WAVES

With waves comes water and with water comes swimming attire.

So here is my take on bikinis ~

some ladies need to retire their skimpy bikinis

if you are 50,60,or older ~ time to retire the bikini
if you are 6+ months pregnant ~ a 2 piece is not for you (at least in public)
if your body is overlapping your bikini ~ its time for a one piece
Swimming attire is really for beach or pool or lakeside not walking down the street shopping attire.

that being said....here are beach pictures!

cliff idiot.....I mean diver!  I'm assuming it was a long way down ~ I didn't look!

we are thankful for ~
a good camera for pictures
Gods beautiful creation to take pictures of
digital technology ~ you can take lots of pictures but choose what you want to print

Pearl Harbor

Anyone who grew up in the United States ~ had a history lesson or 2 about The Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941 ~ but if you need a refresher nudge you can read about it here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor.

We always hear about the devastating casualties to the US, which were extensive.  But there were also casualties to the Japanese ~ deaths, planes lost....which I don't remember hearing in a history lesson.  A comment was made to us before our trip about a family members visit to the historic site ~ "several Japanese tourist were on their tour and they seemed to have the attitude of triumph because of the Japanese victory".  I thought about that for several days, and then the thought occurred to me ~ do Americans look like that to others when we visit Nagasaki or Iwo Jima or other places of great victory for the allies.  Just a thought.









The Arizona is directly below the Memorial ~

 


USS Missouri



Greg tried on a $600 leather fighter jacket ~ we didn't purchase.



Broken glass from a hangar at Hickam Field on Dec. 7

USS Bowfin Submarine ~ the original Teak deck has been replaced by metal slates because of the many visitors

Even at 5'2", the hatch was too short for me



Sample weekly menu from the Bowfin ~ men on the submarine ate well!



We are thankful for ~

the country we live in

the Men & Women of our Military who protect our Nation

the sacrifices of the military families

the opportunity to visit & pay honor to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice

those who work hard to preserve these historic sites

Bucket List Vacation

Greg and I just returned from an awesome "Bucket List" Vacation ~ we were blessed with the opportunity to visit someplace we've always wanted to go ~ our 50th state Hawaii.  We left on Sept. 21 and arrived back today. 

So items we accomplished on our Bucket List ~

visit Pearl Harbor
go to a Luau & show
see volcanoes (as up close as you can get)
swim in the Pacific Ocean (cold)
drive around the islands (Oahu & the Big Island)
see a lava tube
watch the sunset (pictures to follow)
take loads of pictures (2- 2 gig cards & then bought a 16 gig card)
visited the Dole Pineapple Plantation & ride the Pineapple Express
visit a Coffee Farm or Plantation
go deep sea fishing (didn't catch anything)
got a flower lei (purple)
found lighthouses
buy Hawaiian fabric

Things we did that weren't originally on the bucket list

taste poi (pretty tasteless, lovely lavender color)
stand in the crater at Diamond Head
eat poi rolls (absolutely delicious)
see steam vents at volcanoes
battle time zone changes ~ hard!
toured a submarine at Pearl Harbor
ate from a Food Truck
Saw bullet holes from the P Harbor attack
stood at the table where the surrender treaty was signed
went to the Southern most point of the United States
followed the road from one end to the other on Oahu
saw a sea turtle
got stuck in traffic from the Aloha Festival Parade
found the Wood shop and bought Greg Koa wood for projects
saw a blow hole at the ocean

Here are our beautiful sunset shots from Oahu ~

Thankful for ~

time away with Greg
fun & sun
new adventures
another birthday
having a rental car so we could explore on our timetable
children old enough to "hold down the fort"
picnics

Blogging Break

 

I am taking a blogging break

to celebrate our 10th anniversary/my birthday

with my husband.

We are excited to have been blessed with

this trip.

 

See you soon!

 

Here is a hint ~~~~~

 

 

photo from Pinterest



The Ladies

Here are some pictures of our ladies ~

They like any organic table scraps ~ watermelon is a favorite
They like crumble feed instead of pellet feed
They are laying blue, green, brown, & a lighter brown (rose) colored eggs
They like to clean out the many flower pots the previous owner of the farm left