Macros at Foster Botanical Garden, 5/11/13

It was so nice to go to Foster Botanical Garden with Linda. She is so creative and she took the opportunity to place Benji up there.

We came to get macro shots for our Eyes of Hawaii - photography theme for May.

We came to get macro shots for our Eyes of Hawaii - photography theme for May. As you can guess, I had to be still and far away to make these pictures. Luckily my camera has many mega pixels so I still get clarity after cropping.

Luckily this butterfly was looking the other way as I crept stealthily towards it. Again, I had to crop this picture.

I saw Linda enjoying capturing pictures of birds. Here is mine.

 Although this bee is not sharp, I was happy to get this bee and got the fuzziness of its head.

Kind of artsy.

More artsy...

This orchid is so funny, I think you see what I see.

 Not sure how I did this, I was using Adobe Lightroom 4. But I like what happened.

Wow, when we left the admission lady commented that we were there a long time. Turns out we were there for a long time...4 hours!!!

Meet Bobby Doo, Linda got this bear for me because I wanted a more cheerful bear to add to my pictures. Benji seems sullen most of the time. Linda thinks Bobby looks a little precocious.

Kaua`i with a Photo Friend, 3/21-23/13

Linda and I decided to bring our bears to help tell about our trip.

Before having breakfast at Joe's on the Green, in Po`ipu, we saw this taro patch which is part of an Ahupua`a (an ancient Hawaiian land division which runs from the apex of the mountain to the sea).

During breakfast, Linda took this picture of Benji playing photographer while giving me pointers about filling the frame. Thanks Linda.

At the vista point of Koke`e State Park, we laughed because we could not see the cliff area of Napali into where the helicopter tours fly.

 We caught Boo doing some rock climbing.

 That is Ni`ihau in the distance.

This rooster is a familiar sight on Kaua`i.

Yay! Linda got a picture of the Nene goose, our state bird.

Sugar Cane Snax is a must for their `ono (yummy) granola and cookies.

Across the street, we enjoyed COCONUT everything: coconut noodles, coconut water, and fresh coconut!

Boo is slurping the coconut water.

Linda is enjoying the coconut meat.

On our last day, we headed to Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge.

Kudos to Linda, cuz it was hard to capture flying birds!!!

Another must, was our ice cream at Lappert's at the Coconut Market Place in Kapa`a. Oops, Linda asked me, "why is Benji over there?" I realized he fell out of my pocket in my haste to get ICE CREAM. We were rushing around too much because we were trying to fit one more place to visit before returning to the airport.

 Sad dejected Benji...the ice cream did not appease him at all!

Wailua River State Park.

 Thanks again, Linda...for Benji's portrait.

Even Benji waited patiently for our plane.

Guess what? We will have to go back to Kaua`i!

Kattaree, Katch, Rone, crochet, 3/3/13 and 3/17/13

Kattaree:

I feel Erick did a wonderful job of the well known photo - Breakfast at Tiffany's. I suggested we do the shoot at my place. Kattaree was such a good sport as well as a beautiful Audrey Hepburn look alike. Her make up was done by Tina and wow what a terrific job.  Here is a link to Erick's blog of Kattaree

Katch:
After looking at Jalna's blog, Katch Time, I wanted to go back to Pow Wow 2013 and do more pictures. Look closely at the windows and the windows with louvres as well as all the clocks.

He also incorporated the light fixtures.

RONE:

The following 3 are his. My son, Jon, said he is from Australia and is one of his favorites. I can see why.

I am happy to share this one which in my previous post was incomplete.

Just as I was leaving I came across this one on Keawe St. between Ala Moana Blvd. and Auahi St. Too bad it was tucked away with trash bins in front of it.

Crochet:
Guess what else I came across? Wow Kakaako is getting artsy and a fun place to come to.