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The cleaner wrasse fish… part 2…

I know, I already told you about the cleaner wrasse, the cute little fish that cleans algae and other marine growths off of other fish on the reefs around Maui. But I still have a few more pictures… so… I didn’t … Continue reading

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The cleaner wrasse fish… part one…

Well, we are almost done with the pictures of fish I took while skin diving on my second honeymoon in Maui. But I was floating around out there… you know… like you do… And I saw all these different types … Continue reading

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And now, some pictures of my elementary school… a post that literally no one will care about… except me…

The one good thing about Kensington Hilltop school is that it is, in fact, as its name implies, on the top of a hill… so I get to throw in some photos of San Francisco in the distance… I took … Continue reading

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The best father’s day gift in the whole history of having children… (or): Wow, do my kids know me or what?

Oh yeah… that is exactly what you think it is… a stamp with a picture of my face on it! Being the self-obsessed person that I am, you can surely imagine how freaking exciting this is for me. My older … Continue reading

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More tips for taking great pictures of reef fish when you go to Maui on your second honeymoon…

First of all, and I hate to state the obvious here, taking pictures of fish requires the ability to swim… Oh, and don’t forget to take the obligatory underwater selfies… those never get old… and a good underwater camera will … Continue reading

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A guide to taking great pictures of reef fish while snorkeling in the waters off Maui on your second honeymoon…

(or): Really, Arthur… more fish… how long are you going to swim around looking at fish, and are we really going to have to look at every picture of a fish you took? Hey, I am trying to mix it … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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