Showing posts with label Flower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flower. Show all posts

Thursday, July 17, 2014

The Little Flower That Could

My dad and I felt like going hiking on this fine morning so we packed up our bags, laced up our shoes, and headed out to La Perouse. Hey look, I'm a poet, and I didn't even know it! Haha!
We ventured across this trail that is going straight through a lava flow. This is called the King's trail because back in the day, the King would cross this trail, a highway of his own.
My dad and I didn't quite make it all the way to Kanaio, but instead we took a little detour to come to this beach area with spectacular cliff faces carved out by the crashing waves.
I came across this little beauty as I climbed up a hill to get a better view of the waves coming in.
It was all alone in the rocks, just one strong Hawaiian Poppy flower. 
This was the view of the cliffs from the top of the hill. 
Aaaaand, I also found a crab friend. Well, I guess he isn't exactly my friend, just a shell of my friend who molted on the rocks. I think he's cool none-the-less, especially with his lightbulb eyes.
Look! I found a half of a coconut.
That happens to look like a guy with a mustache. 
From here we had a well-deserved re-fueling lunch that we packed earlier and hit the trail once more to head on home.
I look forward to my next adventure. Hopefully you hear from me soon! That means I came back alive, haha.

Much love,
Crystal

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Guess Who?

This, my friends, is my wonderful obaachyan (grandma). She came to visit us for about a month from Japan.  This is a quick snapshot of one of our many morning walks along the beach and through parks. She gets up at the crack of dawn just like I do, so we can have a nice walk before it starts to get too hot outside.
Here's a very pretty purple flower that my obaachyan pointed out as we were walking in our neighborhood.
I love being able to go for little morning strolls because I have the warmth of the sun rays on my skin, it gets my body moving and stretched out for the day, and to top it all off, I get to talk story with my obaachyan the whole time and hear about some of her own pretty amazing adventures. 
Later on that day, I went to play some tennis as well. Good morning walks, lead to other good decisions, I guess. It has been a while since I have practiced playing tennis, and this was a great day to start. I am so glad I went to hit some balls around the court, it reminded me of why I liked it so much in high school. I will definitely not wait so long to pick up my racket again. 

Much love,
Crystal