9/17/15 - OGG airport

Leaving to head back to the mainland:

After a solo trip back to check in with Mom (and do back taxes, it turned out).

2/12/14 - surf contemplation

surf-watching

Immediately after starting a new job, I went home to see Mom. My sister K went with me. I sat and watched the surf. We also stained Mom's deck and screwed down loose boards. The usual vacation stuff.

7/11/12 - making the most of our time....

 mom and me

(after i had a last swim)

 what's left our our nuclear family

(getting ready to leave for the airport)

my big sister and me, en route to SEA

(looking surprisingly happy)

First two taken on mom's deck in the morning. Last one taken in the air.... the end of a long, stressful trip back home.

7/10/12 - freshly awake....

... and watching the sunrise on the clouds.

sunday manoa on the ipod

haiku

super bonus pic:

mom and me, paia afternoon

7/9/12 - the stress is showing

day of memorial service

haiku

so we go swimming....

on the beach where i grew up

7/7/12 - wearing down...

the business of memorials and loose ends gets to be tiring.

if this is maui without the family,

this must be face time (thank you steve jobs!)

is there a light at the end of the tunnel?

7/6/12 - haleakala shadows

(Now! With More Bonus Pictures!!!)

mom, sister and me

crater rim parking lot

I discovered my older sister hadn't been up to the top of the mountain for 20+ years, so we went. And Mom asked if she could come too. So we all went. And it was quiet and beautiful and a nice way to spend the afternoon away from the necessities and distractions of down country.

self-portrait, with cinders

another trio, with rim

evening giraffe legs

(heading back down country)

7/5/12 - another morning....

... another shadow

haiku morning light

contemplative(?)

5/19/12 - taking it lying down

early morning, haiku maui

last morning before heading back to seattle

5/18/12 - focus!

5/17/12 - looking at myself looking at myself....