ABC Wednesday / "U"

I have learned to avoid drinks with umbrellas because they have SO many calories.

So, I just took them out!

We enjoyed a few Mai Tais while in Maui, Hawaii for 11 days last month.

ABC Wednesday

The letter is U.

ABC Wednesday (T), Watery Wednesday, Outdoor Wednesday / Wai'anapanapa Black Sand Beach, Maui, Hawaii

Click on photos to enlarge. 
T is for turbulent waters at Wai'anapanapa Black Sand Beach on Maui, Hawaii.

This is a wonderful beach to spend the day when the water is calm.

Some people ventured down to get a closer look while my husband and I were walking along the bluff above.

Sea arches, caves and lava tubes are fun to explore in this area of southeastern Maui.

 Watching the water hit the rocks was very entertaining!

ABC Wednesday

T for Turbulent

Watery Wednesday

Outdoor Wednesday

Watery Wednesday, ABC Wednesday / "Q," "R" and "S"

Click on photos to enlarge!
My husband and I took an 11 day trip to Maui, Hawaii and just returned this past Friday night.

I missed the letters Q & R so I will add them to S for this week.

This is the view we had on a bluff overlooking Ho'okipa Beach on the eastern side of the island.

It is well know around the world among the wind surfing crowd.

It is a place where we like to spend some quality time together...just watching.

Some wind surf.

Some kite surf.

And, others board surf.

Some enter the water from the sandy beach while others prefer climbing over the rocky bluff .

Ready, Set, GO!

What a gorgeous sight it is!
Can quality time get any better than this?

ABC Wednesday

Letters Q, R and S

Watery Wednesday

ABC Wednesday / "P"

Click on photos to enlarge!

The very polite raven lives on the Painted Desert in Arizona.

I had a nice conversation with the polite raven for a little while.

This is the Petrified Forest which lies on part of the Painted Desert about 80 miles south-east of Flagstaff, Arizona.

My husband and I took this trip in late September.

We enjoyed a beautiful "monsoon" sky over the desert.

These are the "tee pees," which are part of the Petrified Forest region of the Painted Desert.

The petrified wood is scattered here and there and VERY illegal to take out of the forest!

We found a nice petrified log to take photographs of each other...

...and this is Jerry.

ABC Wednesday

The theme is the letter P this week.

ABC Wednesday / "O"

 Click on photo to enlarge!

I am loving the lens flare that the open window of this pueblo style building created.

I am so glad I was outside and not inside at this moment in time!

Painted Desert, Arizona USA

9-30-2010

ABC Wednesday

The theme is O this week.

Scenic Sunday

ABC Wednesday / "N"

Click on photos to enlarge!

The natural fall colors for the Eastern Sierras is yellow!

The aspens are "aglow" right now.

These photos were taken at Silver Lake on the June Lake Loop in the Eastern Sierras, California USA.

I'd love to see the images this guy is getting!

ABC Wednesday

The theme is "N" this week.

ABC Wednesday, Outdoor Wednesday / Albuquerque International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta 2010, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA

For one reason or another, I have missed my ABC Wednesday posts for several weeks.
This post will include the letters J, K, L and M for this week.

My husband and I took a road trip across Arizona and into New Mexico to attend the Albuquerque International Balloon Festival.

There will be a lot of balloons in this post!
Click on photos to enlarge!

A very cute balloon from Japan came all the way to Albuquerque, New Mexico USA.

With about 700 balloons at Balloon Fiesta Park, they were jammed together while waiting to become air-borne.

There were so many kinds of color combinations and shapes.

All kinds of balloons...

and, all kinds of people!

 It was such fun having these balloons launch right over our heads!

SO many balloons and SO many people!

The early morning light was fabulous!

 Balloons and more balloons!

My husband is on the left enjoying the sky filled with colorful balloons.
Notice the people are looking in all directions, and still, they are not all launched!

ABC Wednesday
The theme is the letter M for this week.
I have also included J, K, and L. 

Outdoor Wednesday

ABC Wednesday / "I" is for Import

Click on photo to enlarge!

Port of Los Angeles (San Pedro), California USA

I have read that most of these containers leave the Port of Los Angeles empty and return full.

Hmmm...import more than we export...no wonder people are out of work in the U.S.A.

ABC Wednesday

The theme is the letter I this week.

ABC Wednesday "H" - Window Views and Doors Too / Front Doors on Balboa Peninsula, Balboa, California USA

One of many homes with beautiful front doors on Balboa Peninsula, Balboa, California, USA.

ABC Wednesday

This week's theme is H.

Window Views & Doors Too

ABC Wednesday / "G" for Girl

Click on photo to enlarge!
This little girl was very busy playing in the wet sand at Seal Beach, California USA.

ABC Wednesday

The theme is the letter G.

ABC Wednesday / "F" for Flowers in the Sand

Click on photo to enlarge!

I really love the colorful lifeguard stands at Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, California USA.

Each one is painted differently and so fun to see.

I'll post some of the others soon, but, this one has flowers and that is just what I need for ABC Wednesday this week.

ABC Wednesday

"F"