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This and That! A Mixed Holiday Bag!

Good morning on this mid-December day! Filled with Hanukah latkes, I’m now taking a rest and looking forward to all the Christmas cookies I’m going to eat. I hope I won’t be mistaken for a stuffed NeNe. It’s that time of year❣️❣️

Today we have a mixed bag of seasonal goodies. Bill McDowell has shared […]

Time For Reflection 🌺

In these turbulent days around the globe, it is important to have time for quiet reflection, no matter where you are. Sunset is a good opportunity for this. Here is a photo taken by Julie Wrigley this summer in Alaska. Below, Bill McDowell comments on the quiet healing of Alaska.

“Our return to our […]

Hualalai Sunset Paints The Sky!

Photo by David Taran

Your Editor is Back at Hualalai!

After spending the summer on the mainland, your editor is back where she belongs! It was wonderful to visit with family and friends, but we’re so glad to be home. And what a welcome we got!

photo by Diane Kantor

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All Day, All Night: Hualalai!!

photos by Bill McDowell

 

photo by Eva Shulman

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hualalai: Our Happy Place

From morning to night, on sea or on land, we are blessed by the beauty surrounding Hualalai. At this time of year, the mild weather permits us to do so much here. We can be outside all day and all night (the full moon lights our way).

Dolphins jumping across the morning […]

The First Sunset of 2022!

January 1, 2022. The Hualalai sunset never disappoints, no matter from where you see it! A promise of good things to come!!! Let’s hope so. No, let’s plan on it!

photo by Bill McDowell

 

 

photo by Jen Dulski

 

 

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A Crimson Tide:

photo by Bill McDowell

Here We Go: Voggy Sunsets!

The vog (it’s mild so far) makes for vivid sunsets!

 

 

photos by David Taran

surreal sunsets:

 

 

photos by David Taran

Rainy Weather Sunset Scenes

 

 

photos by Bill McDowell

Sunrise, Sunset

 

It’s a beautiful morning: Bill McDowell

 

 

Sunsets

photo by Cindy Muscatel

photo by Cecilia Hirko

Sunset/Sunrise?

Sometimes the sunset sky at night is closely replicated by the sunrise sky in the morning. December 7th and 8th. Almost hard to tell the difference except for one thing.

 

 

photos by Bill McDowell

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Of The Beach, Honu, Surfboard and Sunset

Bill McDowell has captured some award winning photos of the different aspects of Hualalai, at sunset.

 

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Fiery Sunset Lights Up the Sky

Welcome back Bill McDowell!

A New Perspective

One of the benefits of slowing down and staying put is the opportunity to look at what’s around us and actually see it. Foliage abounds at my feet, but I rarely stop to appreciate it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunsets and sunrises are vivid at this time of […]

Sunrise, Sunset and the Ocean

This piece of the rock called Hualalai remains a haven and has become a home to many of us, hunkering here.

photos by Bill McDowell

 

And for a tiny taste of the ocean, click the link below.

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Superb Sunset, Hualalai Style

photo courtesy of Chantal Prunier