At about 6:30pm last night, Phil suddenly had the urge to take a drive to try and capture some video footage of the Jacaranda trees during dusk. I wasn't really in the mood, as I'd long been in decompression-mode (what with my busy day and all), lounging on the couch in my cotton gauchos and becoming one with the furniture. It will be fun...I'd love for you to join me, he said. And when he puts it that way, how can I resist? There may or may not have been a bit of eye-rolling, but I rallied, got dressed and grabbed my camera (because if I got bored, surely I could find something to take photos of).
We drove to the base of the Haleakala crater and at about 2,500 feet, we turned around and pulled over so that we had a view of the West Maui mountains, Central Maui and the sunset:
My sights quickly zeroed in on the horses grazing in the field; while Phil began setting up his video equipment, I made my way across the street and to the edge of the chicken-wire fence where I began calling to them. I never expected them to come, but they did.
For the next half-hour, I found myself crawling along the fence, knee-deep in grass and pulling handfuls of it to feed to them. It was the sweetest thing ever, to have them eating from my hands what they could very well graze for on their own. But I loved every minute of it and before too long, Phil was beside me, capturing video footage and still photos of The Horse Whisperer that is I. :)
The timing of our little excursion could not have been better; the clouds made for an amazing palette of vibrant colors against the heavy and dark sky:
Suffice it to say, Phil never got the footage he needed of the Jacaranda trees, but we both had a spontaneous Saturday evening of fun. You know, just horsing around. Ha! When Spontaneity calls, you answer. :)
We are off to our friends' for brunch this morning and then heading to The Republik Musik Festival, which I am SO excited for...hours of Reggae music, good friends and good times!
Happy Weekending, friends!
Love horsing around. haha. It really is hard to get yourself up when you've decompressed from the day, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThose sunset pictures through the grass are absolutely divine! So beautiful!
LOVE LOVE these beautiful photos capturing the colors of where you LIVE ;)
ReplyDeleteThose are some AMAZINGGG photos :))) Absolutely gorgeous!
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WOW! I love the colors in the sunset. What beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sunset pics!!! I soooo miss Hawaii but love reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors of the sky and clouds, and great silhouettes. In reply to your comment about softening in picnik, I go to create-effects-soften-reverse effect-and then I manually soften the skin, but I fade it about 70% or so depending on the photo, I try not to make it look too fake :) Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures. And that you got to hang with horses. I love horses.
ReplyDeleteyour pictures are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteomg I cracked up at the cotton gaucho thing (checked it out on the other blog too) because I am wearing gray ones as I type this! They are four yrs old, I wore them all throughout my first pregnancy :D
ReplyDeleteI am about to hop in the shower (it's 1:15 pm haha) ... when I got up and dressed today I knew I'd be playing in the yard all morning- gauchos naturally the best choice for that lol.
Beautiful horse pics. Those horses look just like one my husband and I "ran into" on one of our off the beaten path drives in Maui. The horse was just wandering on the side of the dirt road we were on though!
Aaaah, missing Maui <3
I meant to say I'm about to hop in the shower *and change the gauchos before I go to costco* LOL
ReplyDeleteCotton gauchos, horses and Hawaii combined all sound fantastic to me:-) I love that you were feeding them instead of them just grazing, too fun!
ReplyDeleteThose are some beautiful pics...I love them! The colors of the sky are just breathtaking! I am now following, hope you can go and visit my blog and if you like please follow.
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Ooooh I love these sunset photos! I absolutely love taking photos like that - so beautiful. I can't get enough of them. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, it occurs to me that I need a husband like that - someone who will pull me off the couch to get out and explore the world. I do love exploring, but I never seem to do it myself. I need a little prodding, and then once I'm there, I have a great time!