Early Morning

Early this morning I was writing an e-mail and I looked out the window. I could tell it was going to be a wonderful sunrise. I quickly ended the e-mail and grabbed my camera and was off. I was already dressed, so this saved some time. I drove towards Haleiwa (since this is east of us) and I tried to think of somewhere I could stop to get that "right" shot.


I pulled into the post office and jumped out of the car. Right across the street was the perfect shot! Across the street was a group of coconut plams next to the Waialua Community Association building. I stood there and probably took 20 pictures. The sky was changing by the second it seemed and I didn't want to miss any of it. It just seemed so perfect- the sky was orange, yellow, purple and blue. The trees were still dark. Pretty good if I do say so. Except for the street light sort of in the picture, Oh Well!


I just love this time of morning. There really isn't anyone out. The tourist haven't made it out yet from Waikiki, a lot of people are already headed to work in town and there isn't really any surf right now, so the surfers are all sleeping in.


Since I've always been a "morning person", I guess that's why I love it so much here at this time. Even when we lived in SC, I was out early, but it just wasn't the same. This is really "country", a two lane road, sidewalks that pretty much "roll up" at night and loads of chickens running around getting an early morning snack.












I took these two pictures from where I was standing across from the WCA. I just turned each way and snapped. I'm still amazed at how deserted it is. The picture on the left is facing West, towards Waialua. That's Mt. Kaala in the background. Even Cafe Haleiwa isn't open at this time. The picture on the right is facing east towards Haleiwa Beach Park. Notice there's really not anyone on the road. You can see there's a sign letting you know there's a signal up the way. This is the one signal in Haleiwa Town.

Last Saturday my hunk was trimming the hibiscus and cut his leg with a saw. He was very worried about tetnaus, so he went to the drs. yesterday and got a shot. He came home from the mainland also sick (hummm wonder who gave him that? :) So as you can imagine he's been hacking and limping. Poor guy! But he is getting better.

I leave tomorrow morning for the mainland for "Grandparents Day" at Lauren's school. I've had my ticket for a long time, so I'm really excited. I really hadn't unpacked my suitcase from a week and a half ago. So hopefully I'll have some new pics to put on my blog. Not sure if we're going to the Happiest Place on Earth again, but I'm taking my pass just in case.

Aloha and a hui hou,
Jane