Perfect Beginning

 Maui's Mermaids (and friends) got me out into the ocean for a beautiful swim this morning.

What a great way to begin the day.

Magical Transport

 I was hacking my way through the jungle about two miles from my house this morning when I stumbled across this amazing vista. I loved the way the light came streaming down through the trees.

Jungle (you may ask)? Two miles from my house? It might have had something to do with this fairy ring that I walked through on my way (bottom photo).

Colorful Critters

Once we got away from shore this morning, the ocean was surprisingly clear.

Kimi found a Triton (middle photo), a critical component of Crown of Thorns control.

This Sea Star (bottom photo)  was running as fast as it could in an effort to keep up with us.

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Underwater Carving

This morning Maui's SCUBA divers were out in the ocean competing in the annual Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest. These were a few of my favorites.

Zen State of Mind

 This morning nine Spinner Dolphins approached me during my ocean swim, then kept quietly swimming back and forth below and along side me. They were not at all interactive today, which was fine with me; I enjoyed it and kind of got into their zen state of mind.

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Screaming Color

 My niece has challenged me to post 7 black and white photos in 7 days on Facebook, which is why this blog has begun to be less colorful.

But the wild Lilikoi flowers (top photo) screamed to be in color, so I gave in.

Sunshine and Lollypops

Not all days are sunshine and lollypops, but here on Maui most are just that.

The middle photo is one of many puddles I had to step around on my morning walk.

The bottom photo is a droplet covered hibiscus flower.