Pow Wow 2018 (Take 2) -- 4/28/2018

It took several weeks to meet again due to the rain we got.  Finally the weather was nice and we could continue the other areas of the Pow Wow art in Kakaako.  It was a super hot day so we ended up enjoying a smoothie at Down to Earth. A great end to a great day of shooting.  

POW WOW 2018 - 02/25/2018

This year's Pow Wow had more color and more visitors, especially those from Japan, China and Korea.  It is always cool to walk around to check all of the art work out. Some from previous year is still around but there were some really fun and recognizable ones this year.

45th Honolulu Marathon -- 12/10/2017

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and it's that most wonderful time of the year! At least, for marathoners. I go every year to support my friend to see him finish. After meeting him, I'd go around to snap e few shots. Every year, the Japanese tour groups always have a booth for their runners. It is roped off and has large decorations like this one. Santa has arrived under Diamond Head.

Runners pick up their finisher T-Shirt in the tent under this giant balloon.

This year's shirt.
There's a jumbo tron.  Last year there was a 1/2 hour delay, this year, it is broadcasting live.

There is only two smell that permeates the entire park.. the Satohap pain relief spray, and malasadas!!

They make it fresh there right in the park!

Everyone enjoyed the malasadas.

Due to security reasons, I can't get more than some 30 feet away so I can't even see my friend cross the finish line!  It's the sign of the times I suppose.

Work(king) Garden Update - 07/23/2017

It's been a while and the garden at work has gone through some changes.  The old plants were pulled out and the soil was tilled and more fertilizer was added. This time there were some seed planting instead of transplanting seedlings.  We planted on a full moon day in May and we've got some harvest already.

 We grew corn from seed and it got real tall.

I've never seen corn grown before so it was super exciting to see how it grows from some fuzzy 'silk' then form into a corn ear.

 I was surprised it looked like real corn you get from a store.. haha..

 Someone had planted these tiny variety of bittermelon.  It only grew to maybe 3-4 inches.

 Here are the other harvests: Romaine Lettuce from seedling

These giant variety is called Portuguese Cabbage. You have to cook it for a while before it is soft to eat.

 Bok Choy was grown from Seed.

 Lots of Mint.

Even some Large tomatoes.

We have a rotation on watering the garden and I usually water in the late afternoon and came upon a visitor who was not camera shy w/ my iphone.

I've been trying out  the new focus AE/AF lock feature on my iphone camera I recently discovered. I'm not sure when it was updated  with all those IOS updates Apple pushes out, but it's been great keeping my pics focused where I want and leaving a nice bokeh.

HPS Photo Exhibit at Canon Gallery -- 07/09/2017

The Hawaii Photographic Society photo Exhibit is at the Canon Gallery.  The reception was held on 7/5 and I was able to check it out during lunch.  There is quite a variety of photo subjects and also there were cool metal printed photos.  The photos will be on view until the end of July.