Ephemeral Life...

A Happy New Years baby...

More beautiful 'ohelo berries from the wao akua of the volcano...

The beautiful golden limu, seaweed, up close and personal...

Elliott experiences puppy love for the first time...

No rest for the weary. Absolutely no rest...

Making Christmas memories for years to come...

A meandering road in Volcano Country that is...

Some mornings I feel exactly like this...

Fields of Gold. Beautiful life and spirit sustaining limu...

Often taking the road less traveled is extremely rewarding in life. In ways you never imagined...

A green sea turtle cruising in a tidal pool at Punalu'u...

Children ruled Punalu'u Black Sand beach on this beautiful day...

I didn't realize how gorgeous long wild grass can be upon closer inspection...

Singular quiet dignified beauty...

Sometimes it is hard to eat around little dogs who lick their chops constantly and await yummy tender morsels of table scraps...

On Top of the World. Well, kind of sort of...

Photographic Tip Number 356. Keep your eyes open for the shot...

Wow. Christmas certainly came and went...

The beautiful intricate Lehua blossom up close...

Even pets can enjoy nature's beauty and majesty...

The sandwich brings forth blessings of light...

There is no time to rest and eat your Twinkie when the volcano is about to blow...

A Sunday nap at Punalu'u Black Sand Beach on the warm black shoreline...

Someone is very comfortably cuddled at the beach...

Man's best friend...

And little baby makes three...

Koa spends quality time with a Chihuahua named Elliott...

Visiting akua Pele all the way from Japan...

The amazing landscape of Kilauea Volcano...

I found this beautiful little flower resting on the rockwall on a Hawaiian Christmas Day...

The 'ohelo berry. Sacred to akua Pele. Christmas berries in Volcano...

Repetitive beauty...

The night air was cold and crisp. The Heavens opened up with an array of beautiful stars. Pele was home tonight in Halema'uma'u Crater. Profoundly powerful. Profoundly beautiful...

When I inspected this beautiful purple flower up close. Really up close. I noticed that the stamens looked like the patellar surface of human femurs. Thigh bones. Very cool. Very mysterious...

I got up, close and personal with this tiny bug on Moku o Keawe. We became instant best friends...

A beautiful mother holding her beautiful son...