Perfect Presentment

Sometimes a we are able to snap a picture that seems to be almost perfect. A sunset in Maui perfectly framed under a palm leaf.

Matt and Peter riding a couger or tiger or some kind of cat.

Grandpa DeCoursey's Little Red outhouse. It used to have a weather vane on top. Now it looks like a small church.

A Portrait of a couple in front of a perfect back drop.

My favorite person in the whole world on our 25th anniversary.

Focused Elsewhere

I have thinking lately about some how we sometimes focus on something in our relm of vision, but miss out on something bigger, or something more important. When in Kaui for our 25th anniversary, we went to the north part of the island. We were visiting a lighthouse, a beautiful landmark. I looked down into the water and saw a mother whale and her calf swim by. I watched the whale for a minute, and realized my camera was in its pouch. By the time I pulled out the camera, the opportunity to snap the picture was lost. (The little white splash to the left of the lighthouse is a whale splashing or blowing - I don't remember which.)


Then I was looking at some of the whales and spinner dolphins, and the crowd erupted. Apparently my camera was pointed to the right, and a whale did a full breach right in front of us.

This time my camera was out, but focused elsewhere.


The next time was just an hour later. We stopped the car, and I climbed down on some rocks to get a better picture of the water hitting the rocks and the way it would run off. When I got back up, Kayleen was not quite white, but at least shaken. She had realized that I had the car keys, the cell phone, the motel key, and the money with me. If I had fallen in.....

These are the rocks I was climbing down towards the water.


Still, we were blessed. The resulting views (and pictures) were amazing.

I'm just saying, that there are a lot of very important things going on in our families. It is easy to be focused elsewhere. Phillip is going on a cub scout camp out this weekend with his boys. Tiffany documents her time with the boys on her blog, so that we can all share. I'm glad my children seem to be focused on important things, instead of being focused elsewhere.

Thank you.

Back to Epcot-Thursday

Sorry for the delay in getting the post for the last two days at Disney World. The events of the past week have put a small damper on showing how much fun we had with Phillip and his family. On Thursday, we went back to Epcot center.

We went on the ride where they show the research for food and acriculture. Here is a picture of gowing a Mickey-shaped pumpkin. That sees appropriate since everything was decorated for Halloween.

We went into the Chinese exhibit. They had some miniture statues of tomb soldiers, statues that would be buried with the kings and stuff and guard the tombs from robbers.

The boys went into a mickey house where they got to meet some of the characters. Gabriel liked Mickey, but would have nothing to do with Chip and Dale.

We got back to the hotel after another long day. I took a picture of the dusk accross the water. It was a gorgeous evening. We sat outside on the patio and ate our dinner. We were tired, but very content to be with family.