Sunsets and Beaches

This is the continuation of My Photo Gallery. The series of pictures here were the ones I considered the best of Kauai and Maui.There were still a lot of them but I think I have to go through all my files. However, for now I have all these to share here. By just looking at them give me the feeling of being in the islands. These places are just so beautiful to spend a vacation.

The four pictures above were taken in Kauai. The first top one on the left was taken in the balcony of our room where we stayed last year. All the four shots were  the famous Poipu Beach fronting the Marriott's Waiohai Beach Club. This is our family's favorite place to do bonding.

After spending a week in Kauai, we decided to go for another week in Maui, still with the family. We stayed at Marriott's Maui Ocean Club. I was able to take a whole bunch of pictures but as I said earlier, I want to focus only on the scenery. So far I got these four pictures taken during the day.

I just love Maui Sunset. I can't describe how beautiful it is to see the sun coming down so fast. See the blending of the colors!! I got a series of these scene but I pick the ones that I thought the bests.

While we were in Maui, we were able to make a day side trip to go to Lanai Island. We went there to satisfy our curiosity about the island. It seems like it's just a stone's throw from the Ocean Club beach. The island has a very nice public beach in Manele Bay. It's just a mile walk from the pier. There was almost nobody on that day so we enjoyed a lot. The water was warm and crystal-clear. It's pure sand that you would never be scared  of stepping on sharp rocks while swimming. We had the whole place for awhile until a group of students came with the swimming mentor. It was then that we decided to walk up the hill to get our lunch at the Four Seasons Resort. That's how I got these two pictures. The pool is privately for the residents only and the umbrellas by the beach. This area is just next to the public beach where we had our time.

My Photo Galery: Part Three/Flora and Fauna

This time I decided to gather all pictures of flora and fauna which I have not included yet in my previous posts. The beauty of nature always enthralled me whatsoever. I just have an enormous attraction for every wonderful thing that God has created. They are so colorful that inspire my spirit to just take pictures as many as I can.

Let me start with the flowers that we have in our front yard.These four pictures above were the ones that captivated my attention at that time. However, my favorite plants are the geraniums because they are perennials and stay colorful all year round. I don't think I have pictures of them yet  but they are the ones that dress up our porch. They make good hanging plants.

It's very obvious that I like purple and yellow colors. All these pictures of tulips were taken when we went to Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm Festival in Oregon. It was such a great experience to see the vastness of the colorful field. I was just amazed how the field owners manage to grow different varieties of the flower. I have never seen double or triple-layered petals in the store but I saw them there.

These four pictures were taken during our vacation in the Islands of Kauai and Maui. All were just inside our resort. The Water Hyacinth was so little that I have to bring it closer. It was just on the vase in front of the Market Place of Marriott Waiohai.  The bird was by the man-made pond  in front of our hotel room. The lizard and the tangerine orchid, both were taken in Maui.

For a couple of times, we went to San Jose Rose Garden and these are the pictures that I found in my files. Hubby and I want to see the roses when they start to bloom in Spring time. We have quite a collection of pictures from there but I just want to show flowers with no other background people.

All these are familiar picture of Los Gatos Creek where we usually go for our recreational walk. These pleasant scenery shorten the actual miles and make our every step so light... "sort of"  because we always find them so entertaining, so relaxing and so refreshing.

My Photo Gallery: PART TWO

Here is the continuation of Part One. I should have categorized them but since I already started, let me just continue. These are not even in chronological order. They are just as I found them in my file.

These pictures were taken when we went to Pearl Farm in Samal Island in Davao, Philippines in the year 2007. We went there for a day only since the booking to go there needs to be six months or more to get a room reservation. It was fun, though.

The picture to the left are owned by Yahoo. The one to the right is just part of the parking lot owned by Great America. I took these both while we were on top of the revolving tower of the Theme Park.

Two turtles and two ducks.... What are they doing??? These were when we went to Los Gatos Creek for a walk. Very fascinating!

 

These two flowers were from different places. The pretty rose was in San Jose Rose Garden, CA when we went to see the different varieties of roses in Spring of 2008. The Orange Hibiscus was taken along the coastal trail in Maui near the resort.

These picture were all in Maui. I took the picture of the building where we stayed at,  the pool in front , right when we get out of the building. and part of the beach. The swan belongs to the adjacent resort.

The beautiful Catholic Church  and one of the Halls of St. Mary's College located  Moraga City, CA. This is  where Elsie finished her Executive Master's Degree in Business.

Still to be continued....