr 2019

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had a lovely day…

woke up at nine and had a relaxing morning…

in the afternoon grocery shopped with my grandson and did loads of laundry… basically all the clothes I took got washed, although I didn’t wear everything, lol…

in the process of emptying the suitcases I gathered up my souvenirs and decided where they will live;-)…

picked up a heart-shaped amethyst and two rocks…

they have all gone into the coffee table for now and fit in nicely with the shells that are currently on display… I did find a few shells, but decided to take pictures and not bring any home…

picked up a cute little bag and a hand towel…

just possibly I have a problem with sarongs… got four all together, but I do use them all the time…

cooked chicken and potatoes for my dinner, with enough leftovers for a lunch, and made a batch of zucchini-basil soup…

bit of tv and then early to bed as I am back at the office tomorrow;-)…

Maui, day six…

16 Tuesday Apr 2019

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today was moving day…

we moved from the Maui Beach Hotel to the Gingerbread House Airbnb…

and we went to Ho’okipa Beach Park and saw green sea turtles… we were at this park a few days back but didn’t notice the turtles…

it is easy to think they are rocks on the beach, lol… they are protected and the area around them is blocked off so you can’t get too close, but I got a few good shots with my camera… they move very slowly but leave a serious trail in the sand… watching them move when they are on the beach is quite different from their arrival as they surf onto the sand…

Maui, day five…

15 Monday Apr 2019

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today we went to Ali’i Kula Lavender… we thought it was just a lavender field but it turned out to have a whole lot of flowering plants and trees as well…

had a lovely wander around and took a few photos, lol…

from there we headed over to Maui Chocolate and Coffee Tours at Kupa’a Farms where we had a wonderful visit with Ann and Janet and Gerry… we talked about jewellery and Instagram and then we got to see cacao trees… somebody was very happy…

we saw all kinds of other trees and learned how chocolate is made, followed by a great chocolate tasting…

what a glorious afternoon…

Maui, day three…

13 Saturday Apr 2019

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we were up early to be ready for our tour bus which took us to Hana… here’s what the information said;

the road to Hana takes you on one of the most breathtaking drives on earth through Maui’s tropical rainforest. A 52 miles excursion with 617 hairpin curves and 56 narrow one-lane bridges.

and we were very happy to be passengers on the drive, lol… there were eight Americans and four Canadians, newlyweds, a couple celebrating their 25th anniversary, a pair of brothers and their wives, a couple from Calgary and us…

yesterday it was all about the rainbows… today it was all about the waterfalls… and there were many of them…

from trickles down the side of the hill to large roaring waterfalls, as well as a few lava tubes… we saw them all…

from lush vegetation, to dry and arid land, to lava fields… from rainstorms to hot sunshine… and ocean alongside much of it…

what a spectacular day…

Maui, day one…

11 Thursday Apr 2019

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what a wonderFULL day…

put my toes in the ocean… in Kahului and Kihei… so amazing;-)…

saw flowers everywhere… including red hibiscus hedges and flowering trees… enjoyed so many… just got a few closeups of some outstanding blooms that I came across…

tried, and loved, shave ice… had thought the concept was odd, so when we had one and it was so good, really got why people stand in long lines to get some;-)…