Hapai Halloween

 

Hapai Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Hapai means with child, in Hawaiian.

And a Happy Halloween it is. 

For Mrs. Z and soon to be baby "K".

One little- two little- three little pumpkins- four little- five little- six little pumpkins.

Hope your Halloween's as sweet as a brand new baby.

Trick-or-Treat

Mommy to be: Mrs. Z

Any day now baby K will make his debut in the world. 

All mommy has to show for the last nine months are a few bruised ribs. 

And these photos :)

But don't worry that'll change soon, she'll have you.

And everything will be worth it.

While it's hard to get WA weather to cooperate. 

After waiting and waiting rescheduling and waiting. 

We found a break in the rain. 

Though we almost blew away.

Lions park in Bremerton.

All baby. Gonna be a big boy ;)

Mommy's day dreaming about holding you in her arms.

Where you'll be safe no matter what. 

Thanks Mrs. Z for such a great shoot. 

Thanks Baby for not jumping the gun.

And we'll all see you soon.

Love.

Part one of two.

Another Adventure

Another day out exploring the beauty of Washington.

 The John Wayne Marina. 

We only stopped here because... 

its the JOHN WAYNE Marina!

 I just loved this.

Really, really, really tall tree. And a toddler for comparison. 

 I shot a deer! It's deer season isn't it? 

And a picture is a far less gross thing to hang on my wall, then its head.

 The Salmon Cascades in the Sol Duc River.

 Rialto beach. 

See those rocks jutting out of the water in the distance? 

Yeah I did to. So I HAD to walk all the way over there. 

HAD too. 

My feet still hurt.

 Hole in the wall.

 The littlest Opihi.

 Nature frames itself.

 Same ocean. Thousands of miles from home.

  I did not stack these.

The sun has set, and this blog is done. 

More pictures then words today. 

The beauty speaks for itself.

Piece. Out

The Olympic National Park

and the work of my new18-200mm lens ;) 

 You ever had one of those days, where everything you saw nearly took your breath away? 

Yeah it was one of those days.

 Madison Falls at the Olympic National Park.
I spent hours and hours there and barely covered more then 10 miles of the park. Next time, I want to see rain forests, glaciers and hot springs. Yes. All in the same park.
(It's pretty much the whole corner of Northern Washington)

Remember to always travel in numbers. Especially when you plan on being overtly dangerous.

There are too many shots of "just" a waterfall.
I was trying to be a little different.
Though I took plenty "just" waterfall shots too ;)

There was moss everywhere.

It twisted around the trees like the red on a candy cane.
It hung down from their branches. It grew on their trunks.

This moss, was dancing.

 I stood behind this man while he stood behind a woman.
As I took his picture he painted hers. 

Sometimes,
you know you'll never be able to do justice with your camera
 to what your eyes are seeing. 

"Last Dam Summer!"

You know those moments, where you know if you slip, trip or even slightly stumble and fall that's it. You're done. There's no getting up.
You don't?
Then you probably weren't standing on a crumbly cliff's edge with your foot under a root trying to get this shot from 300ft up. 

A day filled with awe. 

–noun   

 an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful

–verb (used with object)

to inspire with awe

—Synonyms  

wonder, veneration. 

 

And finally. A pony. 

Piece. Out.