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.
I’m sitting at home on Christmas night, just the lights of the Christmas tree on, listening to A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge.
All credit to the artist(s) 🎨
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.
☔ It’s raining outside. I didn’t see that coming. We have had such a long dry spell. Still it is welcome and I’m grateful for it.
☔ It’s raining outside. I didn’t see that coming. We have had such a long dry spell. Still it is welcome and I’m grateful for it.
I’m listening to A Child’s Christmas in Wales by and read by Dylan Thomas
OK. One more (maybe 😉) video of the big swell that has been going through the Hawaii islands. This one from yesterday afternoon.
One of my favourite Christmas songs is ”I Believe in Father Christmas” by the late Greg Lake.
Here is a version of the song sung by Lake and accompanied by among others, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. It is filmed at St. Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, in the City of London.
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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.
I was going to post this yesterday evening, but after starting to write on our return I was just too tired to finish it. So I’m completing it on the day after. I’ll leave the post in the tense fitting of my initial draft.
A video from yesterday morning, stopping off again to see how the big swell was developing.
While Cleaning the house I’m listening to the late George Winston’s December
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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 lunchtime visit to the waves today. If I had brought a picnic, I could have sat there for an hour watching these come in.
A couple of friends grab a grandstand view of the waves coming in at lunchtime today.
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The swell coming into the north shore of Maui continues to grow. This from this afternoon. As yet it has not peaked. I stand in awe of seeing these waves in person, and am grateful that I have the opportunity to do so. The raw power of nature is quite something to behold.
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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.
Another of those mornings when although we live a mile away from the ocean, I can hear the waves crashing against the cliffs. 🌊