January 2011 Journal Photos

Front view. Nice!

Andrea took this photo of me with Diamond Head in the background as we crossed Kapiolani Park to our car.

With the lantern. Wind later damaged it so we took it down, planning a more robust design.

Andrea with her new garden.

Looking toward the peak of Koko Crater from the base.

On the trail.

Pausing on the way up.

The classic beach view with Diamond Head.

With the statue of Duke Kahanamoku at Kuhio Beach in Waikiki.

Elizabeth with the Amelia Earhart marker at Diamond Head.

At the Beach Bar at the Moana Hotel in Waikiki.

I don't usually take pictures of sunsets, but this was an exception.

It got better after the sun went below the horizon.

The waiter offered to take a picture of all four of us.

Guitar, ukulele, and hula.

At the Macadamia Farm near Kaneohe.

Milan took this one.

Milan took this one of me with a found coconut.

Inside the canoe tent at Kualoa beach park.

Chinaman's Hat in the background at Kualoa Beach.

At the lookout point at Laie.

Cocktails under the lichee tree.

We had dinner at home with Lenore.

Friday we hiked the loop trail at the botanical garden inside Koko Crater.

Milan took this photo.

Good surf at Makapuu.

At Makapuu lookout.

On Sunday we stopped at the art fence at the zoo and talked to my favorite artist, Paul Forney.

Paul posing with his acrylic paintings with real simulated bamboo frames.

We got a table at Duke's at the Outrigger to hear Henry Kapono and his band.

I zoomed in to get a shot of Kapono.

Milan, Elizabeth, and Andrea watch the show.

A keiki Kapono fan.

Dancers filled the space.

Later we had dinner at Atlantis Seafood, upstairs at the old Waikiki Theater.

Monday was a rainy day and we went to the Bishop Museum.

Elizabeth photographs Milan in the Hawaiian Room of the Bishop Museum.

Ku in a glass case in the Hawaiian Room.

A passing tourist offered to take this shot of us four leaving the museum.

Looking down Lawelawe Street.

Andrea poses with the framed picture by artist Patty Hansen that Elizabeth and Milan gave to us.

January 15, out for a morning walk: sunrise in Wailupe Valley.

Diamond Head in the distance from Wailupe Valley.

Back home from our morning walk.

Nearing the top. Some signs don't apply to some people.

A great view of Waikiki.

Looking back at Wailupe Valley.

Looking at the Manoa Valley.

Andrea took this one of me at the top.

Pointing at Wailupe Valley.

Looking into the rising sun toward Wailup Valley.

Afterwards we went to the Hao Tree Lanai at Sans Souci beach for breakfast and looked back at
Diamond Head from Kapiolani Park.

After breakfast we went for a swim and looked back at the Hao Tree Lanai.

The surf was up that day, breaking across the channel at Sans Souci Beach.

Working on the Sunday crossword puzzle.

Tuesday, January 18: an overcast day at Sans Souci Beach, but the wedding pictures must go on.

A very good looking Japanese couple.

Bill on the beach with Andrea.

We went to the Ourigger Canoe Club on Saturday for the UH Campus Club lunch.

Andrea with the canoes in the background.

Looking toward Waikiki from the canoe club.

Campus Club members and guests arrive for the lunch.

Hwa Hung (also from Lawalawe St.) came with us.

Bill with the watercraft.

One of the scholarship recipients says a few words.

On sunday I took this photo of the sun rising over Koko Head from Hao Street in Wailupe Valley.

Red hibiscus on our walk home on Hao Street.

Another red hibiscus.

On Tuesday we went to Makapuu Beach for body surfing. Rabit Island in the background.

On Wednesday the 26^th we went to Blue Water Grill in Hawaii Kai to listen to the
Hawaiian music by a guitarist and ukulele player.

Lenore and Bill at the table.

A kolea came by to see what was going on.

Andrea with Koko Crater behind her.

Good martinis at the Bluewater Grill.

Tagami painting of Rabit Island near Makapuu.

The coaster puzzle Andrea and I got Bill for his birthday.

The puzzle coming apart.

It's apart. Bill solved it and reassembled it later the next day.