Ukulele Exhibition

Yesterday was a fun day. We had a ukulele “jam” session at the Wailoa Center. The locals call these sessions “kanakapila”. We played from noon to 4:00 with one break! Here are a few shots of the ukes on display. The Guild had 41 ukes there.

I have two ukes in the show. Both tenor size The one I am standing by I call "Paniolo 4"

The other one I call "Port Orford 4"

The interior of the center.

In this shot you can see how the hangers were designed

 Thinking outside the box

The show will be up until Oct 25.  We have one more "Kanakapila" Oct 20. Come on and join us!

If you click on the images they will enlarge

Thanks for looking.

Zoo Flower Revisited

My very smart friend Don Pepiot identified the flower as a Red Spider Lily. There are lots of versions and colors including white.

Zoo Flower

We went the the zoo for the tiger's birthday party. I spotted this flower. I have no idea what it is.

House Of Blues

The Big Show

The Big Island Ukulele Guild will have their big show in Oct 2012. I will have two ukes in the show for sale. Click on the poster to make it bigger. Book your flights now before it is too late!

Foggy Morning

Woke up to a foggy morning. I like the way the light is on the flowers and ferns on foggy low contrast days.

This is Wild Ginger

I don't know what this flower is but it is pretty

I like the color of this small fern

Thanks for looking!

Strange Cactus

About a month ago this "spike" began to grow out of this cactus. It grew very,very rapidly, maybe six inches each hour. You could almost watch it grow in real time. Click on the image to make it bigger.

After it reached full height it developed "flowers" Small at first but then in a few days they got larger

In the last couple of days they are changing color and getting larger. They are turning yellow

You can also see, by comparing them to the other cactus that this one is dying.

Jennifer cooking on her new stove/oven

 Jennifer cooking dinner at Julia's 18th birthday party on the 4th of July. Clicking on the images will make them bigger.

She cooked chicken, vegie kabobs, shrimp. This is the shrimp part. 

The juggler

This fellow was performing at the 4th of July parade at the Cooper Center in Volcano.

Ala Moana Hotel

Ala Moana Hotel

Barbara and I had a nice one week trip to Honolulu. We stayed in the Ala Moana hotel. Here are two views from standing on the balcony of the 27 floor. Panasonic G3 20mm 1.8

Torch Ginger

Para Sailing In Kona

The bunch of us went to Kona so Clara could receive her birthday present; a para sail trip.

The Boat Driver

Barbara and Carolyn will be here in a minute. They are walking down from the hotel.

There they go! Kate and Clara, two brave souls!

That's them! Airborne!

On there way back to port

Exotic Bird Photography

I am really getting into this Exotic Bird Photography stuff

Clara's Pink Pig

Clara made this little pink pig New Years Eve 2011. It is about 3 inches long. I took this with my Pany G2 with the 20mm f 1.7 wide open as close as it could get.

Flowers For Paula

Paula liked this arrangement and asked me to make a print of it so she could use it for making a painting.