Photographs
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 14: Cactus suggested by @christopherchelpka
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 12: Magic suggested by @DaveyCraney
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 10: Train suggested by @starrwulfe
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 8: Prevention suggested by @anniegreens
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 6: Windy suggested by @Miraz
An overcast windy day on the Isle of Skye, as spied through the ruins of an old church.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 5: Serene suggested by @chiawase
My quiet spot, wherever I am in the world, by the River Wye at Tintern Abby
Looking out over Bristol tonight.
April Photoblogging Challenge, Day 4: Foliage suggested by @pratik
A remote valley on the north east side of Haleakala.
This morning’s rainbow 🌈
I love this overcast, wet weather. I have the French windows open so that I can listen to the sound of the falling rain, and as it trickles down the down pipe from the gutters.
Cheeky Devil in China Town, Honolulu.
A Little Bit of Magic in the Air
Maui has so many microclimates, and with that the weather can vary in a very short space of time. Yesterday from what I could see most of the island was covered in cloud. Where I live there was a lot of wind, but I had to run Upcountry and there the air was very different. It was still, so still. Even the landscape felt still. Being March there was a little chill in the air as well. These conditions, along with the distant views available Upcountry, brought a little magic to the surroundings.
For a while I could feel the presence of the little corner of South Wales where I lived before moving to the US.
I lived in the same area for just shy of twenty years, a small rural village at the end of four miles of country roads. It was very quiet there, few distractions. Radio was my only source of media entertainment. I had no television and the internet (dialup) only arrived a few years before I left. I spent a lot of time outside experiencing the elements. I felt as though I became very intimate with that landscape. It became very familiar to me. With time, through living there and the lack of distractions, my mind quietened down and started to recognize subtleties in environment, the magic in the air. The place became special to me, truly home.
Over two decades later I still remember that corner of South Wales fondly. It has a place in my heart. Yesterday I was transported back there.
Haleakala peeks above an overcast sky
Graffiti faces seen around China Town in Honolulu.
Now this is something that I had not seen or tasted before. A green Matcha (green tea) IPA. We had been gifted a sushi meal at Islander Sake Brewery in China Town, Honolulu, and they served as this Matcha IPA from Kyoto. I think that this is the brew? Very tasty, and certainly a striking colour.
