tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16968843076897363402024-03-19T06:09:14.461-07:00A Day In My LifeLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-6772058982575360052009-07-13T12:56:00.000-07:002009-08-04T10:50:42.206-07:00Getting back to things<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xY8Egce2lersrL7VTQvyj5ycyQtCCLiegR-p_lWmuiQBYAaDqu5Z6gp-Hu_V-MudOlCPQfpSwar3IWn7SCX6BZ8grIHZ_3IAUlMEXYS-ADrwEj4FlA5aqus65jz61sMCSsN5AwX_XEs/s1600-h/Summer+2008+269.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xY8Egce2lersrL7VTQvyj5ycyQtCCLiegR-p_lWmuiQBYAaDqu5Z6gp-Hu_V-MudOlCPQfpSwar3IWn7SCX6BZ8grIHZ_3IAUlMEXYS-ADrwEj4FlA5aqus65jz61sMCSsN5AwX_XEs/s400/Summer+2008+269.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358041266608203138" /></a><br />I haven't been able to post a picture on this blog. It is just over three weeks since Mom died and we are still struggling to just get through the days. Trying to figure out how to move forward without being able to just pick up the phone and talk to her is beyond me sometimes. The rest of the time I am so busy with my daily life and the additional issues of Dad living with me, his estate planning,etc... that I truly have to block it all out so I can get things done. By 7pm I am done.<br /><br />I know that a day will arrive when I can begin to post regualrly here again, not now but soon. I am taking pictures and have been taking them everday so the blog/book will be complete at some point. I never imagined the year would be marked this way.<br /><br />I am going to post a picture of the day today...it will be out of order so just forgive me. Mia had drawn this while I was still in Florida. Thank God I took a picture because it somehow has vanished. It is Grammy Pat as an angel.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-48449292320443479222009-06-21T11:01:00.000-07:002009-07-13T12:55:37.541-07:00GoodbyeI am so sad to have to write that my mother, Patricia, passed away yesterday. She had fallen a week ago and needed pretty major elbow surgery. I flew out to Florida to be with her and my brother for the surgery on Thursday. Thank God I came because when we brought her home yesterday she sufferd a blod clot within 5 minutes of getting into the house and passes away monutes later. I am shattered. She was the most important person in my life without a doubt. Over the past 20 years since my moving to Seattle I didn't get to see her very much. As a matter of fact the last time I saw her was in September of 2007, Mia was just 4 and we went the the house on St. Simon's. We had a great visit, too short, but wonderful. Since that time my father has been out to stay with me for about half the year, my mom's brother fought throat cancer with her living with him for 6 months and all the other assorted life issues prevented our getting together for a visit sooner. My plan was to come out with Mia in October for a couple weeks. That will never happen. <br /><br />I know she is in a better place, our upset is worldly and I know as the days go by the shock will wear off and my reaction to her loss will not be so acute. Right now nothing at all makes any sense.<br /><br />I am not sure if I can access a picture of her to post today. I will if I can.<br /><br />Don't put off spending the time with your loved ones...today. I am not sure when I will be posting again regularly.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-81238418042246681122009-06-08T16:37:00.000-07:002009-06-15T09:42:00.017-07:00Day 40 - June 6, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1veCGmkl_VlS9Cfri5qtQUhNLaCk02orfeMyfQFKANYQynv6QY46u7WAg4YHudLuCaAExqR8hSqDmAKa5K8AW3wBCB5J2RymjKZ1RVzeGOPtFOyKK9wmZdEtUR4ssvtCn2CfEaxUlUQ/s1600-h/Mia+pia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1veCGmkl_VlS9Cfri5qtQUhNLaCk02orfeMyfQFKANYQynv6QY46u7WAg4YHudLuCaAExqR8hSqDmAKa5K8AW3wBCB5J2RymjKZ1RVzeGOPtFOyKK9wmZdEtUR4ssvtCn2CfEaxUlUQ/s400/Mia+pia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345105532379549266" /></a><br /><br />Mia and I were fooling around on the patio with my cell phone...I snapped this pic to update the one I had on there and liked it so much that it is showing up here :)Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-78079922959602509732009-06-08T09:37:00.000-07:002009-06-08T09:38:09.094-07:00UpdateMy computer crashed on Saturday so it may be awhile before I can get back into updating on a regular basis.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-14817461592039993922009-06-06T08:16:00.000-07:002009-06-06T08:18:56.557-07:00Day 39 - June 5, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxDedBO5fQ0UiJ9l0rf2os0fY7CLi9DtFsmPIg2OFm7CvjpZCu033zVbMj7qrq4XVrV8AaDPba3NNPdG5Q9CfY_rZjckevQ_ZXGnY7LgrQkseC3lu-mK7v3J0FHcvR02-5Wg262giAWw/s1600-h/June+20092-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxDedBO5fQ0UiJ9l0rf2os0fY7CLi9DtFsmPIg2OFm7CvjpZCu033zVbMj7qrq4XVrV8AaDPba3NNPdG5Q9CfY_rZjckevQ_ZXGnY7LgrQkseC3lu-mK7v3J0FHcvR02-5Wg262giAWw/s400/June+20092-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344234125165741170" /></a><br /><br /><br />I know, I know...one photo a day. Whatever, it was too big a day for just one ;) My baby girl graduated preschool and is on to Kindergarten in September!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-28122223355256988742009-06-06T08:15:00.000-07:002009-06-06T08:16:28.161-07:00Day 38 - June 4, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvb8frkHqL0j6b7nTNt9ou9vQsfoh8B8aqVUp9IMZi4HauFiCtfdbb20xC3hqqmrMWWIlLHUE3RyaZkFLDefSqrynAVBZt-DLiWxinZLf6oCOvbTiGsFImyrllTClP1E3jsoPe_Bdh_g/s1600-h/IMG_0179-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvb8frkHqL0j6b7nTNt9ou9vQsfoh8B8aqVUp9IMZi4HauFiCtfdbb20xC3hqqmrMWWIlLHUE3RyaZkFLDefSqrynAVBZt-DLiWxinZLf6oCOvbTiGsFImyrllTClP1E3jsoPe_Bdh_g/s400/IMG_0179-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344233742995773058" /></a>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-27509124655911947922009-06-03T20:30:00.000-07:002009-06-09T17:34:33.396-07:00Day 37 - June 3, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRzyJWD4Qf0CRjgxcW1yVj1cpBkBj73f4H15mLStporW7OSuVRcHwfaY-Wwi0v0ddSi8a7GfOv3ohkWxFrFxIM9k64-hTHBTgJQA4Z0zqnn7-D_tCr7bHgXzD9CKRsG8hGnYgvccZAJI/s1600-h/IMG_0151.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvRzyJWD4Qf0CRjgxcW1yVj1cpBkBj73f4H15mLStporW7OSuVRcHwfaY-Wwi0v0ddSi8a7GfOv3ohkWxFrFxIM9k64-hTHBTgJQA4Z0zqnn7-D_tCr7bHgXzD9CKRsG8hGnYgvccZAJI/s400/IMG_0151.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343309739288719410" /></a><br /><br />Mia has some pretty elaborate games she plays after "lightsout" at night. This is what greated me when I woke her this morning. She said that dragon needed some soothing music to get to sleep.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-86574889410415066132009-06-03T20:29:00.000-07:002009-06-03T20:30:13.163-07:00Day 36 - June 2, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3F_2fI4hABVmp3eCjHq3nnxmX1_5br_F6NHyOuaPhmE7syziA-fncCFUcxcsDNMOVby4EJcP4IvT7tiIwbfN-N-p7hA_dEUlQEhaUQaNCzkhdDprPk3NuKA4rLB1XYDWtIdGRCopce74/s1600-h/IMG_0148.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3F_2fI4hABVmp3eCjHq3nnxmX1_5br_F6NHyOuaPhmE7syziA-fncCFUcxcsDNMOVby4EJcP4IvT7tiIwbfN-N-p7hA_dEUlQEhaUQaNCzkhdDprPk3NuKA4rLB1XYDWtIdGRCopce74/s400/IMG_0148.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343309496614098946" /></a>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-37601807873852520882009-06-03T20:27:00.001-07:002009-06-03T20:28:59.390-07:00Day 35 - June 1, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgD-tLwYcQWMfvEHKHYUHD3YBSdIxOoE2nA2kQGljHnO2Z37RiGGe-HWgyFQQSk7YmkZATy7-lTPXRisG2QRbfGFikFlihLfYuvsnnVP5zxsfEIcPt1Ldn9SPrhdyjbYxiKv7bAslC7w/s1600-h/IMG_0137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgD-tLwYcQWMfvEHKHYUHD3YBSdIxOoE2nA2kQGljHnO2Z37RiGGe-HWgyFQQSk7YmkZATy7-lTPXRisG2QRbfGFikFlihLfYuvsnnVP5zxsfEIcPt1Ldn9SPrhdyjbYxiKv7bAslC7w/s400/IMG_0137.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343308983644507570" /></a><br /><br />It has been so hot here so I let MIa go outside in the backyard while the sprinklers were going that night. She was drenched and lovin' it!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-62378196366770663612009-06-03T20:25:00.000-07:002009-06-03T20:26:45.845-07:00Day 34 - May 31, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMzDfzOpOut3p8Y8MXH8Ud1ot4A5vwGTdeyyGw6MS09AFACc-wiUjKNPd6rkgv5h3eKRsFpl9e588kYBC_Cd3uVDIRjCOiKABV6YwUPcyScL5jcuITNBmllRrfzvndF0qQI6qnT6Jmbc/s1600-h/IMG_0134.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMzDfzOpOut3p8Y8MXH8Ud1ot4A5vwGTdeyyGw6MS09AFACc-wiUjKNPd6rkgv5h3eKRsFpl9e588kYBC_Cd3uVDIRjCOiKABV6YwUPcyScL5jcuITNBmllRrfzvndF0qQI6qnT6Jmbc/s400/IMG_0134.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343308547778783218" /></a><br /><br />We went out to dinner and to see UP! with the Schneiders. Mia and Marley love hanging out together!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-28781551603780170862009-06-03T20:24:00.001-07:002009-06-03T20:25:21.840-07:00Day 33 - May 30, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNwwu1coo6XNHX5bvTe40Xl3rTqSwmRrF-zJagdQKGEsxb_EtHczS1SlvDwuWb5nPEb-WLTq5T8kWjv6zZOCYSXUk_FqhXLurrfY-n84tc33deCAXT1OVF_-tub4u1CEPXPsri6sZAGw/s1600-h/IMG_0063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNwwu1coo6XNHX5bvTe40Xl3rTqSwmRrF-zJagdQKGEsxb_EtHczS1SlvDwuWb5nPEb-WLTq5T8kWjv6zZOCYSXUk_FqhXLurrfY-n84tc33deCAXT1OVF_-tub4u1CEPXPsri6sZAGw/s400/IMG_0063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343308321379773746" /></a>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-8105226245501640462009-06-03T20:21:00.000-07:002009-06-03T20:24:27.014-07:00Day 32 - May 29, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6ZqjYItdQlJ4C4f6QWZbZyb0zD8xcsUwlG9LU87nJ32MRI1YhbGOshLcGb5O0nPdQ0of_0HGSt9Fs2M-peZ5eMmcTwAAEny8F5fFC5SoeVFAckQk7ZoNIbKYWRnkNSp5XAiqNsY4ruo/s1600-h/IMG_0058.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6ZqjYItdQlJ4C4f6QWZbZyb0zD8xcsUwlG9LU87nJ32MRI1YhbGOshLcGb5O0nPdQ0of_0HGSt9Fs2M-peZ5eMmcTwAAEny8F5fFC5SoeVFAckQk7ZoNIbKYWRnkNSp5XAiqNsY4ruo/s400/IMG_0058.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343307455706623330" /></a><br /><br />I will try to keep this brief. Mom, this one's for you. Safeway used to make the most delish lemon danish and then suddenly about 2 years ago they just stopped. Why? No one seems to know. On my stock up after vacation trip to the market what did I happen across as I wandered through the bakery at Safeway? Lemon danish. I've not seen another since.<br /><br />Yes... I did buy it, photograph it and then eat it. It was yummy!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-75033473237558128642009-06-03T20:19:00.000-07:002009-06-03T20:20:52.416-07:00Day 31 - May 28, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QciVCK0ioJpUIRZ6Kqp1X9TIfmgtWREkTQ0IA8cEIs-Gn3FaCwjbmM-1Gbw3fRi7L5srDp4xvjtl9sNgjJvrFcMqX9AIA_wlEnP46BPkameHCznX2t4w6XaOv33tcjr_5cWWwFEUjZI/s1600-h/IMG_9986.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QciVCK0ioJpUIRZ6Kqp1X9TIfmgtWREkTQ0IA8cEIs-Gn3FaCwjbmM-1Gbw3fRi7L5srDp4xvjtl9sNgjJvrFcMqX9AIA_wlEnP46BPkameHCznX2t4w6XaOv33tcjr_5cWWwFEUjZI/s400/IMG_9986.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343306987728103506" /></a><br /><br />Mia left her Mahalo (thank you) to the owners for the house we rented before we left for the airport. What a great trip!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-47507130932172661212009-06-03T20:16:00.000-07:002009-06-03T20:19:21.214-07:00Day 30 - May 27, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVlSMOsxO2XeLn0roh4TwAuy8jpEZYxQgyNujY3HIFIVABAyNLZPhbZzPcHr21nV2tCIhFcNwRGCfEfBF73Xn3yxZO0xofrkgTg1aMDJb1pdoayeuKsmzg8qf_RGzNQM5VC788ydD0co/s1600-h/IMG_9910.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVlSMOsxO2XeLn0roh4TwAuy8jpEZYxQgyNujY3HIFIVABAyNLZPhbZzPcHr21nV2tCIhFcNwRGCfEfBF73Xn3yxZO0xofrkgTg1aMDJb1pdoayeuKsmzg8qf_RGzNQM5VC788ydD0co/s400/IMG_9910.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343306779512761842" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Gorgeous day, gorgeous spot, gorgeous girl!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-29645370571461638802009-06-03T20:13:00.000-07:002009-06-03T20:16:22.773-07:00Day 29 - May 26, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gH2KdXse_s75POjpepL2XgXnsri_xK-Z9N_Ttf9X-mphTx6o8owsmjVBqM2eQBmwYWwnYXNOtj3BbNJzn8cckQJactMdV0CwvPg7-Tym2MpjZh65NSPzMfZAFKri6SSYAqz9gjuaAMw/s1600-h/IMG_9756-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gH2KdXse_s75POjpepL2XgXnsri_xK-Z9N_Ttf9X-mphTx6o8owsmjVBqM2eQBmwYWwnYXNOtj3BbNJzn8cckQJactMdV0CwvPg7-Tym2MpjZh65NSPzMfZAFKri6SSYAqz9gjuaAMw/s400/IMG_9756-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343305504233228754" /></a><br /><br />During the last two days in Molokai Mia began to teach herself to snorkle. It was so cool watching her get the hang of it (took about 10 minutes), she forgot about not being able to swim all that well and was just gliding around the pool, face in the water, having a blast. The one drawback was that the mask was way too big for her and she kept getting water up her nose.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-79678460956839793952009-06-03T20:11:00.000-07:002009-06-03T20:13:34.203-07:00Day 28 - May 25, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFLrRYLbfTQiCX541rQR-Di-1QD-r1V2K7uYrcdvrIocmMZSk6fqdUHA6NTUk5JGvE-JIUYIgqvpku2xLTXKyHyKux0Qa9PGxLlqWJ8RjnSg5Q4BIBqQQ50ujMXiccgSzHJ5lzM5Wjsk/s1600-h/IMG_9772.JPG2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXFLrRYLbfTQiCX541rQR-Di-1QD-r1V2K7uYrcdvrIocmMZSk6fqdUHA6NTUk5JGvE-JIUYIgqvpku2xLTXKyHyKux0Qa9PGxLlqWJ8RjnSg5Q4BIBqQQ50ujMXiccgSzHJ5lzM5Wjsk/s400/IMG_9772.JPG2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343305176911253634" /></a><br /><br />I spent about an hour chasing plumeria flowers around the pool. What a delicious waste of time!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-87030520517286546062009-06-03T20:09:00.001-07:002009-06-03T20:11:21.678-07:00Day 27 - May 24, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4IjgFTYVLCD2Tca4E4hmQGXv-Tjdge5MVoFEJV4us-sJZXspeeVwqMqU6DZ2CsohMfINndEEdlk0ruvYGJmrt3LSFwmDIlWBhRbxAt3badrr6zMi9Fh3OZO_x0Hq5U1DDndLqDNGyx0/s1600-h/IMG_9664-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4IjgFTYVLCD2Tca4E4hmQGXv-Tjdge5MVoFEJV4us-sJZXspeeVwqMqU6DZ2CsohMfINndEEdlk0ruvYGJmrt3LSFwmDIlWBhRbxAt3badrr6zMi9Fh3OZO_x0Hq5U1DDndLqDNGyx0/s400/IMG_9664-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343304465699288882" /></a><br /><br />and for the record I have quite the little photographer on my hands now. She took about 50 pictures while we were away and I think she has a real eye for composition. I adore this picture of her little flip flopped feet!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-76632006242674216552009-06-03T20:07:00.000-07:002009-06-03T20:08:44.602-07:00sorryit's taken me a bit to get back into the swing of things. Tryin to hold on to my laid back island attitude this week but I can feel it slipping away. The only positive to that is I am getting caught up on my posting tonight!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-52317940638375329232009-05-30T18:52:00.000-07:002009-05-30T19:02:48.672-07:00Day 26 - May 23, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMwDClM5QwFjRwHEYTKw-F0vKMuCPvYbQ7CJzsEuMzAJ6edky3C-MGE5mzVnZ2Iy8IHVHkIpejMiA7DaKEVsgdiG1sk7bWyHkxv1ip2zdTMvWgc_hdkqggbysBnnH99IG4CqqpOc7TjI/s1600-h/IMG_9500-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMwDClM5QwFjRwHEYTKw-F0vKMuCPvYbQ7CJzsEuMzAJ6edky3C-MGE5mzVnZ2Iy8IHVHkIpejMiA7DaKEVsgdiG1sk7bWyHkxv1ip2zdTMvWgc_hdkqggbysBnnH99IG4CqqpOc7TjI/s400/IMG_9500-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341802704783949250" /></a>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-4566520853523182672009-05-30T18:05:00.001-07:002009-05-30T18:52:29.164-07:00Day 25 - May 22, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1y154em_Kxm6WQccbjmsKhxxmkvpyUm8Z9Z_osoEctZXL8h0T3096i_5IICq1TBS5yJQ5xtoVRtjtTQhVq4BMKF4aAazLz6JI2NdaJLVZpKuVPaZYLZoSSgni2C2RSoSOJ19dXXq0YPg/s1600-h/IMG_9453.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1y154em_Kxm6WQccbjmsKhxxmkvpyUm8Z9Z_osoEctZXL8h0T3096i_5IICq1TBS5yJQ5xtoVRtjtTQhVq4BMKF4aAazLz6JI2NdaJLVZpKuVPaZYLZoSSgni2C2RSoSOJ19dXXq0YPg/s400/IMG_9453.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341798471956231058" /></a><br /><br />Why are bananas worthy of a picture of the day???? Well these small sweet delicious apple bananas are like no other I have ever eaten. I fell in love with them on my first visit to Hawaii in 1990, relished them in 2003 on Kauai at Banana Joes Smoothie stand and plucked them from the trees in Molokai. Amazing!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-71734383265827528182009-05-30T11:13:00.000-07:002009-05-30T11:14:10.089-07:00Day 24 - May 21, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMY2tF0PqdhmSaN0QUoioo2kF3h0vSpTHqdXwzJW63PJSV2IxsiJLwDKFr_BeZo9u4jyrvuUdS7rDlctmYUrsYGJDyY-4wNOq_kLi9zhvhuFBEh9vE189oZir75SI7Ve_LbV39s6XekTY/s1600-h/IMG_9379-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMY2tF0PqdhmSaN0QUoioo2kF3h0vSpTHqdXwzJW63PJSV2IxsiJLwDKFr_BeZo9u4jyrvuUdS7rDlctmYUrsYGJDyY-4wNOq_kLi9zhvhuFBEh9vE189oZir75SI7Ve_LbV39s6XekTY/s400/IMG_9379-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341681833642694322" /></a><br /><br />On the East end of Molokai the ocean washes up tons of beach glass.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-15372209550594134972009-05-30T11:07:00.001-07:002009-05-30T11:09:08.381-07:00Day 23 - May 20, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FowUobe6xatjht-wf5fm8sNds9qSIhHIA4n8QNdxi7KWtxL6nP841Qt43bROmFCQfaMC5ziYMKKPwg5_mycsRLjyw6JNG7Qqr8-H3BwwacTb4vz_iCjDJuJXJRdg3XkmSuCrO6Z1VxY/s1600-h/IMG_9358-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FowUobe6xatjht-wf5fm8sNds9qSIhHIA4n8QNdxi7KWtxL6nP841Qt43bROmFCQfaMC5ziYMKKPwg5_mycsRLjyw6JNG7Qqr8-H3BwwacTb4vz_iCjDJuJXJRdg3XkmSuCrO6Z1VxY/s400/IMG_9358-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341680465963272738" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is my favorite photo from the trip. Mia was looking out the window, naked except for a lei I made that morning from the beautiful plumeria flowers around the house.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-13106081146035939502009-05-30T11:06:00.000-07:002009-05-30T11:07:30.761-07:00Day 22 - May 19, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGUkfCWc1wlaKXHxilIgaM60qwn4yKW197uTwKFTXCV9Kj1bLHmxMBg8KQHK_qgp4wWfw9ZBm-u0kqszwtJhRbMloJoB-e0tAAlvI4_Ep49RM4VJvrLbaOPmG1iPNhHkmfmgaKJo4Ysk/s1600-h/IMG_9224-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGUkfCWc1wlaKXHxilIgaM60qwn4yKW197uTwKFTXCV9Kj1bLHmxMBg8KQHK_qgp4wWfw9ZBm-u0kqszwtJhRbMloJoB-e0tAAlvI4_Ep49RM4VJvrLbaOPmG1iPNhHkmfmgaKJo4Ysk/s400/IMG_9224-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341680223330560802" /></a>Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-7273672345601112862009-05-30T11:05:00.001-07:002009-05-30T11:06:26.581-07:00Day 21 - May 18, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MlqwbcTMEiO1G7m1VBqdJzefnDpSWGaUTxGOBn-9car_xVHjPXXtU6WTyDOmr5O-7qEanXv1zxMVFW_XpZCYzlAT6kWsXlorXNH11PZVx1rtcq0kym3m1Kj0YLDXHuR1gS_gqlaxslQ/s1600-h/IMG_9186-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MlqwbcTMEiO1G7m1VBqdJzefnDpSWGaUTxGOBn-9car_xVHjPXXtU6WTyDOmr5O-7qEanXv1zxMVFW_XpZCYzlAT6kWsXlorXNH11PZVx1rtcq0kym3m1Kj0YLDXHuR1gS_gqlaxslQ/s400/IMG_9186-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341679809145579602" /></a><br /><br />After a very long day of fyling and waitign in airports we arrived in Molokai and this lizard was one of the very first things we saw.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1696884307689736340.post-68043953766018235162009-05-30T11:02:00.000-07:002009-05-30T11:04:19.364-07:00Day 20 - May 17, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlVCRwBdS7Ey_47eRKRluLmXeJmdtOs5gg6PNAtANqzIVtIa1uwehHBR9AztWeYB1db5Z40Uga1FGkCW6y-FROc_92HUWOGONlh8bQAAYNIVgjgUvBBhvBh7EIm03lnre21c-t06bfI4/s1600-h/IMG_9172.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlVCRwBdS7Ey_47eRKRluLmXeJmdtOs5gg6PNAtANqzIVtIa1uwehHBR9AztWeYB1db5Z40Uga1FGkCW6y-FROc_92HUWOGONlh8bQAAYNIVgjgUvBBhvBh7EIm03lnre21c-t06bfI4/s400/IMG_9172.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341679284193557938" /></a><br /><br />"I tried to make the Prince so he was kneeling Mom, but it didn't come out right..."Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173355986758373854noreply@blogger.com1