to the waterfall.

this past weekend, we headed north to waimea valley.

it's been years since my last visit to waimea valley, so this was all new to me. upon entering the grounds, you experience a lush botanical garden with a pathway that leads to the waterfall. i wanted to introduce mini-he to hiking, and this short (3/4 mile each way), paved, and relatively level hike was a nice start. they do offer cart rides, which was my backup plan in case he got tired and fussy, but we didn't need it. there was so much to see while enjoying the company of our friends.

come on, i'll show you what we saw and heard!

see the stream.
hear the stream.

see the waterfall.

hear the waterfall.

stopped for ono pops, shave ice, and fresh coconut water on the way down. this kula strawberry and maui goat cheese ono pop was so. good.

later, when i got home, i cracked open the coconut and

scooped out the meat!

ended the day with a late lunch...

li hing mui margaritas + enchiladas.

(last photo by mini-he)

have a great weekend!

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a week of animals. woof blurp and an oo-oo-ah-ah.

fooled ya!

different kind of animals today. no outfits, just fun pics of some of our recent pets and such. hope you enjoyed the week of animals. i'm finishing off the week tomorrow with a great giveaway, so don't forget to check back.

got pets? tell me about them.

baby fox at the pet store...i was sold.

ducks at ho'omaluhia gardens.

baby fox, finally ours.

catching crabs at the tidepools.

sister's baby bear.

turtle that swam up to us at the beach.

foxy brown and [sister's dog] lola. (rip lola)

feeding goats at the pumpkin patch.

[sister's dog] jonah...aka big jo. (rip jo)

our fish...

mini-he and [sister's dog] paka.

mini-he watching over a sick bird we rescued.

big bear.

our bobo. (rip bobo)

the foxxxxx.

and a monkey swinging in a tree.

in case you missed it:

monday's zebras and deer

tuesday's horses and dogs

wednesday's owls bear and cat

one and only.

continuing on with the colored denim this week,

i'm wearing cobalt blue paired with more neutrals.

unfortunately, when you leave the photography to mini-she,

this is what you get.

the one and only decent photo.

so, as promised, i'll leave you with more photos from

our memorial day weekend.

(sweater, express; denim, pacsun; shoes, nine west)

next stop in our memorial day weekend was the cemetery to bring fresh flowers to family and friends who have passed.

we always take a stroll thru the veteran's memorial.

so pretty with all the american flags.

then it was back to ho'omaluhia botanical garden.

the visitor center.

rolling hills.

my niece holding up the biggest leaf i have ever seen!

the lake.

and the ducks.

in case you missed it:

monday's red denims

tuesday's peach denims

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