A couple of rainbows from this morning π
Photographs
An Evening at Polipoli
Monday, December 30, 2024
Yesterday evening a group of us went up to Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area for sunset and a picnic. The views were spectacular, looking across the Valley Isle to the West Maui Mountains, with Lana’i in the distance.
This morning’s rainbow π
The Bunker: Friday 20th December, 2024
Friday, December 27, 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.
The Bunker: Sunday 22nd December, 2024
Thursday, December 26, 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.
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 β
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.
The Bunker: Saturday 21st December, 2024
Tuesday, December 24, 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.
I’m listening to A Child’s Christmas in Wales by and read by Dylan Thomas
The Bunker: Monday 18th November, 2024
Monday, December 23, 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.
While Cleaning the house I’m listening to the late George Winston’s December
The Bunker: Wednesday 7th October, 2015
Sunday, December 22, 2024
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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.
One last photo today of the waves. This is looking west towards the West Maui mountains.
A couple of friends grab a grandstand view of the waves coming in at lunchtime today.
The Bunker: Sunday 3rd December, 2023
Friday, December 20, 2024
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The Bunker Tuesday 22nd June, 2021
Thursday, December 19, 2024
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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.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 β
The big swell is starting to arrive this evening. My wife and I headed down to Hoβokipa 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.
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 β
Dusk at Hoβokipa this evening. The island of Molokaβi is visible in the distance.
The Bunker: Tuesday 24th January, 2017
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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The Bunker: Monday 13th June, 2016
Monday, December 16, 2024
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The Bunker: Thursday 28th April, 2016
Sunday, December 15, 2024
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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. π
The Bunker: Friday 1st April, 2016
Saturday, December 14, 2024
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The Bunker: Sunday 27th December, 2015
Friday, December 13, 2024
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Thursday, December 12, 2024 β
πΆ Christmas Time is Here πΆ
Saturday, December 7, 2024 β
This morning’s partial rainbow οΏΌπ
Thursday, December 5, 2024 β
Dying peony flowers.
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?
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 lovely, unplanned evening.
Thursday, November 28, 2024 β
Setting the scene, from the garden.
Thursday, November 28, 2024 β
A big βThank youβ to Andy Carolan for creating my seasonal owl avatar to take me through the holiday periodβ¦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.
Lunch break at Ho’okipa Beach Park.
