Monthly Archives: April 2010
My plants are confused!
IMG_1206 Here it is the 29th of April and my poinsettia is still looking great! I'm going to take it outside and plant it in my flower bed and see what happens. IMG_1207.JPG – Vox And my Christmas cactus … Continue reading
The Painted Church on the island of Hawaii
2010_04_03 – Hawaii 088.JPG – Vox This small white church holds a big secret. Known as the Painted Church, the interior walls and ceiling have been covered with scenes from the Bible, painted by a priest who was stationed here. … Continue reading
Can you identify these prints?
IMG_1188 Does anyone know anything about these two prints? They appear to be copies of watercolor illustrations. I have had them for almost 40 years, but have decided to part with a few things. Sorry the photo is so bad. … Continue reading
Search for Country By Design
IMG_1181 Here's the screen that you will get when you type "countrybydesign" into your search box. The first and third entires are links to my Vox blog (Yeah!) and the fourth one is a link to my Etsy shop. Yeah!! Okay, … Continue reading
Day Four from Hawaii
I know I'm getting a little ahead of myself, but these are the pictures I'm working with right now to put together a small photo album that I can carry with me. 2010_04_03 – Hawaii 783 We only went … Continue reading
Bougainvilleas in Hawaii
IMG_0949.JPG – Vox Here is another bougainvilleas that shows the small white flowers. On most plants, that flowers are designed to attract bees or butterflies for pollenation. Why are these so small? How do they get pollenated? There were lots … Continue reading
Shoes on Parade
IMG_1169 What do your shoes say about you? Can you tell anything about your personality from your shoes? Here's the line-up I had in my bedroom today after I collected all the shoes I had left behind in different parts … Continue reading
More nature photographs from Hawaii
2010_04_03 – Hawaii 035.JPG – Vox2 This is a better picture of this unusual flower. Someone (sorry, I can't remember who) knew that it is heliconia psittacorum, or parrot's beak. The weirdest thing about it is the "eyes". 2010_04_03 … Continue reading
Photo Quest #93 – Self Portrait
I had fun with this, although I didn't get very creative with the photo session. Just straight up shots in the mirror of my bathroom with the lights on and the flash off. I tried getting creative shooting off the … Continue reading
Going to the movies, Hawaiian style
2010_04_03 – Hawaii 021.JPG – Vox Almost every small town on the Big Island has a movie theatre that looks much like this one that was built in the early 30's. This is the only one that we saw that … Continue reading
