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Georgina won her age group at the Ironman 70.3 World Champs in Florida today, so all Susie and I could think to do was pop a bottle of bubbly in her honor! Someone’s gotta do it…
Beautiful first completion of the Great North Run yesterday, and an evening cruise along the coast today on the road bike to spin the legs out. This one’s for you Kevin and Spring, my blogging heroes (among other things)!
posting a series of moai images from rapa nui (easter island), recently dusted off for an a po fundraiser.
the plant. over 15 varieties once cultivated in hawai‘i, for consumption when the root is pounded and mixed with water. elsewhere in the pacific the same mixture is called kava. in other circles, the plant is known by its scientific name – Piper methysticum.
the front facade of the halawa congregational chruch, at the far east end of moloka‘i. built in 1852, it was pounded by a massive tsunami in 1946 that destroyed the entire community, leaving the valley abandoned.
looking out from the end of the kuli‘ou‘ou trail, viewing from rabbit island to koko crater.
back to northeast england. the old low light’s (see previous entry) role was appropriated by this building. sitting above the north shields fish quay, it looks out to sea and houses a local family.
makai – ocean.
until i score a waterproof housing, this is about as far out as my camera is going to make it. the wave action is decidedly lacking, but the little harbor out at kahalu’u thrills in other ways.