Kona: picture-a-day May 2025

“A hui hou Kona“ …Well, not yet…Apparently it’s going to take a while to sell the house…It seems like the day we listed, the real estate market here on the Big Island went to a standstill. Just my luck. So, rather than being stressed, I’ve decided to take a picture a day — until the…

South Pacific beauty

Sharing a few notes about another amazing journey through the South Pacific… Vanuatu – Mystery Island — halo! This island is uninhabited. There’s remnants of the airstrip that was used by the allies in WW2. It took about 40 minutes to walk around the entire island, but only because I stopped for so many photos…just…

Spectacular Sydney 💙

I’ve seen many beautiful cities but I’ll have to say, Sydney is simply spectacular. Sharing a few images that I plan to sketch one day. Tropical flowers around town Watson’s Bay to Bondi Beach Much of the pathway on this hike was under construction but it was still fun to see this part of the…

G’day from NSW Australia

Such a great way to explore this amazing country—camping! that’s right, after having an amazing journey last year, it made sense to see more! And we’re off! Canberra Beautiful city that was so very quiet and orderly! Definitely not like Washington DC! We enjoyed walking around the lonely city streets and the national museum. Kosciuszko…

Beekeeping Innovation

I don’t usually reblog my community work, but I’m especially happy to share results of my beekeeping operations–finally. Perhaps I’ll keep bees again once I move back to mainland. We’ll see. #beekeeping #savethebees #PNW 💙🐝🩵