Tag: pictures
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Old Photographs
It’s funny how there seems to be a point in the lifespan of a friendship when you start to reminisce. Usually with photos. I’ve been wondering how long you have to be friends with someone (or if there are specific experiences you have to share) before you can really reminisce. Tonight, though, I was reminded…
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Why I love manatees
Who has noticed my little button over on the right that says “I love manatees” yet? Anyone? I do love manatees. I saw my first manatees (that I remember) when I was nine and we moved to Florida. They look like big gray pillows with tails just floating beneath the surface of the green water,…
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Kauai, much delayed
I suppose I owe you a blog entry. Since, you know, July is 3/4 over and I haven’t written one iota. Well, that’s not quite true. I did caption the photos over at my photo journal… but I didn’t even add a little blurb over there when I uploaded new photos today. Shame on me.…
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Lanterns on the Sea
Yesterday was Memorial Day, which in Hawaii means it was Lantern Floating. As someone who enjoys observing cultures, I had to see for myself. My friend and I went down to the beach in the afternoon and enjoyed the sunshine and the breeze in the trees. I entertained myself watching the birds in the trees;…
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Visits from the Sister
I’ve been bad at writing lately. In my defense, I’ve had company for nearly two weeks, and then entirely too much going on this weekend. Time for an update! My sister came and spent 11 days with me, and we did more things than I can even remember all at once. We made a list…
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The Tail-end of Whale Season
While my company was here visiting, we were out at the beach whale watching and noticed a whale breaching repeatedly. This happens sometimes, and if you sit there long enough there’s a decent chance you’ll see a breach. What we didn’t expect was this: The colloquial name for this is a “heat run,” though it…
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Stayin’ Alive
I feel that I should post something, but as I also feel I don’t have much that’s interesting to say, I haven’t posted anything. The past two weeks? Oh. That. Well…. We need new tires, Caspian has a possible systemic (i.e. his whole little kitty body) infection, the next door neighbors had their baby girl…
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The NoTsunami
This weekend was one of those rare events when the local weather personalities get to play at being TV stars and have most of the country hang on their every word. “What word is that?” you might be asking, if you had not turned on the news at all for the 48 hours that were…
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Thoughts on Captive Carnivores
I want to start by saying I have been to SeaWorld twice in my life, once as a child and once as an adult (last spring). I have seen the show and the environment but am by no means an expert on whale behavior so please keep that in mind. That being said, for years…
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Maui Whale Tails
On Saturday, J and I flew to Maui to go whale watching. This sounds like a little bit crazy, especially since we didn’t spend the night, but Hawaiian Air offers reasonable prices for island hopping and it would’ve been expensive to stay somewhere on Maui, as it’s got a lot of resorts and things. Anyway,…
Joanna Volavka 