Beach Day at Wahikuli

We've been enduring a rather wet winter on Maui, so we had to take advantage of our gorgeous sunny day yesterday.  A group of us, and T-Bone, hit the beach!

{T-Bone}

{playing Frisbee}

{Will strumming the ukulele}

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An Afternoon at the Beach

Three posts in one day!  That's how I make up for not putting anything up for a week.

Bryan and I spent the afternoon at Wahikuli Beach.  It's a small, local beach a five minute drive from the house with good snorkeling and a great BBQ set up.

We arrived and ran into our favorite pooch: T-Bone!  Bone, Will and Jess were finishing up a quick dip before heading home for band practice before the TOLO show at Diamonds.

{T-Bone soaking up rays}

I spent the afternoon soaking up sunshine, reading my new favorite: Four Fish, and diving for seashells.

I'm pretty stoked about my new seashell stash!

{a few more shells from my second foray into the water}

Another beautiful day on Maui.

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Drunken Cabbage Soup and a Silvery Sunset

I was battling a cold earlier this week, so I used loads of veggies from our Kula Fields delivery box to make a cold stopper soup.  And because I added wine to the broth, I dubbed it the Drunken Cabbage Soup.

I threw some chopped veggies in olive oil to let them sweat (an onion, a carrot and a few celery sticks), then cooked down peeled and chopped sweet potatoes before adding broth and water and about 2 cups of Sauvignon Blanc that I had sitting in the fridge.  I brought everything to a boil, then lowered the heat to let everything simmer for a good 10 to 15 minutes to cook off all the alcohol.  While the soup was simmering, I threw in my chopped roasted cabbage that I had cooked last night as well as bunches of chopped fresh kale.

The end product?  A delicious, body-healthy purple soup. 

During one of my days off, I also added to my stack of books.  Seriously.  My book buying is becoming a problem.

On Thursday, I was finally feeling good enough for a little exercise.  Bryan, Alexa and I hit Wahikuli Beach for some sunshine, reading and a swim.

We also caught a killer sunset.

The ocean looked like a mirror, and a huge thundercloud was loosing a torrent of rain over Lanai.

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