BlogHide Resteemsverorii (30)in animals • 7 years agoThis puppy loves to swim!!Our newest puppy, Toby, loves to swim. It was a bit of a surprise since I am used to our other dog not even wanting to get his feet wet! Toby has a personality all of his own, of coarse! When it…verorii (30)in food • 7 years agoI cleaned my slow cooker! You can clean yours too!This was my ugly old slow cooker, my mom upgraded hers and gave me her old one. I had cooked Eucalyptus leaves in it to make an oil , and it probably had never been cleaned! It had a brown crud on…verorii (30)in animals • 7 years agoMeet Toby, our new baby! Tobys' storyWe got a new puppy! A little brother for our 3 year old pup, Wally! The photo is our new pup on the first day we got him! Some people at our church had a bunch of puppies they kept trying to sell. I…verorii (30)in food • 7 years agoSweet potato fries, yum!My husband and I tried out a new addition to dinner- Sweet potato fries! They are high in fiber, and delicious! We fried them in canola oil , but i bet they would be great in coconut oil too! They…verorii (30)in photography • 7 years agoWarning, this post may make you want to go swimming!This Hawaiian Sea turtle is enjoying a cool swim in the ocean! This photo really makes me want to go for a swim! Hope everyone is having a good summer!verorii (30)in family • 7 years agoThrowback Thursday Baby picturesWaaaay back! This is my on my first Thanksgiving! I sure was a chubber! I don't eat meat anymore but it sure is funny to see myself chowing down on a turkey bone! Ewww! lol! My mom always dressed me…verorii (30)in nature • 7 years agoCentipede sightingMy mom and i found this centipede while walking on the beach one day. He crawled under a rock after i took the photo, i hope no one decided to put their beach towel anywhere near him!verorii (30)in travel • 7 years agoKeep your shoes on!I used to love walking around without my shoes when i was a kid. Since i have moved to hawaii i keep my shoes on! This photo is of a thorn from a Keawe (pronounced Kay Ah Vee) tree. As you can see…verorii (30)in photography • 7 years agoHiking treasuresWhen we go backpacking, after a long and tiring day of hiking we arrive at our camping spot. It is so isolated that it is too hard to get things in and out of the valley. So many of these floats are…verorii (30)in photography • 7 years agoOur dog loves camping!In addition to fetch, our dog Wally loves to camp and hike! He has his own hiking dish for his food , and he can even carry it himself! Last time we went on a camping hike he carried his own food…verorii (30)in food • 7 years agoIngenuity at workA while back when camping, we wanted to eat this can of beans. Unfortunately , we had forgotten the can opener! Lucky for me, my husband was ingenious enough to be able to open the can with his…verorii (30)in photography • 7 years agoWhat a lucky birdI wonder who the lucky bird that gets to live inside a Volkswagen bus birdhouse is?? Snapped a photo of this in a park in Hawaii.verorii (30)in pets • 7 years agoMeet Wally, the fetch fiend!This is our dog, Wally. I taught him to fetch when he was a young puppy. At first he wasn't sure he would like it, but i was persistent. Finally he got the hang of it, and now he doesn't want to do…verorii (30)in food • 7 years agoBlackberry pieWhen we were hiking the other day, we found some blackberries growing along the road. On the way out we kept stopping and picking them, with a bag that we had found in our car. By the time we got…verorii (30)in pets • 7 years agoCats are pretty smartCats are pretty smart, this one even knows how to use the cross walk!verorii (30)in photography • 7 years agoUp-cycled robot?I always thought it would be fun to make a robot out of recycled parts. Pieces of junk that were going to be thrown away, with a little imagination could be a head, a hand, a leg? I wonder if that…verorii (30)in photography • 7 years agoCloseup of rainbowI love this closeup of a chunk of rainbow, you can see bamboo and other trees in the foreground.verorii (30)in photography • 7 years agoDouble rainbow over the palm fieldHere in Hawaii rainbows are quite common, since it can rain and then be sunny many times in one day. Here is a nice example of a double rainbow over a few rows of palm trees.verorii (30)in photography • 7 years agoGold Dust Day GeckoThis cute little guy is a Gold Dust day Gecko, one of the many varieties of gecko that calls Hawaii home. In some places of the world, these guys are captured and kept as pets. Here in Hawaii, we…verorii (30)in photography • 7 years agoOrchids growing near the groundMost orchids like to live in a cool spot up in a tree, but these pretty purple orchids live on the ground!