The Boys

Here's a pic of some of our favorite dive buddies and teachers in Lahaina.

The Cesere brothers, John, Dan and Mike.

Check out their website (C3 Submerged under "Surfin' Safaris").

We are going to be diving and doing some underwater photography with the guys when we are back in Maui next.

Happy Friday!

Ironic That I'm Posting This...

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinion, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation." - Oscar Wilde

...but it's soooooo true!

Added New Message Board

I've added a message board so that we can "talk" about things...things that are about the blog, things that aren't about the blog...just saying "hi"...keeping in touch.

Try it out...start a new topic...let us know what you think.

If it doesn't get much use, we'll delete it, but it seemed like a fun thing to try. I'll leave it up for a month or so, and then we'll see if it's getting used...

Access is on the right side...in the light green area under the "Blog Archives".

Magic Discovers Not All Things Are Possible At All Times...

(Just now? you say? LOL)

Today, I went to my trusty Mac, Buddie, and was going to update the blog with exciting and new content for you faithful blogreaders (well...it's new anyway ;)

I found that options that are available in other browsers (like Firefox, for example) aren't available in Safari. Obviously, I've gotten around it, 'cause right here, and right now, I've posted a little slideshow I made the other day (aka a "movie").

...but that's not the point.

I can see these options easily in Firefox, and on my iPhone, so maybe I'm just missing something with Safari...perhaps I'm experiencing "USER ERROR". I'll figure it out, though, as it'll drive me crazy if I don't.

In the meantime, enjoy the slideshow and let me know what you think, k? It's my first movie, so be kind..if you watch closely, you'll see the sun setting...clever, huh? ;)

I've turned on comments again...don't disappoint me, Goofaholics...let me know what y'all are thinkin'...if I don't like it, I'll delete it anyway...LOL Not all posts are "comment-able", but if y'all like it, I'll start posting more with that ability...

Pictures of crafting hell...lol

So...here are the pics...the place, one of the projects and a little pic I like to call "an art piece"...lol

I guess it really wasn't _that_ bad. I like the coloring...LOL. Don't tell Goofy and C, tho...they'll make me go to more "craft" stores...

OMG! It's stampin' hell LOL

save me...I'm in a stamping' card class...but at least I'm with my friends...oh, wait, they are the ones that got me into this. ;)

Gotta go now...


K...now I has pictures...LOL...too much time with "cheezburgers" cats.

It's that kind of day...

So...

...no one is lurking? Or at least they aren't commenting, lol.

Imagine my disappointment? I was thinking we could have some interesting dialogue here

I guess I'll just go on talking to myself then...not really a problem for me, as those who know me know well...

Goofy and I will be posting more pics as we dive and travel more...but I'm going to turn off comments...it's just too painful to see the big goose egg there...haha!

Hey! Anyone out there?

Hey, Y'all...

If you are out there lurking, please take a moment to comment here (on this post), and let me know what you think. At the moment, I generaly keep the option for you to comment turned off, but I don't know whether or not you'd like to comment on the posts in general, so here's your chance...speak up and be heard :)

A Collection of Photos from the Deep

For those loyal readers that demanded more pictures, here's a collection of photos from the last couple of dive trips. All are in the Maui County area. Please let us know what you think by posting comments.

This is a Fourspot Butterflyfish. We saw this off of our favorite beach in south Maui: Ulua. Snorkeling here is great, & diving is awesome!


The famous Wedgetail or Reef Triggerfish. You say you don't recognize it? Well, you probably know it better as the world famous (drumroll, please) HUMUHUMU NUKUNUKU A PUA A. There ya go, Seiko!

Here is a Stripebelly Puffer - unpuffed :) Not much in the way of bottom scenery...but the fish looks good!

A group of Whitebar Surgeonfish...not a very imaginative name, but it fits the situation. These tend to swim around in little schools and are really interested in checking for food in the coral of the reef.


This is a Paletail Unicornfish...notice the "horn" on its head? These are actually pretty colorful in person. They have a "day glo" blue stripe along the top and bottom, and the glowing dots on the tail.

We've seen many of these brightly colored Yellow Trumpetfish around the islands..this one was about 18 inches long. They are pretty mellow and glide along unconcerned with us.


Unfortunately, this doesn't do the Yellowheaded Moray Eel we saw on our night dive any justice at all. I didn't have my camera, so this is a photo I found on the net to give you an idea. These eels are pretty agressive (they'll eat the other fish if they get close enough - even if they are bigger than the eel's mouth), and generally are nocturnal. The one we saw had a vibrant yellow head, was about 3 feet long, - and was none too pleased to see us either time we went by. Let us know that we'd be eel food if we got too close...lol.

So...there are some of the creatures we've seen on our first dive trips. Hope you enjoy seeing them as much as we've enjoyed the diving and exploring!

Aloha!