Susie's photo's

2011-03-13T23:23:00.000-07:00

Na Kama Kai has ocean clinics all over Oahu. This weekend they were at Kahana Bay. Also there with them was some renowned sand sculptures. This is their beautiful work from this weekend.

2011-03-03T00:11:00.000-08:00

The many faces of Logan
Logan is six months old and is starting to crawl. She growls when she is mad, and usually growls before she will cry. And now knows how to blow bubbles very well.

Getting scolding from Mom
I want out

2011-03-02T23:48:00.000-08:00

Now that I can crawl, I like the floor.

Finally on the floor.

See how far I can go

I got away

My new trick,Blowing bubbles

2011-02-26T22:10:00.000-08:00

On my way home from work today I saw a Monk Seal at the Kahuku end of Hauula beach park. Of course I came home changed clothes, grabbed my camera and headed back to the beach. This is Casey, she is one of 16 monk seals that visits Oahu. She mostly likes the windward side. This past Monday she was by Hauula Fire Station. She moves fast on the beach too. She has a wound on her back that wasn't there Monday. She also has several shark scars on her. Sure hope another shark wasn't after her.

2011-02-21T23:47:00.000-08:00

Had a great President Day! Needed to get out of the house for a few minutes so decided to go for a short ride, Melia and Peja wanted to come with me so I would take them to the beach, so I grabbed my camera and off we went. We drove down to Kahana Bay where I stopped to take a picture. Les has one in the office that I just love, so I decided to see if I could get one like it, but couldn't, of course not. Then we stopped by the Hauula Fire Station to get a picture of the Monk Seal on the beach there. Then it was off to the beach where the girls had fun.

2011-02-16T17:44:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted any pictures for about 4 months now. In Aug 2010 a great granddaughter was born. Her name is Logan, and what a blessing she is. She is totally spoiled by all when she visits us.

This is Logan 6 months now.

This is a 5 generation picture. My mom lives on the Big Island and is 93 years old. Logan was 2 months in this picture and didn't sit up very well, but mom wanted to hold her. We all need to return to get another one.

Took this this morning as I was leaving to take grandkids to school. The sky was just a light pink so I ran back inside to get my camera and this is what I got when I got back outside.

2010-10-23T18:30:00.000-07:00

Hello again,
Yep it has been almost a year since I last posted pictures. I'm with Jalna and Les in Washington and have been bugged to post some pictures, I forgot how. Good thing I'm with them. Here are some of my photos starting with our drive to Port Angeles. We've been out to Hoh Rainforest, Sol Duc and up to Hurricane Ridge. It has been a "Hello from Heaven" trip so far as it was to rain all weekend and so far we have had good weather, except for Hurricane Ridge where it was raining and cold, 36 degrees, and no goats. I am soo glad I was included in this trip!!

2010-01-09T23:22:00.000-08:00

Met Jalna, QC and Erick at Kualoa, along side the highway by the old sugar mill. Jalna wanted to check out the area for a photo shoot next week. I drive by there everyday and today when I was driving home I noticed some new signs on the fence there; PRIVATE PROPERTY NO TRESSPASSING!!! WOW I thought, are these new, I hadn't noticed them before. So do you think that those signs stopped Jalna from going over the fence???? Of course not. Erick, QC with son,my grandson Rick and I stayed where we were, just incase we needed to bail Jalna out. Great fun with great friends!!!

2010-01-08T21:49:00.000-08:00

My grandson Seth went out to Kaneohe Bay with his father, and a friend today and these are a couple of the fish they caught. Seth leaves back to New Mexico for college tomorrow. He will be missed. And YES, I still have my Christmas tree. Maybe I'll take it down this weekend. NOT!!!

2009-12-31T23:26:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-27T13:48:00.000-08:00

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.

2009-12-25T10:04:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-03T21:34:00.000-08:00

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.

2009-11-22T21:59:00.000-08:00

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.

2009-11-17T23:43:00.000-08:00

And then there are more Foster Garden photo's.

2009-11-14T21:46:00.000-08:00

More pictures from Froster Gardens.

2009-11-12T23:04:00.000-08:00

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.

2009-11-12T22:49:00.000-08:00

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.

2009-11-12T22:45:00.000-08:00

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

2009-10-28T22:44:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-10-14T17:59:00.000-07:00

Me and Keanu Kawika-Bryan Duarte

2009-10-14T15:18:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-10-14T14:57:00.000-07:00

We went through Spearfish Canyon, SD. Went into Lead, SD and saw a ski resort and went to a trout fishery in Spearfish.
Spearfish is a neat town.

2009-10-14T12:42:00.000-07:00

On Labor Day we went to Hill City, SD and did the 1880 Steam Train ride from Hill City to Keystone, SD. Kailer loves trains. He has over 20 Thomas trains. It was a 2 hour train ride. Taking photo's on a moving train is fun and very challenging.

2009-10-14T11:53:00.000-07:00

Last month I visited my son and his family in Wyoming. I have a new grandson who was a month old when I got there. Yea it has taken me over a month to add photo's to my blog. We visited the Black Hills of South Dakota. Some how I feel a connection to them and just love to visit there. Roxi parents are building a log cabin in the Black Hills. These are from there. We went on a little ride. It was so much fun and the area is so pretty.

2009-08-12T23:23:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of my new grandson, Keanu He was born 8/7/09 in Wyoming. I can't wait to see him. He was 9lbs 5 oz and 21" long. HIs brother, Kailer, sisters Kierra and Mackinsay are very happy to have him home now.

2009-08-03T00:19:00.000-07:00

Friday evening on my way home I saw two not one but two monk seals on the beach across form Hauula Fire Station. The red tape was already up, so no getting too close to them, but I went home and grabbed my camera and went to take some pictures of them, as I have never seen two seals together on a beach. It was getting dark, I had my flash but was told I couldn't use it, didn't have a fast lens so I tried anyway. These are the best of the shots, and then not even very good. But wanted to post them anyway as there were two seals.

2009-07-26T14:16:00.000-07:00

This is a small kin tribune to Kahuku's Hongwanji Last Bon Dance. I live in the area and have never been to one. It was so much fun and so very crowded.Food ono with long lines that started way before the bon dance did. The purple t-shirts sold out within the hour. But then again a nightmare for taking pictures, low light and moving people!!! Enjoy.

2009-06-28T23:29:00.000-07:00

Neighbors wedding in May.

2009-06-17T01:34:00.000-07:00

Just three pictures from today at Kakaako Park, surfs up.

2009-06-07T20:03:00.000-07:00

My nephew, Keoni, wife, Amanda and son, Kaedan came by today and I took this picture of Kadan, who is 14 months old.

2009-06-07T10:54:00.000-07:00

Three of my granddaughters award ceremony at Sunset Beach Christian School. Had to throw in the flowers, cuz they are pretty.

2009-05-24T10:56:00.000-07:00

All week driving into work, the ocean has been really low tide and beautiful. I don't take my camera to work with me as I'd never get to work on time. So this morning I got up early and went to Kaaawa and took a few pictures of the "turtle" that I just love to look at. It was so low tide that I also took some pictures of the reef with the reflection of the sky.

2009-05-10T15:50:00.000-07:00

Took these pictures on a recent visit to the Big Island. That's a Lokelani rose and the cardinal is on a fence post at Ahualoa, where my mom who is going to be 92, lives.

2009-04-10T20:21:00.000-07:00

Yesterday The Monk Seal that likes Hauula came up on it's favorite beach, across from the Hauula fire station. Of course I had to take a couple pictures of it.

2009-03-29T23:10:00.000-07:00

Today I did something that I've wanted to do for over a year...hike the Hauula Loop trail. I haven't done that hike for over 6 years. So this morning I got 4 of my grandchildren to go with me, Peja, Rick, Shawnee and Melia. My son, Bryan who is Shawnee and Melia dad surprised us and met us on the trail with the girls dog Bully. It was great fun, but I'm sure not in a shape!!! And it looks like Peja and Rick aren't either. The walking stick, I got it at Yellowstone National Park, about 4 years ago. It went with me on a train ride to Aubany, New York, a plane ride to Gig Harbor, Washington and then a plane ride home. This is the first time I've used it here, and of course the grandkids had to try it out.

2009-01-05T00:30:00.001-08:00

Any more pictures from the zoo.

2009-01-05T00:12:00.000-08:00

Today we went to the zoo. So much fun, good company and lots of pictures.

2009-01-01T19:28:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAY 2009 BE A GREAT YEAR!!!

These were taking early in the evening. The bottom one at about 8pm and the smoke was getting to be too much for me and my asthma, so I went to my room and fell asleep soon after that and just woke up at midnight with all the noise. I looked out my bedroom window and could barely see the neighbors house. I went right back to sleep.

In the top pictures is a kinda shadow of my daughters dog who kept trying to catch the fire works. Yea he's crazy, like the rest of my house.

Again Happy New Year to ALL!!!!

2008-12-20T22:09:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

2008-12-13T17:17:00.000-08:00

Yesterday when I got home I had planned to go to our beach and take a picture of the moon rising, as it was full and close to the earth. When I got home it was raining but stopped about 10 minutes before 6, the moon to rise at 6:02, I got my camera stuff together and headed to the beach at about 5 til 6 but it then started to rain with some lighting. I came back in the house. Our electricity had gone out at about 5pm and the house was dark, so I decided to sit outside on the covered porch and watch the lighting. To my surprise the lighting had some bolts, not knowing what to call them, as they don't happen here very often. So I setup my camera and tripod on the porch and waited. I was only able to catch one lighting with a bolt.

2008-12-11T06:50:00.000-08:00

Dec 11 2008 This is dedicated to a very special person.Eight years ago today my best friend, lover and husband went home to Jesus. Long story short, I met this wonderful person when I was 14. I am who I am because of him. Thank you for choosing me. I found this poem and it says it all. I often refer to it when I’m down.

I can let your body go but not the part of you that lives in my heart. My warm memories of you will be with me all the days of my life, And I will cherish every one of them, They will give me strength when I’m weak and happiness when I’m down. I‘ll only have to remember your smile and my hope will be renewed. I’ll only have to think about the way your eyes touched something deep inside of me And I’ll remember that LOVE bonds one soul to another eternally. I can let your body go, but never the LOVE for you I carry in my heart.

Sunset Beach Christian School Christmas Play

2008-12-09T23:46:00.000-08:00

Tonight I had the honor of going to see 3 of my granddaughters in their Christmas play at Sunset Beach Christian School.

2008-11-23T21:15:00.000-08:00

On my home on Friday before all the rain, this is what the Koolau Mountains looked like.

2008-11-23T17:42:00.000-08:00

I'm a cat lover and these are two of my cats, who just love my bed.

2008-11-23T17:39:00.000-08:00

This face was on the side of a building door.

2008-11-23T17:28:00.000-08:00

Downtown Honolulu has sure changed. I just love the old buildings mixed in with the new ones. Chinatown is still the same, as I remember from small kid time. These pictures are from a recent visit to Downtown with Jalna.

2008-10-31T23:04:00.000-07:00

Tonight I dressed as myself for halloween to pass out the candy.

2008-10-22T23:34:00.001-07:00

2008-10-22T23:32:00.000-07:00

2008-10-22T23:09:00.000-07:00

Finally got to see my grandchildren who play soccer, play. My two granddaughter's played against each other and then my grandson

played.

2008-09-28T17:14:00.000-07:00

About 20 years ago my husband and I bought a patio set made with PVC. We loved the set and it has lasted, except the cushions and the sling that the cushions sit on got old. Maybe 6 or so years ago I found new slings here in Hawaii but never got around to getting the cushions. Then about 3 months ago the top of the table fell off and the grand kids broke the legs. Being the stubborn person that I am I began the hunt to repair the set before the kids throw it away. I found a place in Florida that make this type of furniture. So I got new legs for the table, new slings and cushions for the chairs. And I got a beach chair, that is totally awesome. Shipping sucked but I love the set.

Okinanwan Festival '08

2008-09-21T15:06:00.000-07:00

2008-09-21T15:03:00.000-07:00

My obsession with the Mr. Moon, as I've taught my grandchildren to call it.

Hokule'a

2008-09-21T14:57:00.000-07:00

The Hokule'a is visiting Kahana Bay. I've seen it there for a couple of days now and finially stopped there to take a picture of it.

2008-09-06T00:07:00.000-07:00

Okinawan Festival 2008

2008-07-19T23:06:00.000-07:00

2008-07-19T23:03:00.000-07:00

Wyoming grandson

2008-07-19T22:39:00.000-07:00

Saw this mongoose at KCC and had to take a picture of it. I'm sure it was trying to tell me to go away!!!

2008-07-19T22:28:00.000-07:00

Korean Festival '08

2008-07-19T22:17:00.000-07:00

2008-07-02T23:26:00.000-07:00

This young man thought I was a crazy old lady when I asked him if he had a email adress. Then I explained that I had taken a few pictures of him surfing.

2008-07-02T23:22:00.000-07:00

One very early morning at Kakaako Park, I saw this airplane passing the moon and was lucky enough to take a picutre of it. Almost missed it.

2008-07-02T23:13:00.000-07:00

More of the Manoa Falls trail.

2008-07-02T23:12:00.000-07:00

The stream with a little water fall.

2008-07-02T23:11:00.000-07:00

There are ferns growing all over the place, like this one.

2008-07-02T23:09:00.000-07:00

Manoa falls trail.

2008-07-02T23:06:00.000-07:00

I grew up in Manoa Valley and it sure didn't look like this. There were not many high rise buildings. I guess this ages me.

2008-07-02T23:05:00.000-07:00

Looking at the back of Manoa Valley, towards the falls.

2008-07-02T22:58:00.000-07:00

An afternoon in Manoa. The entrance to the Chinese cemetary.

2008-07-02T22:54:00.000-07:00

2008-07-01T23:47:00.000-07:00