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Day 93: Maui! pt 1

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

The sun rose as we slowly cruised into Maui.  We had to get moving because we had scheduled a Road to Hana tour… Out on the road we started with a nice rainbow… Of course, rainbows frequently come with…rain…this is the little road we were on.  The Road to Hana comes complete with warnings against […]

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Day 84: Hula Gir…errr…the Parade of Canoes!

Monday, March 26, 2012

They have a daily parade of canoes with the different Islands costumes and dances. This is a small election.  I got a lot of video, too, and it is all too big to post here! Na Ali’i O Hawaii (King and Queen) Samoa Fiji makes a splash! Tahiti Closeup! Hawaii Spreading flower pedals! An interesting […]

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Day 82: Along the North Shore!

Monday, March 26, 2012

After the Dole Plantation we headed up to the North Shore.  It is not to long of a drive. (Many of these photos are the Dailylife Wife’s: it is apparently now a capital offense to remove your hands from the steering wheel for >>any<< reason on this Island!) As we dropped down out of the […]

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Day 81: The Plantation Garden Tour!

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Presented (mostly) without comment. Sago Palm! (Click on these to enlarge; BACK to return!) Unknown! Hey, what’s that through those trees…? … ……  … Ginger. Curtain Palm??? Bananas. Unknown. A complete mystery. Bird of Paradise. Unknown. Still unknown, only taller.   The one on the left. A red unknown. Yup  Still. Ti.  Not tea, Ti. […]

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Day 80: The Pineapple Express, part 2!

Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Dole Plantation is mainly a demonstration of what they do and did now.  The crops are exhibits.  Pineapple and sugar cane have pretty much moved away from the Islands.  Here is sugar cane and bananas (the short plants…) More of the same. Cheap farm labor. A nice green hedge as we roll along. They […]

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Day 79: The Pineapple Express, part 1!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

At the Dole Plantation: Pineapples! Young, immature, 800 gallons of water per plant pineapples. Another, more mature pineapple… Koi!   A few more Koi! LOTS of Koi! ‘Told ya! Watering the crops at the Dole Pineapple Plantation! Hey, what’s that over there? It is yellow and it toots… YES!  It tis the Pineapple Express, a […]

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Day 78: The first morning in Hawai’i!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

A little sun with the clouds… Lots of flowers around the Ko Olina Beach Club Resort! The breakfast buffet at the Longboard Bar and Grill. Melissa, our oh so good and can’t stop but I-want-to-go-to-Montana hostess! Dailylife at the Longboard! Another flower… So what comes after flowers and a breakfast buffet?  A trip to the North […]

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Day 77: The first afternoon and evening!

Friday, March 16, 2012

At the Ko Olina Beach Club Resort the Common Myna abounds! (All photos taken on the Canon Powershot SX100IS unless otherwise noted!) The lovely (manmade?) cove and beach at the Ko Olina. A Nutmeg Mannikin watches over our lunch! One of the many funny red plants that thrive in Hawaii. Salsa, chips and a Longboard […]

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Day 270

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The first photos published from MY Canon 7D!!!  Three quick snapshots. (1/200, f11, 127mm, ISO 500, -1/3 stops) I caught Mother Nature in mid-change…cute knickers! (1/60, f11, 47mm, ISO 500, -1.3 stops) Old Glory in the breeze! (1/100, f11, 100mm, ISO 500, -1.3 stops) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 262: Back at my sister’s garden…

Saturday, September 24, 2011

(1/750, f5.6, 125mm, ISO 200, -1 stop) ~Curtis in BC! {!-{>

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