Sweet Sunshine....

 Recipe for happiness...... a cup of cousins, a dash of water toys, a sprinkle of sand, a big gallon of love, and the joy of discovery.....

...... the end of a long happy day.......

Quiet before the joyful storm.....

The kids arrive today for their Easter break.....

Today, 7 arrive......tomorrow another 4.....Saturday another 3.......

The painting I did of each of their angels is placed by their bed.....

along with little presents to welcome them home.....

Kenley gets her own big girl bed this year.....

Aidan's Angel Painting....

Games are laid out and ready for action.....They will arrive...run through the gates...down the stone stairs and onto the beach...first thing.  There will be hoops of laughter and cries of discovery....then with feet flying they will head over to see their boy cousins....Life's joy!!

Saying goodbye to Kawela Bay.....aloha nui loha....until we meet again...

aloha shadow......

aloha little birds at the bird feeder.....

aloha amazing red, green and yellow leaves.....

aloha avocados picked from the tree in front of the kitchen window...for breakfast, lunch & dinner....

aloha "Pele's hair"...so beautifully hanging on the avocado tree.....

aloha Hibiscus flower in all your glory....

aloha Kitty....basking in the sun.....

aloha beautiful bay....

aloha moments of bliss.....

aloha old steps to the beach......a welcoming path for a hundred years of skipping toes....

aloha little cottage, so happy in the sun....

aloha kitchen door....in and out...in and .....one last time.....out  .......did you know we rent this bit of paradise out, now and then....?   check out our listing at  VRBO

Whispers of memories.......

The first morning after everyone has gone is always the strangest.
I wander around and through the rooms and find only memories scattered and left behind. Memories..... and piles of laundry. :)
I think that tears are nature's release valve for a love and gratitude that just is so immense that it can't be contained within one small human heart.

A day on the bay.....

"I have arrived. I am home"..... Rumi

"Alvin" in Hawaii....

We're back in beautiful Hawaii. And soooo happy to be here! Yesterday we took a walk over to the
Turtle Bay Resort where they have started filming a movie called "Alvin". Do you think the chipmonks have come to Kawela Bay?