Relaxing ...

Emi and Yuki relaxing on a dog bed after breakfast.

As I noted in a previous post, Emi passed away this past October. I edited a tribute video that I posted on our YouTube channel.

Hula Bowl Helmets

2021 Hula Bowl players helmets lined up on benches while they warm up before practice. The first helmet is from the Fayetteville State Broncos (Fayetteville, NC), an NCAA D-II school in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

This year's edition of the Hula Bowl is being played on Saturday, January 14th, at the UCF FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, FL, and sponsored by the Tunnel To Towers Foundation.

1961 Impala

This pristine 1961 Chevrolet Impala tied down on a pallet sheet, is being readied to transport from Honolulu to Los Angeles on a Kalitta Air Boeing 747 freighter.

Wishing you all a Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou and a blessed 2023!

Pike's Place Fishmarket

Fishmongers from the Pike's Place Fishmarket in Seattle's Public Market, do their famous salmon toss from the display to back of the counter or vice-verse.

Wishing you all a Mele Kalikimaka!

Hawai‘i Bowl Mini Helmets

Schutt mini helmets of the Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors and the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on display for the 2016 Hawai‘i Bowl press conference. It was the only Hawai‘i Bowl press conference to be held at Aloha Stadium, instead of Waikīkī. The Hawai‘i Bowl is a Christmas Eve football tradition, now sponsored by Easy Post, and this year's edition has Middle Tennessee back in Honolulu to play the San Diego State Aztecs.

Departing MSP

Departing the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport ... a few seconds after getting airborne, the snow-filled infield is below us, and the Sun Country Airlines hangar is in the distance.

Friendly Wave

This woman waved at the pilots of the Northern Air Cargo Boeing 737 as it taxied by, while her husband took photographs of the airliner (off frame).

Sunny Nap

Emi found this sunny spot between the dog bed and the sliding glass door to take her morning nap.

Sadly, Emi went on to Heaven last month at the age of 19. We miss this pup dearly.

Birthday Cake Slice

A slice of the Chocolate Decadence cake at The Alley to celebrate a birthday after dinner.

Norfolk Pines Sunset

Norfolk Pine trees upstage a sunset and its colors.

Lei Draping

United Airlines ground crews use a snorkel lift to place a commemorative lei around the forward section of this Boeing 747, as this was the final passenger flight of this aircraft type. The flight arrived from San Francisco under rainy skies, but the rain did not dampen the celebration.

This flight was a 1970s-themed flight, as it marked the end of over 45 years of Boeing 747 service by United Airlines to/from Honolulu.

Sir Richard Branson

Virgin Group's founder Sir Richard Branson addresses the media and airline employees at the launch of Virgin America's service between San Francisco and Honolulu. Sir Richard was one of the passengers aboard the inaugural Airbus A320 flight from San Francisco.

Virgin America was a sister airline to the airlines in the UK and Australia. It was later acquired by Alaska Airlines a few years after.

Rugby League Ball

A Rugby League match ball lays on the Aloha Stadium Sport Turf during a press event to promote a Rugby League event that was about to be held in 2014.

Happy 110th!

This week would have been my Grandpa's 110th birthday. He lived to 106 years of age. This photo was taken at his 100th birthday party. 

Sleeping Bag?

On occasion, Yuki likes to go inside the pillowcase like a sleeping bag to sleep. She's had this habit since she was a puppy.

Flying Into Night

As our flight traverses from Los Angeles to Atlanta, the sky transitions from day to night somewhere over Arizona. The dusk colors give way to the darkness of night.

Sweetheart Rock

One of the notable landmarks on the island of Lānaʻi, is Puʻu Pehe (or Sweetheart Rock). Itʻs located on a short hike, east of the Four Seasons Manele Bay. It's now a seabird sanctuary. I was on Lānaʻi as part of a media event of ʻOhana by Hawaiian that not only featured the flight, but a day trip to Lānaʻi City and the Four Seasons Manele Bay Resort.

There is a ancient Hawaiian legend about the romance between a prince and princess that ended tragically.

Happy 19th Birthday Emi!

This week, our feisty, little miniature dachshund, Emi, turns 19! According to a pet age chart, in human years, she is going to be equivalent of a 92-year-old. This photo was taken while posing her for a Christmas photo.

NFL Kick-off Week

This is the first week of the 2022 National Football League regular season.

In December 2014, we got tickets to a Seattle Seahawks game, versus the Los Angeles Rams at Centurylink Field (now Lumen Field). The game was sold out, and in the temperature was in the mid-to-low 40s. It was a great game, and even better, with the Seahawks winning, 20-16.

HNL Sunset

Sunset at the Daniel K Inouye International Airport, as a Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717 rolls out after landing from an inter-island flight, and an American Airlines Boeing 777 at one of the Center Concourse gates.

Makai Pier Beach

The beach on the north side of the Makai Pier, at the Makai Pier Research Facility, in Waimānalo, looking toward the upper part of Waimānalo and Kailua.

Hawaiian Blessing

A maile lei draped across railings, and ti leaves atop a koa bowl filled with water, sits on the steps of Island Air's new Dash8-Q400 before it receives its Hawaiian blessing before the aircraft was put into service.

During a Hawaiian blessing, the minister will offer a prayer, usually a Christian one, for those of the airline, and of the aircraft. The minister will then walk around and inside the aircraft sprinkling water with the ti leaves. Finally, the maile lei is untied by someone from the airline, usually the CEO, and the lei is placed on top of the instrument panel in the cockpit.

ER-2S

NASA brought over its Lockheed ER-2S research aircraft to the islands for oceanic and volcanic research flights. It was photographed above as it taxied out for take-off on two-and-a-half hour flight from Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i. HNL RareBirds was on-hand to capture the pre-flight, take-off, arrival, and post-flight of the ER-2S. If this aircraft looks like a US Air Force U-2S reconnaissance aircraft, that's because it was loaned to NASA, and converted for environmental research.

High Stepping

Pearl City Chargers' wide receiver Makoa Cooper (purple jersey 3) high steps to avoid Roosevelt Roughriders defensive back Jared Elwin (white jersey 3, on ground), as fellow Roughrider defensive back Myka Kukahiwa closes in on Cooper. The Chargers blanked the Roughriders, 42-0.

This is the opening weekend for the 2022 Hawai‘i high school football season, with pre-season interleave matchups.

Sea Otter

One of the sea otters at the Seattle Aquarium, relaxes by floating on its back in the otter display.

Service Rehearsal

The hula and worship teams from New Hope Leeward rehearsing for their Good Friday service. I was on the low-front camera, which was on a tripod-dolly. We on the Tech Team, were doing our camera blocking for the service elements.

Sleeping Kid

One of the kids at Surfing Goat Dairy, takes its nap on a plastic chair. Surfing Goat Dairy, located in Kula, Maui, offers tours of their goat farm, and farm-made dairy products.

Spotting Time

One of my fellow planespotter friends, Bill, was back home from the mainland, and got in some aviation photography time at the airport. He lucked out on his first day, and got photos of this Urumqi Air Boeing 737-800 as it taxied past us. This 737 was making its delivery flight from Boeing Field, and was taxing for departure to Majuro (its next fuel stop), then onto Guam, Beijing, and finally Ürümqi.

Kaloko Beach

The rocks leading to Kaloko Beach on O‘ahu's southeast shoreline, with Koko Head in the background.

The Boss And The New Plane

At the introduction and the blessing of their first new Airbus A321neo, N202HA "Maile", Hawaiian Airlines President & CEO Mark Dunkerley poses in front of the new airliner prior to the open house, blessing, and media event.  After I took this photo, he asked if I could take one with his camera. It turns out that after the blessing was done, he announced to the media his retirement from the airline.

Puppy Love

Yuki gives Emi some love and affection.

Run Aground

Apparently, this sailboat, "Dolphin", got loose from its mooring after some severe weather, and ran aground along the banks of Ke‘ehi Lagoon. It was there for a few weeks before it was removed.

Paint Department

A pair of paint-stained mallets and a heat gun on the counter of the paint department of a Home Depot store.

Patina On Steel

A close-up photo a layer of patina building up on exposed metal on a façade at the now-decommissioned Aloha Stadium.

Selective Colors

I used Lightroom to eliminate all of the colors, except for the Hawaiian Airlines livery on this Boeing 717-200 taking off from HNL's "Reef Runway" for a Neighbor Island destination.

Monster Wall

Another of Adrian's senior photos shot around Kaka‘ako, at the Kevin Lyons mural he painted for the 2017 Pow Wow Hawai‘i street art festival, on a wall of the old Friends of the Library building. We thought it be a funny photo to have her mimic this monster beside her.

Late Winter Bare Trees

Bare trees in snow along a country road outside Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Turn The Corner

This running back from the 808 Ducks turns the corner to gain more yardage against a swarm of KapCity Hurricanes defenders in a Jr Prep Sports youth football game.

Freighter Conversion

This former British Airways 737-400 underwent a conversion from a passenger variant to a freighter variant, and is now making its ferry flight from Alabama to its new home in Jakarta, Indonesia. Once in Jakarta, it will be repainted in the livery of its new owner.

Waimea Canyon

Looking toward the southeast end of the Waimea Canyon on Kaua‘i Island, also known as the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific".

Happy Easter!

Ice Cubes

Ice cubes from a cooler that were dumped on the turf at Aloha Stadium after an event.

Chef Chai

Chef Chai Chaowasaree is one of Hawai‘i's top chefs, and was the featured chef for Hawaiian Airlines for several years, as he designed the airline's first class meals. He's seen above making ‘ahi poke cones during one of Hawaiian Airlines' route launch festivities.

Soccer Ball

One of the Nike practice soccer balls that the US Women's National Team used during its practice the day before their canceled friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago.

Rainy Emi

Emi was out for a walk on a rainy day clad in this pink rain jacket. One of my cousins sent this jacket to Emi as a Christmas present.

Air China Pilots

Pilots from Air China line up on the stairs for a photo after they arrived from Boeing Field. They are part of the flight crews delivering a brand new 737-8 to China.

Snow On Railing

Snow piled on a railing outside the hotel we stayed at in Minneapolis. It snowed the night before, and left the area with fresh powder.

Surf Day

This surfer makes the most of a summer south swell off of Magic Island.

Kelly Simek

KHON's weatherperson Kelly Simek, does a live stand-up report from the finish line of the 2016 Great Aloha Run. Also in the photo is Kelly on-air, though delayed about 20 seconds, on the AlohaVision video board.

Kelly has since become one of the co-anchors of KHON's "Living 808" morning show.

This was also a homecoming of sorts for Kelly, as she was the featured baton twirler for the University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Warrior Marching Band from 2010 until 2014.

The 2022 Great Aloha Run will be the final public event in Aloha Stadium, as the facility is in the process of decommissioning, in preparation for the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District.

Yuki & The Strawberries

Yuki stands on her hind legs to get a look at the dish of strawberries on our coffee table. This miniature dachshund loves strawberries, and we placed one of the fruit on the top of the dish to see if she could reach it (she couldn't).

Happy Valentine's Day!

Streetlight Cadence

Local alternative quartet, Streetlight Cadence, rehearses for their halftime performance during the 2016 Hawai‘i Bowl.