POETRY

It is like being in attendance at a grand performance! First the music: 
a deep bass rumbles and clashing cymbals of
waves break against the rocks at Sharks' Cove on the North Shore of Oahu,
a phosphorescent sizzle of the foam across the sand, a string of
pearly bubbles along  a boundless  strand. 
The massive drapes of velvet cloud begin to part.
Light effects change moment by moment while
tiny pink skirts of bougainvillea blossoms dance in the warm tropical wind.
Palm trees sway to the rhythmic susurrations
and rustle their leafy fingers in applause.
 

PAINTING

I set up to paint my favorite view at Lanikai.

This time I will emphasize the rocks and add a fishing boat.
 
 

You can buy mangos by the case here. That's good. . . even if you get hungry while painting them, there are more than enough for the artist AND the still-life.

FLORA & FAUNA

A beautiful view in farm country.

A horse of a different color.
 
 

We've come to expect things like bugs, flowers and sharks in Hawaii........
Just not in the parking lot.

There are beautiful flowers everywhere.
Some of my best photos come from flowers at hotels and restaurants.
 

On the  way to the grocery store, I realized I had a navigator.
I guess you could say I had a geckodometer!
 
 

WIND & WAVES

The wind was blowing so hard, it sandblasted me and my easel.
The kiteboarders and sailboarders just loved it, though.
 

Next location was Sandy Beach. Best to leave the surfing to the experts
and the painting to us. 

Here is a closeup section of one of two gouache paintings for the week.

DOLPHINS & WHALES 

We went on a whale watch and saw spinner dolphins and humpback whales.
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The whales are in these waters to calve, nurse or breed.
We watched 2 males chase a female for quite some time. They stirred up the ocean
like children in a bathtub!

On the way back to the harbor, we watched one humpback lolling around in the water.

We kept getting a wave, until he finally poked his head up and looked to see
why we weren't coming over to play.