Archive for July, 2008

Hawaii Sunrise at the Beach

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Hawaii Sunrise at the Beach

I messed up my sleep schedule badly last night. I fell asleep shortly after work at about 5:30pm, and woke up at midnight. I couldn’t go back to bed, so I decided to make the best of it and head down to the beach to take care of something I’ve been meaning to [...]

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Pink Hibiscus

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Pink Hibiscus

It’s been awhile since we did the flower thing here on this blog. So, today’s Hawaii Picture of the Day is a nice Pink Hibiscus.

I’m embarrassed to say that I forgot some of my elementary school lessons (I went to Hawaii schools from 2nd-7th grades), because I didn’t realize until after I’d decided to [...]

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Hawaii Fireworks Show

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Hawaii Fireworks Show

As promised, here are a few of the fireworks shows at Hickam AFB and Magic Island. We’re lucky living here in Iroquois Point. It’s about a 10 minute walk to the beach, where we can see 2 different fireworks shows …

Magic Island is a bit off in the distance, but the Hickam show is basically right in front of us. Just after those two shows ended, we got another show from Pearl Harbor that we watched on the way home.

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Independence Day at Schofield Barracks

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Independence Day at Schofield Barracks

With no kids in the house (mine are in North Carolina, and Ana’s are with their dad) we decided that sitting home and watching lifetime movies just wasn’t going to be a very good way to spend the 4th of July, so we took a quick jaunt up to Schofield to check out the holiday [...]

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A Little Fun with Photoshop

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A Little Fun with Photoshop

I love sunsets, and since my house is right in the Honolulu International airport approach path, we constantly have planes overhead. So, it’s a natural picture combination.

That being said, like any picture, sometimes these sunset airplane shots need a little help to become a bit more interesting. After playing around for a little [...]

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