Disaster and destruction continue to dog my every footstep. With no respite in sight my spirits were drooping. Hopeless, everything is hopeless.
A quick dip in the ocean and everything was soon right as rain (whatever that means). Amazing how a little salt water up the nose can adjust my attitude. I have embarked on plans to repair the computer, repair the lenses, and more. Things are looking up.
Yesterday was not one of my better days. I got to my photo shoot and the clouds rolled in. I broke dishes, my most important camera lens shattered when I dropped it on the floor, and my computer is a non-functioning inert mass.
Warning: Don't come anywhere near me until the black cloud dissipates, or you may get struck by a stray bolt of lightening.
Do we swim? Do we dare?
Occasional high sets of surf were still rolling in today and the water started out pretty murky. Once past the break I could see the bottom, barely. Out to the arch, more of the same. Should we continue?
Of course we did swim. And the ocean floor was always visible, which is our yardstick for water clarity. And we had fun being tossed around in the Elevator and the Slosh, but quickly scooted out when the really big waves arrived. All in all, we had fun and got a great workout. Plus we got to spend time with friends.
I did something I've never done before.
I rented the movie Outsourced and liked it so much that as soon as it finished I got on the internet and ordered the DVD. I've purchased movies later, and I've promised to buy movies later, but I've never HAD to have the movie NOW.
Anyway, rent it.
A south swell is rolling in with occasional giant sets. I was careful to get in the ocean during calm periods, but still managed to get crunched by random huge waves. Unlike the previous episode last week, these were smashing the entire coast line and stirring up murk everywhere. I opted to cancel my swim since visibility was nil.
As I left the beach I stopped on the rocks to photograph one of the big waves; but, of course, none came in. I waited and waited and waited - nothing! The photo above was of a standard wave.
Twice this past winter when I've returned to the beach from a long swim, someone had taken my towel. In both cases I found the people and they claimed that they didn't think it belonged to anyone.?!
This morning people were crawling all over this sailboat which had been run aground overnight. I even saw people digging around in the cabin. How rude. That is not the way I was raised. I was taught to first make sure no one was looking...
See that tired guy? That's me returning from a multi-day photo shoot on the island of Molokai.
It was strange being without cell phone or internet service. Molokai prides itself on being a place where you can get away from it all. The thing is, they don't give you a choice.
Strangely enough, I didn't miss a thing. And, hopefully, nobody died waiting for me to answer their emails and phone messages.
The house I photographed had a wonderfully organic feel to it, as if it had actually grown out of the hillside. Yet it was perched like a bird ready to fly with the ocean below and sky all around. What a treat to photograph something different.
