HAPPY NEW YEAR
MAY THE LOVE WE ALL FEEL DURING CHRISTMAS CONTINUE THROUGH OUT THE NEW YEAR
PEACE TO ALL
BLUE MOON 0F 12/09

I am staying in my daughters room here on the Big Island. The first morning here, I saw this little gecko on her curtains, went to get my camera and of course it was gone. The next morning it was back and I was able to get a picture of it. Lisa wanted to make sure that I scared it out but of course I didn't. Life would be no fun if I did that as she is scared of bugs, even tiny geckos. And yes I am A turkey for not listening to her.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
MAY THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS CONTINUE THROUGH OUT THE YEAR

Yesterday I rushed home to try to get pictures of the full moon rising. As I came around Kahana Bay I could see it just starting to come up. Of course the car I was following was going the speed limit. When I got home I rushed in to get my camera and tripod and ran down to the very dark beach by my house. Felt better as a neighbor and his wife where already there. Setting up the tripod in the dark was fun. Here are 3 pictures. One just sharpened and the other two I messed with shot as and contrast in CS4. Don't know which one I really like. Was going to go back tonight but it's raining cats and dogs.

I can't seem to put anything newish in my room without one of the kittens checking it out. Rita really liked my basket with the warm clothes. Grandson Rick went skin diving with Uncle Mark, that's the tako Uncle Mark got. Caught granddaughter Peja just cruising watching TV.

And then there are more Foster Garden photo's.

More pictures from Froster Gardens.

A visit to Foster Gardens. A beautiful day with great friends. Of course, while others were taking flower pictures I was off chasing birds, looking for lizards, bees and chasing butterflies.

A visit to the Bishop Museum. Very hard to take pictures there with no flash, the lightening was hard and the reflection terrible. But it was soo much fun. I haven't visited the museum for years.

A couple of weeks ago i was able to see one of my granddaughters, Shawnee, play soccer.

I have asthma and the vog makes it act up. I took this picture of the mountains near my house, just to show my Wyoming family. The kittens are a new addition to my family. They are truly brats, attacking everything in sight. But on the other hand they are soo much fun. I have always been a cat lover and now have 5.

Me and Keanu Kawika-Bryan Duarte

My trip to see my Wyoming family. New grandson Keanu Kawika-Bryan Duarte and 3 year old Kailer and their sisters, Kierra and Mackinsay, and of course daughter-in-law Roxi and son Sam. Had loads of fun and now miss all of them dearly. Kailer of course thought I was there just to play with him and of course I did. What else are grandmothers for but to play with the grandkids and most importantly is to spoil them, so I did.