Though material playthings may be limited on the isolated island of Ua Pou, the children’s imagination certainly is not. As the freighter Aranui lay docked, currents pushed its bow from side to side and the hawsers would lower into the water, then slowly heave upward high above the ripples, and then sink back down again.Continue reading “Children of the Sea”
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Ua Pou in the Marquesas Islands
Ua Pou is an island that is difficult to describe, and even the photos don’t do it justice. Located in isolation in the South Pacific, nearly all of its outside supplies come by boat, and the locals find their own ways to live and carry on between monthly visits of the cargo ship, the Aranui,Continue reading “Ua Pou in the Marquesas Islands”
Cheshire Cat Moon and Goddess of Love
Fuzzy stars peered through a partly cloudy sky as we set out on our morning walk. As the dawn brightened we found a very thin crescent Moon and Venus through a gap in the trees. The Moon seemed to be grinning like the fabled Cheshire Cat while Venus, once considered the goddess of love, gazedContinue reading “Cheshire Cat Moon and Goddess of Love”
Sweet Island Dreams
Well doing some cleaning yesterday, I laid the ukuleles on the pareo at the foot of the bed. Then I got an idea; with a little rearranging it told a story of prior travels. We had dreamed of visiting French Polynesia and were able to go not once, but several times. Twice we rode onContinue reading “Sweet Island Dreams”
Double-biscus
Take a few dollars, buy a plant and put it in a pot by the garage and enjoy the reward of its bursting blooms of beauty day after day. What a delight!
The Big and the Small of It
A great big box arrived yesterday looking very heavy, so heavy in fact, that I nearly threw it to the ceiling when I tried to pick it up. No, it was very light, a huge box with a lot of very light paper packing. Since I knew that the packing was not what I hadContinue reading “The Big and the Small of It”
By the Dawn’s Early Light
During a recent morning walk, the dawning sky changed from dark and ominous to blazingly brilliant over a period of about 28 minutes. We heeded the warning of “red in the morning,” and were properly sheltered during the afternoon thunderstorms that followed. Undaunted, however, was a planet peering through the clouds. Venus, in the upperContinue reading “By the Dawn’s Early Light”
Birds of a Feather
Several months ago we noticed a large nest high in a neighborhood tree with a red-shouldered hawk pair tending it. Over the following weeks they paid close attention to it and eventually small hawks were spotted as a parent landed with food. Now they have left the nest, but their piercing cries from time toContinue reading “Birds of a Feather”
Cool Dog Daisy
Hot day, cool dog–smart! #dog #boardercollie
Bird Versus Bug At Gundry
What could be more tranquil than birds and blooms? Yes, true tranquility, unless of course, you happen to be a spider suspended within easy reach of a bluebird. So is the endangered arachnid destined to make its escape or to become an avian appetizer? I like to think it will make it’s escape, and here’sContinue reading “Bird Versus Bug At Gundry”
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 