Tropical Beauties

Sunset off our patio

We were fortunate to spend some time in Maui last month.  The awesomeness (yes awesomeness) of the ocean is one of the great features.  The other was the vegetation.  Vegetation seems so generic for Maui plants and flowers.  They are anything but generic.

The background:  I won the ten days in a beautiful condo on the beach through an on-line auction held by the National Hemerocallis Association.  The condo time was donated by one of the NHA officers - the owners.  What a gift!

Not only did we have wonderful accommodations but a view of the Pacific from our patio.  Although it was a bit early for whale watching, one of those big girls showed herself to us not far off the coast of our beach.  This ramped up the awesomeness to a bucket list level.  

We visited the privately owned Kula Botanical Garden.  It poured down the entire time we walked the garden which gave it an ethereal feel.  And so, under our umbrellas, we saw these beauties.

As always, you can click on the first picture and then page thru them in a larger format.  Vacations are great and this one especially beautiful - but - there's no place like home.