Back to the Pacific Northwest

So for those of you that do not yet know, we are moving back to the Pacific Northwest. We fly out the second week of February and have a beach house rented on the north end of Bainbridge Island. Once settled, we’ll be making a beeline to REI to stock up on warm wool socks and maybe a sou’wester. Then we can begin scouting around for a house to purchase and work on hooking up with another outrigger canoe club.

While I will be checking mail regularly, I’m not yet sure what I will do with my website. I may rebuild it and rename it. I may simply take it down altogether. Or perhaps move it to Instagram or Twitter. Anyway, there is a lot I’m looking forward to, new places to explore and familiar place to rediscover. Certainly we will miss Hawaii and all it has to offer. But there is nothing preventing us from returning as snowbirds. The best of both worlds perhaps.

Another adventure for sure and my plan continues to be “Make every day count, brah!”

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Tropical Colors

A couple weeks ago I bused out the cash for a new Wacom Tablet so I could try my hand at painting by hand. Here are the results of this morning’s exercise in learning more about Photoshop brushes, brush management and color pallets. Not sure where this is going to take me but so far – great fun!

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Side Street, Pontevedra Spain

I recall being a bit shocked seeing this wonderful side street without the clutter of people, or cars or overhanging wires. And then I recalled it was siesta. Man, I’m starting to get the itch to travel again.

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Fixie, Pontevedra Spain

In the event you are wondering, a “Fixie” is a bike without a freewheel – no coasting brah! As cool as these bikes look and as much as I want one, I’m quite sure I’d kill myself the first time I intuitively and instinctively tried coasting down a hill. Oh to be young and dumb again – or not!

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Kamakahonu Bay

Just one of my favorite spots on the planet!
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Bump

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In an ocean going canoe (wa’a) there is nothing like a swell (pehu) to push you along, especially in a race. Also known as a “bump”.

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Sunbeams

We all know the earth is round right? At least most of us do. And we know the atmosphere surrounding our planet is curved like the cover on a baseball. About this time of year, on a crystal clear night, as the sun drops below the horizon, one can perceive the curvature by viewing the gradient of light on the horizon from golden yellow to blue to the black of the night’s sky. Some sunsets are just more memorable than others.

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Kona Boys

Kamakahonu Beach is one small jewel in anyone’s quiver of experiences who has had the good fortune of being there. The beach is an integral part of Kona’s community and is a colorful slice of paradise. On the east end of the beach, there is a whimsical surf shack that is patently Hawaiiana. It is quaint, colorful and amusing. Every time I take it in I smile and think to myself the Kona Boys are servicing people’s dreams. It’s not the paddle boards, or the kayaks, or the snorkel gear folks are lining up for – it is the opportunity to full fill their dream.

In this rendering I wanted to create something whimsical, playfully fanciful – something with bold colors that someone might see in their dreams and just want to be there. Life is too short to not follow up on one’s dreams.


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Sapphire

It was a two martini kind of sunset. Bombay Sapphire Blue, like the sky. Shaken not stirred, with a twist.

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Waiting for Lane

Just sitting here waiting for Hurricane Lane to pass by – hopefully without damage. Everything here is good to go. With nothing else to do, I decided to try something bold, dark and at the same time, beautiful – kind of how I’m thinking about the hurricane. The last few months here on the Big Island with the volcano, vog and now Lane has been more than interesting.

Stay tuned.
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