Happy Thanksgivings!

Kite-surfing to the extreme! This photo was taken today near Lighthouse breaks.

May all of you have a fabulous Thanksgivings with family and friends - good company, good health, and good weather be filled in your day!

No. 73

What a week it has been!!! I don't know about you all but after a bz week of workin my tail off and then some it sure felt nice to go into the mountains and back to the ocean this past weekend. These are not my legs btw - what a beautiful beach this is - I took these photos on Sunday after our hike-a-woo.

I'll make my rounds of comments once I get settle from this bz-ness, but I thought I'd post somethin here in the mean time. Thank you for stoppin by!



Mason Jennings - Fighter Girl


Spinning your umbrella over your head
You should be in bed but your here instead
Walking with me towards a midnight swim
I can give you baby what you cant get from him

Hey hey little fighter girl
Its you and me now against this whole wide world
Sleeping together in the lions den
Got your earrings in my pocket till I see you again

Song bird singing in an old dead tree
The way your drive honey scares the hell out of me
100 mph on a brand new road
Look at me again you make my heart explode

Hey hey little fighter girl
Its you and me up against this whole wide world
Sleeping together in the lions den
Got your earrings in my pocket till I see you again

Yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Come on kissing me
Keep on kissing me
Come on kissing me
Keep on kissing me

Clouds roll laying up on the hill
Everything is still do you think we will
If we do there will be no turning back
If we don't, well theres no chance of that

Hey hey little fighter girl
Its you and me up against this whole wide world
Sleeping together in the lions den
Got your earrings in my pocket till I see you again

Yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Come on kissing me
Keep on kissing me
Come on kissing me
Keep on kissing me

Cars in the distance a bicycle bell
Dogs are barking as the kingdom fell
And in its place stood a golden town
Where people walked without touching the ground

Hey hey little fighter girl
Its you and me up against this whole wide world
Sleeping together in the lions den
Got your earrings in my pocket till I see you again

Yeah yeah yeah yeah...
Come on kissing me
Keep on kissing me
Come on kissing me
Keep on kissing me

"If I were a Boy"

This will be the last in my Oh Snaps series. I will be back here in a couple of days - in the mean time, enjoy the music by Beyonce...



If I were a Boy - Beyonce

If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I'd roll outta bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted then go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
Id kick it with who I wanted
And Id never get confronted for it.
Cause they'd stick up for me.

[Chorus]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear Id be a better man.
Id listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause hes taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
If I were a boy
I could turn off my phone
Tell everyone its broken
So they'd think that I was sleepin' alone
Id put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that shed be faithful
Waitin' for me to come home (to come home)

(Chorus)
Its a little too late for you to come back
Say its just a mistake
Think Id forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

(Chorus)
But you're just a boy
You don't understand
Yeah you don't understand
How it feels to love a girl someday
You wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you've taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you're just a boy

Oh oh Snaps!

This is a continuation of my surf shot series. I've got two more images from these series to post. My posting will be sporadic in the next couple of weeks as I have work work work to catch up with but hope you will enjoy these!

Hope you all have a wonderful week! =)

Oh SNAP!

As part of my "OH SNAP" series, this is a sheer drop from a vertical face. Although the height may provide a stunning view of the vista, this is no time to enjoy the scenery and smell the roses!

This wave was so high, the image frame is missing some of the bottom sections of this wave!

Oh Snap!

The largest North West surf to hit the islands this winter and it was definitely not a day for amateurs. With waves reaching heights of 15 to 18 feet, one mistake proves costly.

Fortunately, the surfing accident victim above survived a collision with a surfer, was assisted out of the water and immediately tended to by arguably, the bravest lifeguards in the world... North Shores finest.

In the coming days, I will post some images of those beautiful but crushing and punishing waves.

Thank You on Veteran's Day

I took the above photo the same day I took the previous one - a rainbow, make that two, swept through the horizon. I captured the lower of the two.

About two years ago, I broke one of my fingers and during rehab, I was working with a therapist who was in the Army. She shared with me that she was going for her second deployment to Balad, Iraq.

During our discussion, the following song by Dido came on the radio and she talked about how she really liked this song and reminded her of her first deployment. So, in honor of her and the many other tens of thousands of service men, women and their families, and the veterans of the past wars, I dedicate this song to all of you on this Veteran's Day - To Abraham Lincoln of Brookville, Ohio Daily Photo, Lisa Wilson's ohana in Telluride, Colorado, and to the many others for their sacrifices - Thank You by Dido...

Press play...


Dido - Thank You
My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why
I got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window
and I can't see at all
And even if I could it'd all be grey,
but your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it's not so bad,
it's not so bad

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay,
my head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there'll be hell today,
I'm late for work again
And even if I'm there, they'll all imply
that I might not last the day
And then you call me and it's not so bad,
it's not so bad and

I want to thank you
for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you
is having the best day of my life

Push the door, I'm home at last
and I'm soaking through and through
Then you hand me a towel
and all I see is you
And even if my house falls down,
I wouldn't have a clue
Because you're near me and

I want to thank you
for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you
is having the best day of my life

A Burst of Sunshine

I absolutely luvvvvv the weekend!!! Here's a photo of some sunflowers in an open field bursting with happiness! =D

I've got two songs for you all today!!! Sheryl Crow's Soak Up the Sun and Katy Perry's Hot N Cold

Bleeding Love

Bleeding in the colors of love as the vibrant expressions of autumn springs to life!

Press play ;)


Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

Closed off from love
I didn't need the pain
Once or twice was enough
And it was all in vain
Time starts to pass
Before you know it you're frozen

But something happened
For the very first time with you
My heart melts into the ground
Found something true
And everyone's looking round
Thinking I'm going crazy

But I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

Trying hard not to hear
But they talk so loud
Their piercing sounds fill my ears
Try to fill me with doubt
Yet I know that the goal
Is to keep me from falling

But nothing's greater than the risk that comes with your embrace
And in this world of loneliness
I see your face
Yet everyone around me
Thinks that I'm going crazy, maybe, maybe

But I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

And it's draining all of me
Oh they find it hard to believe
I'll be wearing these scars
For everyone to see

I don't care what they say
I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open and I
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love