Another lap.....

 54 laps around the sun completed.....now on to 55!!!!

Happy Mother's Day....

Wishing my mom a very Happy Mother's Day!! Thank you for all that you do.

Love, Val and the Girlz

 

Day 3

Spent just a few short minutes at the pupping site yesterday. Just had to go out and see the new one before he/she out grows their black onies!! Such a sweetie and momma is doing a great job of keeping the pesky males at bay.  

Stanely and Murphy asked how big the pup was....well, at birth they are 25-30 lbs. in the next 5-7 weeks I will be sharing photos of their rapid growth. You won't believe the change they make. 

Happy "Birth" Day...

I would like to introduce you to Kauai's newest monk seal. He/she was born today at an undisclosed location here on Kauai. I will share more information and photos soon. In case you can't see him/her it's the little black blob next to momma.

I love spring!!!  

 

Computer crashed.....

Aloha, 

It's going to happen, it always does, you just don't know when.....I am working on putting the pieces together ( fortunately I had all my photos backed up). It's the rest of the stuff that I gotta glue back together. 

I leave you with this photo of the under belly of the Hanalei Pier. 

Throw Back Thursday....

Thought I would join in "Throw Back Thursday". Today is the 7th anniversary of our catastrophic office fire. It was an electrical fire completely destroying a dental clinic/business of almost 20 years.

The clinic before the fire

 

 The morning after the fire

 

 

Yes, we are smiling, that's not to say we didn't cry! There were many tears and sleepless nights after the fire. Dealing with insurance and the task of putting our lives back together was daunting. We felt blessed that no one was killed or injured and that it wasn't our home. So many helped following the fire and we are forever grateful.  The volunteer fire department was amazing.  In the wee hours of April 24, 2007 many doors were closed for us, but then other doors were opened. We listened to the small voice giving us guidance and followed HIS prompting. Has it been easy??? No, but it's been a journey that we could have never imagined prior to the fire.

 

Like they say...what doesn't kill ya, makes ya stronger!!

 

Happy Thursday

Earth Day...

Everyday should be Earth Day!! Found this little fellow while doing a monk seal survey on Earth Day. As I looked at him and he looked at me, I thought....we should treat everyday like Earth Day!!

This is RN44, a one year old Hawaiian Monk Seal. His momma is RH58, (aka Rocky) she lives on Oahu and comes to Kauai to pup.  Wednesday I will be taking Noreen, a blogging friend from the mainland out to try and find him again.

So for  his sake, let's treat everyday like Earth Day!!