Tag Archives: nature

Fishies!… part 6…

Come here, you crazy Maui reef fish… you will not escape me so easily… I will identify you… oh yes… I will… Ooooh… what’s that what one called? It is sort of boxy. That should be easy to identify. Let … Continue reading

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Fishies!… part 5…

There I am, swimming around in the waters off Maui, trying to match up fish with the pictures on my dive card… and I must say that I am not thrilled by the way my neck looks all wrinkly… I … Continue reading

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Fishies!… part 4…

Look at that intense glare of concentration in my eyes. That is the sort of concentration that it takes to identify tropical reef fish in the waters off Maui… because they do not cooperate in the identification process at all. … Continue reading

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

Fishies!… part 3…

Turns out that identifying reef fish on Maui with only a couple of dive cards is like picking a perpetrator out of a police lineup when they are all wearing clown makeup. Even sitting here at my computer, zooming in on each … Continue reading

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Fishies!… part 2…

I am learning something from going through all the pictures of fish I took on Maui… Hey… look at that… the refraction makes it look like I am touching myself on the head with my own disembodied hand… cool… Anyway, … Continue reading

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Fishies!… part 1…

Oh yeah… snorkeling the reefs of Maui… on our second honeymoon… So I have some pictures of fish to share… for the next few days… Now, you might think that we had to get on some boat and go miles … Continue reading

Posted in My travels, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

The Iao valley… part 2…

It isn’t so much that I am trying to tempt you to go to Maui and visit the Iao valley. It is more like I still have a few pictures left, and I didn’t want to do one huge post… … Continue reading

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , | 28 Comments

The Iao valley… part 1…

There is a valley on Maui that is worth checking out… I mean, obviously there are lots of sights on Maui that are worth seeing, but this little valley, just a few miles from the airport, is something that you just … Continue reading

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Tikis, turtles, flowers, food and some fat bananas…

More random pictures of our magical second honeymoon on Maui… Our family sent us that huge bouquet of tropical flowers… right to our hotel room… so we could enjoy them all week. I decided to take this picture of them … Continue reading

Posted in My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments

The wild jungle cats of Maui… and other animals…

Maui has some very fierce cats roaming the jungle… Fortunately, I have a way with wild animals… I met this little guy at the place where we rented our swim fins… Whoops… I accidentally let my wife’s foot appear on … Continue reading

Posted in dogs and other animals, My travels, Stories of my life | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 30 Comments