ok deep breath here , this is post numero uno ....life on the "lava"...

la'va: according to Thorndike Barnhart (who???) 1.the molten rock flowing from a fissure in the earth. 2.rock formed by the cooling of this molten rock (really, that's how it reads!) Some lavas are hard and glassy, others are light and porous.

driving along Alii Drive (redundant?) I was thinking about my life on this rock and how sometimes it's sooo smooth , as in "pahoehoe" lava, and other times so damn sharp and pointy , that'd be the "a'a'" kind. Sounds like a good enough title for this blog, so here we go...

surf report from "da weatherchick"...(which was my career goal when I was five)....Kahaluu- flat. Lymans- also zilch. Still a pretty morning, drove down to the water for a peek but since there was a nip in the air and I don't "do cold" I stayed on dry land, watching no waves. Aiieeee!!! Got a "surf jones" goin' on.....

sat by the sea anyway watching 2 women in the water on their boards, dangling legs and drifting in the shallow part,... young girl out strolling with her cockatoo, (yes that's "-too, not "poo" . They walk their birds here.) .... a kid at the bus stop strumming his uke....and the first soft rays slant over Hualalai's dusty blue mountain.

heading home to paint..I'm in the middle of a series of some surf inspired work. I guess when it's flat I gotta somehow "get wet". I'm enjoying this series, as I paint I really go inside each piece and imagine how that water feels...

hasta manana (o where's the "tildes" when you need 'em...)
"elle"
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