Backyard Hawaii

Turtle sighting on the North Shore of Hawaii
pure turtles.
nothing but turtles
and ocean waves
the ebb and flow of the ocean
all natural sounds - 4.53 minutes of
Turtles chillin in da ocean in Hawaii.

oh - except for one line from Yoda at the end…
“They flow with the wave… they don’t fight it.
They’re successful lil entrepreneurs…”
I find this video […]

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Aloha,
Have you been to this magical piece of Paradise called Hawaii that grabs a hold of your heart when you visit?
Or do you dream of visiting the lush tropical islands of the South Pacific?
Today – you can let Backyard Hawaii come to you!
Welcome to my world… Welcome… to Paradise…

Backyard Hawaii will let you see […]

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What’s a backyard without a BBQ - right?
And when you live on a mountain in Hawaii,
Thank God for friends who help you creatively move
a huge BBQ kitchen center up “a few stairs”.
Below are pictures of the BBQ moving party with a few close friends.
Here are the stairs we need to pull the BBQ up…
think we’ll […]

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Hurricane Preparedness in Hawaii: August 2007
Flossie Takes Aim at the Islands – but who will win?
What kind of a name is Flossie anyway? I mean REALLY! What?! Is she going to come on in and floss through our streets?
Honolulu Advertiser reports at 12noon today, August 13, 2007:
Hurricane Flossie has dropped from a Category 4 hurricane […]

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WOW!
Nuff said for today’s “music video”.
If ya’ like Big Wave surfing - or just watching people live life to the max, you’ll enjoy this compilation of the coolest big waves, and see a legend in the surfing world. This type of surfing inspires me to face my fears head on, and keep pushing forward.

Life’s […]

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Ever since we moved to Hawaii, we always laughed when the weather portion of the news came on.
Coming from the East Coast (New York / New Jersey - referred to as “the Tri-State area”) famous for its Nor-Easters (nothing to do with the holiday - just the wicked STORMS that blasted through) we were used […]

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If you think it’s scary to move from one side of the country to the other…
(ooooh, I dunno… let’s say from New York City to the Island of Oahu in Hawaii…
Check out this Big Wave Surfer and rethink anything you originally thought
was scary…

YAH! Thas whad I’m talkin’ about! wicked huge right?!?! Now - Go […]

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Pictures of Kaaawa’s rainy weather this week - the worst rainy storm in over 30 years!
It certainly re-landscaped our backyard in Hawaii. JP always said he wanted a stream in his backyard… well.. this week - he sure got what he wanted. (Be careful what you wish for.)
Lots of flooding with over 24-inches of […]

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