Dancing in the Moonlight

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere,
Time don't matter to me.
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere,
And there's no place I wanna be.

-Dwight Yoakum, Thousand Miles From Nowhere

I heard this song on the radio the other day, and it seemed fitting for the mood I'm in right now, especially the part about time don't matter to me. What I mean is that I have time to just be. Be creative, be lazy, be anything I want to be. Time has no hold on me right now therefore I am free to experience everything fully without the constraints of feeling like I have to do something else. Time is one of those things that we all want more of but instead of using it, we pretty much just waste it. It's been so awesome to have open-ended time to really live.

Oh but I digress. Last Sunday our plan was to go to an art fundraiser downtown. The lure was art, music and $3.00 drinks..lol. It's an easy stroll to get there so we wouldn't have to drive. Upon stepping out the front door we were awed by the sight of a beautiful, golden, full moon. It didn't take us long to make 180 degree change in plans [this is that time thing I was talking about] and we loaded up the cameras, a stool to serve as a tripod and headed to Kailua Beach to take some moonlight photos.

After many days of crazy, windy Trade Winds, this night was calm and peaceful. The moon was an incredible sight rising up over the water. As the night darkened we saw tiny stars begin to appear. The Big Dipper was right there and showed up in some of the photos.

This was one of those moments when everything just seemed right. Matt, Allison and I thoroughly enjoyed "dancing in the moonlight" so to speak, just having fun, goofing of and really taking in the beauty of the moon, the stars, the ocean and each other.

Here are some of the images we managed to capture. Carol, if you are reading this, I wish you could have been there to give us some pointers for all that technical stuff. All in all we had a fun couple of hours making memories that will certainly last a lifetime.

A beautiful moonlit night on Kailua Beach

Playing with the camera settings - almost looks like a sunset

Matt - notice the Big Dipper in the upper right side

Matt

Yours truly

Matt striking a warrior pose

Allison flexing her warriorette style

Matt and me defying gravity

Shadows against the sand and a beautiful night sky