Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day."

"The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week!

"Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light."

"Be a lighthouse, shine for others when they are in darkness."

 "We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Happy Monday!

 Happy Monday! Have a great day and a happy new week! 

"It's a good day to have a good day."

Spouting Horn, Po'ipu Kauai

"Life is like a camera, focus on what is important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don't work out , take another shot. "

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Happy Monday!

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MacArthur Park,  Kauai

" Collect moments, not things."

"Let's travel together and get lost in beautiful places."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Happy Monday!

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"To preserve the past is to save the future."

"Lets nurture the nature so that we can have a better future."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Happy Monday!

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"Your life is a canvas, make sure you paint yourself a whole lot of colorful days."

Waimea Canyon State Park

"Colors are the smiles of nature."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 464

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

I am still making my way through our Kauai trip photos. One of my favorite birds to see was the Rose-ringed Parakeet. I am a fan of Parrots, Parakeets and Macaws. It is sad that this bird is considered an invasive species in Kauai, they are native to India. They are known to destroy crops, such as corn crops and fruit trees. Kauai residents are not happy with thousands of these birds coming in screeching loudly and leaving behind their droppings. I knew I would never be visiting India so I was a happy birder to see hundreds of these Parakeets fly in at sunset to roost in a large group of palm trees near a Mexican Restaurant called Monico's in Kapa'a. 

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1. Sept 27, a mosiac showing the Rose-Ringed parakeets in Kapaa Kauai.

2. I loved seeing all the parakeets, it was a sight to see and hear these birds come in waves and land in the palm trees. 

3. Photos are NOT the greatest, the sun was setting and we were a distance from the palm trees. 

4. With the sunset, the lighting was not the best for taking photos of the birds. I did try to brighten the photos some for better viewing. 

5. This is a view of the palm tree across the street from the restaurant, the birds landed at the very top of these trees. 

6. When I said there were waves of these Rose-ringed Parakeets flying in, this was one of the waves.  You can imagine the sound coming from all these birds, I enjoyed the show. 

7. There were times the Parakeets got lost in the palm leaves, I was able to see some of these pretty birds out in the open. 

8. We enjoyed our dinner at the Monico's Mexican Restaurant in Kapa'a , I loved seeing the Rose-ringed parakeets flying in to roost for the night. 

Coming soon, more scenes and birds from our visit to Kauai. 

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Happy Monday!

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"The sea is an underwater museum still awaiting it's visitors."

Anini Beach Park, located on the north shore of Kauai. It was a favorite snorkel spot.

"The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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"The way blue ocean water is reflection of the sky, your actions are reflections of your thoughts."

Lawai Beach Park, Lawai Kauai

"Live the life you dreamed."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 462

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

Kauai was our first big trip since Iceland in 2019,  after 2 years of avoiding Covid and Grand-dog sitting for 8 months. I am breaking down my trip photos, I have SO many to share.  Every day of our trip started out with watching the sunrise in front of our hotel. 

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The rest of the day was driving to various spots to snorkel, sightsee and bird watching. 

1. Me and my shadow, views of the beach at Lawai, Zebra Dove, White-tailed Tropicbirds at Wailua Waterfalls, chickens, Hawaiian Stilts. 

2. The Zebra Doves are pretty, A common bird seen on the island.

3. Chickens are everywhere in Kauai. 

4. Wailua Waterfalls

5. The White-tailed Tropicbirds were flying around the cliffs at the Wailua Waterfalls, they are beautiful birds but hard to capture in flight. 

6. Menehune Fish Pond overlook

7. A good distance away at the Menehune Fish Pond I was able to find the Hawaiian Stilts. 

8. The Cattle Egrets are seen all around the island, usually I saw them along the road while driving. 

Stayed tuned, lots more Kauai photos to come, I hope you enjoyed this post.

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Happy Monday!

 Happy Monday Everyone! I wish you all a happy new week!

"Stand still and dream, because life is worth living at the beach."

"Sunrise: proof the best things in life are free."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday's Critters # 461

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

I was missing for a week at the end of September, hubby and I were enjoying a trip to Kauai, Hawaii. We were there 32 and a half years ago and it was one of our favorite places to visit. I took over 1500 photos of scenery, flowers and birds. Maybe a few critters too. I am sharing photos from the first two days. 

1. Scenes from our hotel in Wailua Bay, the hotel had a nice view and a pond with the koi fish. Chickens had run of the place and a few cats. 

2. The Common Myna bird was seen at the resort and all around the island. They were everywhere.

3. The Zebra Dove, a lifer for me, was another common bird seen all around the island. 

4. The Roosters were seen all around, chasing other chickens away. They were crowing all day. 

5. These Roosters were plentiful, very colorful and pretty. 

6. The Red-crested Cardinals a lifer for me, they were seen in various spots too. 

7. A Green Sea Turtle seen on the Poipu Beach. 

8. The Pacific Golden Plover was another lifer and a common bird, I had sightings in various spots around the island. 

9. This is one of the many cats seen at the resort, it seemed to like to sit in this spot in the open air lobby. 

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Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.

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I am also linking up to Anni's blog party found here I'd Rather B Birding   Anni always has some beautiful birds to be seen on her blog, check it out!

Our World, My World

 Hello and Happy Monday.

 Hubby and I are celebrating our ❤️ 30th anniversary today May 4th. It is amazing how fast 30 years go by.  Usually we celebrate our anniversary by going on a trip somewhere. Some of our trips had to be planned before or after our actual anniversary date.  Traveling anywhere now has been put off, so we will celebrate when things are normal again. Happy Anniversary to my hubby, my shadow and my love.




" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."
  

For now, I am remembering past trips hubby and I took for our anniversary.  Our honeymoon in 1990 was in Hawaii, we visited the Big Island, Maui and Kauai..below are some scenes from places we visited, we took a helicopter ride in Kauai, the road to Hana was a done a few times, we saw so many waterfalls, a hike through a bamboo forest, visited the Hawaii Volcano National Park, Kauai's Grand Canyon, black sand beaches and more.

I am skipping ahead to 2010, our 20th Anniversary and one of my favorite places, Chincoteague Island Va..  In late March 2010 we went to Costa Rica  and in Sept 2010 we drove a loop around the Cascades Washington State.

 In 2011, a short anniversary trip was to Cape May NJ and Atlantic City NJ.  This trip included beach walks and lots of birding at Cape May and Edwin Forsythe NWR. In Nov 2011 we went on a week long trip to Panama

 In 2012,  our trip was to the island of Curacao. You can click on the Curacao link to see more trip photos. In July 2012 we vacationed in Oregon and we went to hubby sisters wedding in Bainbridge Island Washington.

 In 2013, we were in Florida, traveling around from Tampa down to Key West Florida. 
In Nov 2013 hubby and I visited New Mexico/Texas.

 In 2014, our 24th Anniversary  another favorite place to visit was Belize. We spent part of the week at a jungle resort and the other part of the week was at a beach resort.

 In 2015, our 25th Anniversary,  below another visit to Chincoteague Island Virginia.  Longer trips in 2015 were to Florida 2015   and Washington State 2015.

 In 2016, our trip was to Virginia Beach, Va.. another trip in March 2016 a road trip to Tennessee to see the Sandhill Cranes migrating and Falls Creek Falls . July 2016, we bought a 2nd home in Lakeland Fl.  In October 2016 we lived part time in Lakeland Florida till March 2017.  Every day during that time was like a vacation.  We sold that Lakeland Fl home in March 2017.

 

In 2017, Our 27th anniversary trip was 2 weeks in May traveling around Washington State.  One of my favorite places was Sequim and the Dungeness NWR. In Sept 2017 we took a road trip to Erie, Pa.

In 2018, our 28th Anniversary trip, was a road trip through Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. Below our hike to Old Man's Cave in the Hocking Hills SP, Ohio

In 2019, our 29th Anniversary trip was in June to the Finger Lakes NY. Below is the Watkins Glen State Park. In Jan 2019 we drove to Florida again.

We have many happy memories from trips, these are from the past 10 years and our honeymoon shown in the mosaics above. Older photos and trips are in my archives.  Now we are looking forward to more trips and years ❤️ together. 

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Eileen's view of the national parks scene for Scenic Sunday

I thought it is cool how you can create a collage with Picasa. So here are some of my pic's of the national parks I have visited. The parks have so much scenery and so much to enjoy. Each picture in the collage has something that represents my view of the national park. The collage is clickable for a bigger view.





Full size pic's can be seen at my flicker slideshow link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eileeninmd/show/





This is a list of the parks that I have visited Acadia Nat’l park, Alaska Glacier Bay, Arches Nat’l Park, Assateague Nat’l Seashore, Bryce Nat’l Park, Canyonland Nat’l Park, Chincoteague Nat’l Seashore, Glacier Nat’l Park, Grand Canyon Nat’l Park,
Great Falls Nat’l Park, Hawaii Volcano, Lassen, Mt Ranier, Olympic, Redwoods, Sequoia, Shenandoah, Tetons, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion. Each one of these parks are seen in my picture collage.

I would like to make a goal to see every national park in the USA. I think each park has something special to see. So far my favorites have been Yellowstone and the Tetons national parks and mainly for all the wildlife.

Hey, let me know if you recognize any of the parks from my pictures. I know they are a little small but I have the regular size photo too.

This is Owbow Bend in the Tetons National Park. Best bird sighting at the Tetons and Owbow were a Grouse and a female Western Tanager.





Please click on my Scenic Sunday link to see more wonderful photos from all over. Thanks for checking out my blog and pictures. And a big thanks to all the guys and girls who put these memes together. I really love checking out the Scenic Sunday link and the blogs from all over the world. It is a wonderful way to see a little part of everyone's world. Thanks for sharing