Earth Day 2016

My friend Ellen and I enjoyed exploring Moloa`a  Bay Ranch Costal Trail and tried our best to get to Kaakaanui Cove. A lovely day watching turtles and seabirds under Kauai's beautiful blue sky--

Earth Day at it's best!!

Moloa`a  Beach is also know as the location where they filmed the pilot for Gilligan's Island.
"Now this is a tale of our castaways"

sign says it all...



Lovely....

Here we go...



Ellen blazing the trail.



a look at Kaakaaui  Cove--so close yet so far...Cove is just around the corner,
lots of boulder hopping and a very steep descent from this cliff.



Ellen using the designated trail...land owner erected this fence,
 preventing us from easy access to Kaakaanui Cove.



this is what happens to barbed wire in salty air conditions

Can't really see them, but there were about a dozen green sea
turtles in the water doing whatever sea turtles do!!



small cairn



albatross overhead



Ellen watching the Frigate and Tropic Birds



Kauai Explorers with Kauai Coast in the background



On the way home I stopped at this "Tiny Home Bakery" just two blocks from
 the beach for some yummy bread to go with tonight's lasagna.

Me....where I like to be

Photo credit~~Julie H. 

BLessings, Val

Taking you to a Waterfall...

don't forget your slippers!!

 

foot traffic only, NO cars!!!

 

We're going to use the river trail



sure, go ahead and take a photo!!!



keep right....

click, click, click

watch for tiny flowers hidden in the foliage

love all the ferns



yellow like the sun

 

we have arrived at our destination.....A Beautiful Kauai WATERFALL!!

Blessings, Val

Tears....

"Tears are prayers too, they travel to God when we can't speak."

Psalm 56:8

 

 

Tears for

 fellow blogger that said goodbye to their beloved pup on Monday,

 for a young couple that lost their unborn baby last week,

 for those lost in the Ecuador earthquake,

 for nieces that are traveling,

for peace.

 

 

Blessings~~ Val

 

Liquid sunshine...

  Surrounded by water it's hard to envision that our island is in the midst of a drought. 

 It rained most of the weekend--giving us Liquid Sunshine!! 

Waves  and gray skies

Raindrops on windshields

Right before the rain began... a glimmer of sunlight

A rainy Hanalei Valley



Looking west  from the Hanalei Overlook



Charging those waves...rain doesn't stop him.

fence tangles



Soggy taro field



The infamous Hanalei Bridge

A calm Hanalei River

 Liquid Sunshine means waterfalls and rainbows. 

 Hope your week is full of Sunshine either the dry or liquid variety

(depending on your need :)

 

Val

 

 

Avoidance...

My last blog post was February 17. I've avoided posting, my heart is still broken and I spend most days in a funk. The past few days it's as though something has awakened my soul. Questioning myself as to the direction this blog should go, I've decided to get back on the horse and just see how it plays out.

Ron and I took a wonderful vacation to New Zealand and Australia in March. What a beautiful place to explore, the tour group was wonderful and believe it or not the Girlz went with us. I found some lovely pocket urns to place some of their remains, so they rode planes, trains, boats and even rode a camel. The most difficult part of the trip was coming home to an empty house. I still struggle with the sound of silence.  I'm working on a photo book, needless to say looking back on 10 years of photos is a monumental task, but it has been helpful in healing my heart. Enough of that...I'm rambling!!!

Since it will be Sunday when most of you read this post I have decided to whip up a pot of Sunday Stew. So here are some of my recent photo captures.

 

 

 

 

The road's not easy, but one I must take.

 

Val