At The Top Of Wright Road

Nice shot, Barbara

Flower Children

I came across these two in the park. Arn't they cute!

47th Annual Crafts Fair In The Park

New Cat Shots

They like watching the news on TV.

Holy Ghost Celebration

On the Hamakua coast is the small town of Honoka'a. Honoka'a has a sizeable Portuguese population. Last Sunday was the Feast Of The Holy Ghost, a traditional Portuguese Catholic celebration. Since Vatican II The Holy Ghost is now called The Holy Spirit. We went there to be a part of the celebration. We were told that at one time the progression went all around the town. Now it only goes about 50 feet. It was raining so we didn't stay long but it was fun to see what it was all about.

Gloria and Dan's Pictures last one

So as the sun sets over the bay, we say good buy to Gloria and Dan. I hope you have enjoyed their pictures, I know I have

Gloria and Dan's Pictures just one more

And here is Dan

Gloria and Dan's Pictures one more

This is very dramatic!

Gloria and Dan's Pictures again

This shot is taken from a boat off shore looking at the lave where it flows into the ocean.

Gloria and Dan's Pictures cont some more

Here is Gloria

Gloria and Dan's Pictures cont

June 17, Fathers Day we had a 4.5 earthquake. It hit about 3:00 in the morning. The quake opened up two riff zones, big cracks in the lava. The lava from the existing crater Pu'u O'o stopped flowing. The lava in the crater disappeared, the crater floor sunk 300 feet. July 3rd the lava began to return to the crater. But as we speak there is no surface flow. So the pictures that Dan got are not possible now. The park rangers think it will be weeks before we have surface flow again.

Gloria and Dan cont.

Walking across a broken lava field in the daylight is tricky at best. You can see where you are going, but one false step and you are down and injured. It really isn't "walking" it is more like hopping, leaping, jumping. Most folks walk to the lava in the late afternoon, get there when it is dark and then walk out in the dark using flashlights. Doing it that way gives them a bit of experience for the walk out. Gloria and Dan did it the other way. They walked in during the dark hours starting at around 4:00 AM. When they got to the lava, they were alone. Spooky.
Photographing lava in the dark is not easy. Digital cameras have a tough time autofocusing on the red/orange 2000 degree flowing rock. I will show you a couple of Dan's shots. In this one the lava is flowing to the cliff edge and falling into the water.

Gloria and Dan

Gloria and Dan are friends of ours. They stayed with us for several days and spent a lot of time in the park. They are very active people and very adventurous. They got up very early one morning before light and hiked to the lava flow (in the dark) and took some excellent pictures. They stayed at the lava flow until daybreak and returned here to the house. Dan downloaded some of his images here on this computer. I will post a few over the next days. The first one, one of them, was taken by some guy who wandered up to them,and offered to take their picture with their camera. He was the only other person at the flow, just after sunrise. This is the spot where the lava flowed into the ocean.

More Drat

Well now I learned that I have to take my G5 iMac to Kona to get it fixed as there is no authorized Apple repair place here in the Hilo area. That means I will be off line for a couple of weeks. I am going to try to figure some way to post on this computer. Later...

Drat!

My G5 iMac died. Power Supply problem. I will be off line for a couple of days. Stay tuned.

Mesa Verde

Polaroid Transfer

San Miguel

Polaroid Transfer

The Red Bench

Polaroid Transfer