Took this a few weeks ago on one of our morning walks on Lanikai Beach. Straight from the iPhone except for a small crop in Photogene.

Shot this a while ago with my iPhone thru my Maui Jim sunglasses on a beautiful Lanikai morning. Cropped it in Instagram.

Almost forgot my 365 today. My cousin and his wife, from Iowa, were here and I spent the entire day with them. It was a great day. And many thanks to our friend, Eric, for taking us out in his sailing outrigger canoe!

Snapped this shot early this morning during Lexi and my walk on Kailua Beach.

"Lucky we live Hawaii" is an island saying that, like so many island words and phrases, can have many meanings depending on the context of the conversation and people involved in the conversation...

Today is January 25, 2011, and the photo above (straight from my iPhone, no filters) was just one of dozens of vistas on my drive to Costco today, that made me say out loud, literally, to myself in the car, "lucky we live Hawaii."

This little guy was perched on a sandy knoll at the far end of Lanikai beach this morning. Happy Aloha Monday from Winter in Hawaii!

At great potential peril to my unprotected iPhone, I took 3 shots of this coconut, one of dozens washed up on Kailua beach this morning. This was the third shot and the water came in higher and faster than I expected. I had no idea if I even got a shot and decided it wasn't worth a wet iPhone just to get a photograph of a coconut on the beach.

When I got home (and had washed all the salt water and sand off my hands and arms, I was delighted to find I got the shot! A quick pass through my default settings in TiltShift Generator app and here's my 23/365 for Sunday, January 23, 2011.

Taken with Instagram app at Kalama Beach Park on a beautiful Hawaiian morning.

These two coconuts were sitting just like this when Lexi and I were walking Kailua Beach this morning. A quick pass through TiltShift Generator on my iPad and voila...

This marks the 21st day of my 365 Project and I'm posting this about 6 hours earlier than I ever have. Hope this is a good omen for the remaining 344 days!

We've been concerned about a lump on Lexi's side and took her to Feather & Fur today to have it checked out. Turns out it's just a fatty deposit between layers of muscle. She'll have it for the rest of her life but it doesn't cause her any pain and isn't a problem unless it gets bigger. One of the vet assistants was surprised when he saw her chart and read she's 10 years old. He had guessed she was around 3 years old. Me thinks she looks, and acts, so good for her age is the quality food and great swimming exercise she gets almost everyday with Mommy in the beautiful clear Hawaiian waters.

The photo above was taken right after we left the vet. Lexi was in top form and it was a gorgeous Aloha Friday!