by Kimberly

This was what I was blessed with seeing this amazing view this morning! This is a lilicaceae which is a true aloe plant. I didn't realize until today that they bloom an orange-red flower in the winter months. I did some research and found out that the flower stalk can get to be 10 ft tall! The beach, surfers and islands in the background just made these photos!

Where are the stingrays?

Photo By SeaLife Park Camp Staff

My kids have had a wonderful time at Sea Life Park Winter Camp. The were so thrilled to be able to snorkel with the stingrays. I am glad they were given this experience to learn about how to take care of sea life and to be able to talk to trainers to learn more about a profession that my daughter wants to do when she grows up! We still have plenty of time for that - first we need to teach her to swim with a snorkel mask! My son however looked like he did great from the pictures they brought home.

This photo was shot by one of the kids teachers with our underwater camera. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA, f/5.1, exposure 1/100 sec, ISO 80, 18mm focal length

Little Eyes

Little Eyes
photo by Kimberly

I am just captivated by the brightness and innonence in children's eyes! I think that we should protect our children's innonence by monitoring what they are watching, seeing and hearing! If you aren't sure about a show don't let them watch it until you have time to. Don't rely on the fact that "Tony's mom" let's him watch it.

I think the brightness comes from being full of life and not having many cares in the world! I hope that I have that brightness in my eyes when my children look at me! I don't want to show them stress and hurt thru my eyes!

With Aloha,
Kimberly

Photo Details: Shot with Canon PowerShot A620, f/4.1, 1/60 exposure, 29mm focal length.

Mele Kalikimaka

(Photo by Kimberly)
I am starting this blog to post at least one picture a day of paradise! All pictures will have been taken in Hawaii. I will be keeping my postings simple for December as I try to get in the habit of posting a photo a day for the year 2011!

Today my picture is going to reflect Christmas. This is a wonderful picture of Santa with these two beautiful litte girls. Santa was great telling us the secrets of getting a photo of a baby with him without the baby crying!

I took this picture with my Sony DSLR A350, f/4.5, 1/100, ISO400, 26mm focal length, with no flash. There was editing done to crop out the baby's mom from the photo.