Odds and Ends
My Old Pal and convention partner, Marty Abrahms. this guy is improving in leaps and bounds. Come to the show and get anything done by this guy and you won't regret it. Sweetheart of a man, too.
My Old Hot Rod , A Mercury Maurauder that I cruised to the shows is now gone the way of the used car lot. Traded it in on a new pickup (Black of course) When you own property on Kauai you can't haul all the fallen palm fronds to the dump in this thing.
This was my view when I lived and worked in Bermuda the first time. You could actually take a string mop, twist it and pull lobsters out of the holes in the reef here. But if you got caught it was a 500 dollar fine. No, you couldn't tell the judge you were just trying to clean him up a little.
A lovely sunset from the front deck of my Mendocino home I used as a home base while I was island hopping the other side of the Americas. It was cold and wet and I loved every part of that coastline. The air was clean and crisp. Unfortunately there was no money to be made there so I moved permenantly here to Kauai.
My good friend Erno. I wrote a feature about his guy's miraculous recovery from heroin addiction in the May 2004 issue of Skin&Ink magazine and became solid friends. He lost his right arm to gangrene while in a coma in the hospital. He came to in about 5 weeks completely detoxed after 10 years of heroin abuse. Unfortunately he died of a heart attack this year in April 2007. I loved this guy even though he still owes me about 2 grand. I miss him every day.
I have no idea how these sugar skulls got so popular and why people want them from me but I love to paint and tattoo them. This is a 4"x4" watercolor on crescent board I did back in "05. Fun to look at aren't they? They make me laugh even while I'm doing them. It's fun to throw a little pinstriping in there to spice 'em up a little.
An awesome swimming hole I found off the Russian River just south of Ukiah, Calif. Taken with my little 4.0 camera. That day I had it all to myself. Too bad I didn't have my fishing gear.
Tropical Splendor
A little 4x4 trip into the mountains, here on Kauai, gives you spectacular views not seen on any brochure. Absolutely breathtaking scenes like this keep me here. Lovely isn't it? And I didn't get stuck! Day Off
A day off. Taking a little kayak trip down the Kalihiwai River is good therapy. Not very long but slow and sweet. A short hike at the end to the waterfall. I could do this all day and I have. Bring a sammy and a drink and I'm good to go. Godly Workings
This was my view across the street from my Bermuda apartment the second time I lived there. The pink sand felt like silk on your feet. This area was called Jacob's Cove. It was in Warrickshire Longbay parish. Not far from here the movie Contact with Jodie Foster was filmed. Shithole Central
This was the view from my apartment in Bolongo Bay, St. Thomas, USVI. You can see the excellent view of the landfill...aka dump. This was taken during the end of Hurricane Stan which barely missed us. After taking a shower with a scorpion on my foot I decided to take Andrea's offer to buy into the shop and move to Kauai. Island splendor
This is one of my favorite places here on Kauai. It's called Mahalepu and it will simply take your breath away when wandering along the shoreline hiking trail. When the waters are calmer in the summer the snorkeling is excellent. It's a prehistoric trip back in time. Be careful or a hidden blowhole will suprise you by blowing saltwater up your pattotie.
Waimea canyon (below) is also an excellent way to waste a day with unique lanscaping by Mother Nature and Pele', the Fire Goddess!
