More Maui pets

Today, we visited the Maui Ocean Center. Lots of pretty tropical fish and other displays of the sea's beauty and majesty.

This angel fish had the longest upper fin thingy. I was surprised the image actually turned out considering the lighting conditions (inside a darkened aquarium, no flash).

Baby sea turtles!!! These were about one year old. Apparently, they do not reach sexual maturity til they are 25 years old! Crazy! I just love sea turtles. I took a ton of photos of them because I needed some reference images for when I start painting sea turtles on my pottery again.

Ok, onto my Aunty's woofie and kitty. Above you see Patches. He's very very friendly and loves to give kisses. Pity I am not that fond of woofie kisses. But, he's a sweetie and very energetic as you can see. It was kind of hard to get a good picture of him that was clear and in focus.

And this is Mika. She's a doll. Not very keen on strangers in great quantity or of Patches' barking, but she is ok one on one. I got her purring a couple of times when it was just the two of us.

She did a little bit of posing for me. Something about her face makes her look grumpy, but I think she can be quite sweet too as she did purr for me and let me pick her up a couple of times.

Next stop, Honolulu!

Ah Maui, how I love thee!

This is the view from our hotel. At sunset, every night, there is a torch lighting and diving ceremony from the rocks. It may not look very high, but it is. Not being a fan of heights, I could never jump from that height unless it was really, really important.

Yesterday was spent visiting relatives and friends. Some of our friends had woofies like the one above.

this very friendly pit bull and...

Napoleon, the French bull dog. It's amazing how strong this little guy is. Apparently, he can pull the pit bull all over the yard when playing tug of war. I saw him run... talk about powerfully built! Pretty sweet dog too :D

Finally, a flower from my Uncle's garden. The gradation from white to hot pink just thrills me here.

Will be visiting my Aunt tonight, so I hope to get some photos of Patchy the dog and Mika the cat tonight!