North Shore Maui Beaches

Today, after work, I went to see the beaches of Spreckelsville and Baldwin beach near Paia. Here are some sample pictures. The full set is available at www.asaellison.com/pics/june4/north_shore_maui.html

Haleakala Plants

Here are 2 plants I took pictures of today up on the mountain. The greener one is called Aalii. You can see the flowers are very small. The other is commonly called Hinahina. It's leaves have a distinctive 3 point pattern. The flowers are soooooo pretty.

Haleakala Sunset June 3

It was another spectacular sunset from Haleakala tonight. Full set of images are accessible at www.asaellison.com/pics/june3/haleakala_sunset.html

Shorline Plants

I've been building a collection of flower pictures. I am searching out native Hawaiian flowers in particular. Here are 3 varieties of plants found near the ocean shoreline or in brackish water ponding areas. They are all very small. The white flower that looks like only half is there, is called Naupaka. The other white flower is called Aeae, and the purple flower is called Akulikuli.

Waihee Beach

Today I was down past Waiehu in the Waihee beach area by the golf course. Full set of images available at www.asaellison.com/pics/june2/waihee.html

Kanaha Beach on June 1

It was so nice to have a good weather day at the beach. The trade winds are slowly filling back in and the ocean is just perfect. A larger full set of images is available at www.asaellison.com/pics/june1/kanaha_beach.html

Sunset May 31 2009

I was coming back from church in a hurry to record Yumi's radio show and I saw this sunset as i turned down Iolani street.