Late August vacation?

Just looking at the photo, I am relaxed already.  I think I will make getting here a short term goal for this summer.  Need to have some cool ocean breeze because I think I am WILTING in this smothering 100+ degree temperature…

Ahhhhhhh!!!

OMG! An elementary schoolmate just put our 4th grade class picture on Facebook! Ahhhh! I could kill her!

Kaua’i

My favorite island…  such a romantic and beautiful piece of paradise. 

Doing absolutely nothing today…

but dreaming… because I slept most of the day away.

Here’s one of the best kept secrets of Hawai’i.  The Byodo-in temple built in 1968.  A replica of the same Byodo-in Temple in Uji, Japan built over 900 years ago.

I love this place.  I used to take bread with me and go there to feed the birds.  Hold up a piece of bread and they would fly right to it and eat it right there.   So many memories here…

 

Nestle at the bottom of the Ko’olau Mountains and situated at the Valley of the Temple Memorial Park.

A lot of wedding pictures taken here…

I was seven when I first “rang” this bell… I could barely reach the pole.   Rang it every single time when I went there.

The kois,  so many of them.  When you throw fish food in there, they just kind of flop all over each other.   Use to make me think… Now, that it is a fighting for a living. 

Hmm… this… is really a very secluded pavilion…

Last but not least, the purpose of building the temple…

Pieces of Paradise: Waimea Falls Park, Oahu, Hawai’i

One can actually swim in that natural pool…

A white peacock… isn’t he beautiful? 

You’re probably wondering why I am posting these photos, right?  I didn’t even take these pictures.  Hmm… I did add a new description to this blog… “Little pieces of my mind… Tiny pieces of my heart”   With Facebook dragging up old friends… a stroll down nostalgia lane was and actually very good for my soul! 

These pictures bring back a lot of happy memories.  This place became one of my favorite places when I would play tour guide or just for the heck of it… cruising around the island.  There are so many peacocks at this park, just roaming around.  There are a few white ones and they are so… beautiful and elegant.  It is really a gorgeous place and I wanted to share a piece of paradise with you.