EASTER WEEK 2014

VISITORS, BIRTHDAY, EASTER

            Having visitors makes the holidays and all the events on Kauai more fun.  Gil turned a magic 66 and we celebrated mightily for a week or two - south  shore & north shore.  On the south shore we snorkeled and partied.  On the north shore we witnessed another full lunar eclipse, hung out at Ke’e Beach, partied some more and had a full Easter Day. 

Birthday Boy

 L to R:  Marion, Sharon, Siglinde

We love the new screened in lanai

Marion came up early to cook - this is the famous veg lasagna with fresh portobellos, eggplant, etc.

YUM!

POIPU 

 Racoon Butterflyfish

Gil got these underwater shots

He caught us

 Siglinde upper left, Sharon right - each escorted by racoons

(interloper in the middle - unknown)

 Surge Wrasse

 Ornate Butterflyfish with his dorsal fin extended - rather punkish

He/she is waiting for a turn to be cleaned by the little cleaner wrasse on right

 Everyone should know this one by now

Black Durgon with stress lines lit up

Orangeband Surgeon and Convict Tangs (above)

Just for comparison, we don't see this one often on Kauai

Pink Tail Durgon

Note notch in lower fin

           

ECLIPSE FROM PRINCEVILLE

             Midweek we were scheduled for a full lunar eclispe and considered going out into Hanalei Bay to watch.  However, it was also scheduled to have rain and significant cloud cover. We opted for a blanket in the front yard with a nice teapot going.   We had to concentrate, the clouds would break momentarily.  

 Nearly half covered by earth's shadow, 

it really feels like an orb during an eclipse instead of a flat disk.

Full eclipse - the smog and other impurities in the atmosphere make it red

KE'E - END OF THE ROAD, NORTH SHORE

 The Na Pali coastline from Ke'e Beach

 Up to the ancient hula heiau

The reef at low tide at Ke'e from the heiau

The heiau or site for sacred hula

Note Siglinde soaking up the tranquility in rocks at left

 Wind and waves

Energy of the gods

 Cove below catching a rolling wave

Meanwhile, back at the beach

Juvenile monk seal having nice dreams . . .

            After such an incredible infusion of real Kauai energy, we decided to visit CJ, the albatross chick in Princeville.   (see March 2014 for CJ as newborn)

CJ at Spindrift

Siglinde behind

EASTER PADDLE

 At 7:30 am the day didn't look too promising

It cleared, more or less as soon as we paddled out into Hanalei Bay

 We had three boats worth, good way to start the day

Siglinde and Marion pretty happy with life itself

EASTER AT ANINI BEACH

           We went home, showered up, had a cuppa and a scone and headed to Anini with our potluck items.  Really fun day.

 Threats of rain and high wind made prep serious - no interruption to the fun

Under the roof when wet, out for games between clouds

 Someone passed Gil a pink bunny when he wasn't looking

 The three legged race required poking a peep with the fork on the hat, 

then picking up eggs with the paddle cup and returning to start.  

Are you kidding?

 Egg toss, how many raw eggs in the air?

 Down to two, oops, foot slip on the wet grass

We have a winner (on left)

While the pups that attended helped clean up the grass,

we went in for six flavors of home made gelato.  Yeah, someone brought a freezer to the beach!

Hard to say what was best, I favored the blackberry but the 

double chocolate was pretty darn good.

HAPPY EASTER !