Photographs

The Bunker: Friday 20th December, 2024

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This photograph is of the ocean facing side of the bunker. If anything happens here related to art, it is usually random graffiti. However, I took this photo because of the cow and her calf sitting in the shade of the building.

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The Bunker: Sunday 22nd December, 2024

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When I went back to the cliffs to see the waves the day after the last posting, someone had defaced or graffitied over the image from the day before. So I thought to include that update here, as well as a photo giving another perspective of the location of the bunker. Here you see people out watching the big swell that was breaking that day. In the distance are the lowlands of the West Maui Mountains, as well as the island of Moloka’i.

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I still can’t get use to this being a Christmas scene. It was a lovely couple of hours, watching the surfers, chatting with friends, dozing. And at times it feels… I’m not sure what the word is, wrong doesn’t convey the right meaning? Despite spending a good many years, decades, in the tropics, something in my cellular, read childhood, memory I think expects something else.

A sandy beach stretches toward a blue ocean with gentle waves under a clear sky.

The Bunker: Saturday 21st December, 2024

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Another double billing of the bunker. Aside from the front facing, main painting, some graffiti had also been added to the side, so I decided to share that as well.

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I’m listening to A Child’s Christmas in Wales by and read by Dylan Thomas

A stylized illustration features a snowy village scene beneath a large tree, with text indicating Dylan Thomas reading: “A Child’s Christmas in Wales and five poems.

The Bunker: Monday 18th November, 2024

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I posted a photo of this smiley face on the bunker before I started The Bunker series, and so I decided to post two more angles of the building on that day.

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While Cleaning the house I’m listening to the late George Winston’s December

A snow-covered landscape with bare trees is featured on the album cover for “December” by George Winston, highlighting piano solos.

The Bunker: Wednesday 7th October, 2015

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In going back through my photographs I found this distant view of the bunker. Although the artwork is not clear, it can be seen if you zoom in. I also like how this photo gives another perspective on where the bunker sits.

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One last photo today of the waves. This is looking west towards the West Maui mountains.

A grassy hill overlooks a vast ocean with waves crashing under a clear blue sky.

A couple of friends grab a grandstand view of the waves coming in at lunchtime today.

Two people sit in chairs on a grassy hill overlooking a blue ocean and clear sky.

The Bunker: Sunday 3rd December, 2023

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The Bunker Tuesday 22nd June, 2021

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There is only a partial view of the bunker here, but I didn’t want to lose an opportunity to capture any record of The Bunker that I had.

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The big swell is starting to arrive this evening. My wife and I headed down to Ho’okipa to catch the first waves coming in. Apparently it will get bigger as we go into the weekend. The road and shore line was covered in a mist of water thrown up by the surf.

Dusk at Ho’okipa this evening. The island of Moloka’i is visible in the distance.

The orange and yellow glow of sunset over the ocean. A cloudless sky, rocks and pools in the middle ground with a beach in the foreground.

The Bunker: Tuesday 24th January, 2017

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The Bunker: Monday 13th June, 2016

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The Bunker: Thursday 28th April, 2016

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I’m currently listening to A Charlie Brown Christmas (Expanded Edition) by Vince Guaraldi Trio. I love this soundtrack and the associated Peanuts TV special. I’ll be watching it again this year. πŸŽ„

The album cover for the soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas with Charlie Brown, Lucy and Linus dancing around a Christmas Tree, with Snoopy on the top.

The Bunker: Friday 1st April, 2016

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The Bunker: Sunday 27th December, 2015

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🎢 Christmas Time is Here 🎢

An iPhone Lock Screen showing the Peanuts character Snoopy sitting on a snowy doghouse reading a newspaper, next to a tall stack of bones.

This morning’s partial rainbow 🌈

A grassy field is bordered by lush vegetation under a partly cloudy sky, with a partial rainbow in the distance.

Dying peony flowers.

A white vase with dying white and brown peony flowers sits on a wooden table in a modern, minimalist room

This evening was beautiful, crystal clear with hardly a breath of wind. A couple of friends dropped by to say “hello.” At sunset the conversation turned to what to do for dinner?

A serene sunset is visible over a landscape with silhouetted grasses and a rooftop catching the last of the daylight.

So while I lit a fire, everyone else got busy in the kitchen and concocted a meal from leftovers. Our dishes full, we sat round the fire eating, chatting and catching up. And there we stayed for long after our plates were empty, under a dark sky thickly dotted with stars.

A square metal fire pit with burning logs is set on a grassy lawn near a building.

A lovely, unplanned evening.

Setting the scene, from the garden.

A tabletop arrangement features clusters of green berries, yellow accents, and spiky, thistle-like flowers.

A big β€œThank you” to Andy Carolan for creating my seasonal owl avatar to take me through the holiday period…and maybe through the winter?

This is my third owl avatar. Two by Andy and one by heyheymomo.

Why owls? I lived in South Wales for just shy of two decades. While there I could hear owls calling out during the stillness of the night. Occasionally during the day I would catch a glimpse of a tawny owl sitting in a tree, or quietly in flight. On one lucky occasion I caught a tawny owl feeding its young in the hollow of an old apple tree.

Here on Maui I have seen Pueo, the short-eared owl that lives here in Hawaii.

Owls have felt like a silent presence in my life.

Three cartoon owls are shown, each with a different expression and background, including a pink owl with hearts, a owl different shades of brown, and a festive owl with a scarf and hat.

Lunch break at Ho’okipa Beach Park.

A yellow table with red text saying MALAMA HO’OKIPA overlooks a rocky shoreline and the ocean.

A wave like cloud at sunset this evening.

A dramatic sunset fills the sky with vibrant orange and pink hues above a dark, silhouetted landscape.

Aloha from Maui.

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Well who would have guessed? I thought that I was a leak, but it appears that my Veggie ID is…

Broccoli.

What is yours?

A green poster describing my Veggie ID as Broccoli