Quiet Sunday At The Beach

Sunday February 19th.  Waimea and Haleiwa.  

On Repeat

Sunday February 12th.  When I find a song, artist or album that I like, I listen to it over and over again until I like it even more.  This is what we've been listening to.

This week : The New Amsterdams - Ex's And Oh's.  Joe is seriously hooked on this song, which is the happiest sounding sad song ever.

This month : The Lumineers - Slow It Down, but really, I've been listening to the same four Daytrotter Studio songs on repeat and can not wait until April 4th when their album comes out.  This is the best band that I've heard since Lucero.

This season : Lucero - Kiss The Bottle.  It's like Blake Schwarzenbach wrote this song for Lucero to play and Ben to sing.  I never want to stop hearing this. 

Peach, orange with strawberry and li hing and watermelon, cherry with mojito

Polaroids

The last two weeks.  Film from Polaroid ColorPack II and Polaroid Impulse AF.

Shave Ice Update

Friday January 27th and Tuesday January 31st.

Cranberry raspberry from Ailana

Peach, raspberry with watermelon and orange, peach with strawberry and li hing

Phone Photos

December and January.

screen print

christmas lights

cmsg 

hairs cut

faces in places

morning light

baby brother 

sunrise over tj 

lanai camping

pool lounging 

buddhist swan 

reflective 

printer helper

no nails

card carving 

adorable

paws

sole soul

newly made

stuck brakes

catalina

new toy

storage

rocking chairs

muffin precursor 

didn't have to sneak in

neighborhood park 

her nose gets pink when she plays too much

mi amor

Aloha Sunday

Sunday January 22nd.  Prior to Sunday I hadn't been to the North Shore since August and hadn't had a proper North Shore Sunday since July.  It feels so good to get out of the city and let my hand fly out the car window.  Sometimes Honolulu feels too tight, like everything is smashed right up next to me and I can't move.  It feels like everything is more difficult than it should be, a little bit like the kind of dream where you try to run but you are just so slow.  The country cures this.

Cherry, raspberry with watermelon and cherry, pineapple with watermelon

Ko Olina

Saturday January 14th and Sunday January 15th.  Joe and I have never driven all of the way around the island.  It's only ninety miles, but we've never done it.  Up until this weekend the furthest west we has been was Kapolini.  We went a little further this time and ended up in Ko Olina to celebrate Annie's birthday.  Being that we were the last ones to get there we slept on the lanai in pushed together chairs swaddled in down blankets.  Saturday was started with a soak in the spa.  After breakfast we walked along the beach and snuck into Aulani, the new Disney resort, where we had shave ice.  We spent the rest of the day being spoiled and gluttonous, napping in the sun by the pool.  After lunch and a movie we spent the last of the day lounging in the the spa while the rain fell.  How is it that we are so lucky that this is how we get to spend a normal weekend?  We get to party in a place where generations of royalty spent their time and where the souls of the great warriors left the earth.  People spend years saving money to spend a week at a place like this, some people couldn't even imagine that.  Hawaii, I promise not to take you for granted.  Annie, happy birthday.

Watermelon, li hing with lilikoi and watermelon with lemon lime