June Bug

Once in a while I have uninvited guests in my garden. This gate crasher looks like he really feels at home. I don’t mind. He chases some mice that might be eating my crops so he’s a a little helper actually. And he looks cute too.

It was a nice day to walk and I decided to go Ford Island. I particularly like the long stretched road they have that used to be a runway for planes. I came across this tower that had been made famous in the movie “Pearl Harbor”, so majestic looking as a foreground to the clear…

Blue and Gold Macaw – (Ara Ararauna) It’s really fun to go to the open market not only because of the produce that is cheaper than supermarkets but you can also see exotic fruits and vegetables that are rarely available. And then you will see and meet interesting people and this time I met someone…

I have this Kaffir Lime tree in my garden for about a year now. I bought it from a nursery when it was only about 6 inch high. It is almost five feet tall now except I have to prune it so it would stay dwarf. I would gather the leaves for my Thai cooking…

My last vacation to the Philippines gave me chance to take a lot of pictures. This picture is the house that belongs to our late President Ramon Magsaysay. It is now a historic house in Castillejos, Zambales. As you may observed, the architecture is based on Spanish design. The windows were made of capiz shells,…

I was standing by the sea wall at Hickam and I watched some fishes swimming, yellow tangs mostly and then I saw this lonely crab on top of a big rock. I like to eat crabs so I wish this one is big enough to eat. Wishful thinking!