I got a new laptop this last week, and boy is it an awesome computer! I got the white MacBook from Apple – as close to fully loaded as I could get. I’m in the middle of writing a review of it right now. Preview of the review? “Wowowow!”

A friend of mine found a tiny little spore on a flower the other day. He had a funny feeling about it, so he collected it and put it under a microscope. It was not a spore – it was some sort of creepy mutant bug. A bumpy, squirmy red blob with sharp quilled legs. It was surrounded by what appeared to be eggs. Gross!

I was lucky enough to hold the camera steady on the eye piece of the microscope.

I’ve been out to Argyle a few times since getting back from Oahu. The vineyards are becoming more and more green. The leaf buds have opened and the fresh grape leaves lend a particularly sweet smell to the air in the Dundee hills.

In this photo, you can see the grape leaves gaining in size. Soon tiny buds will form and they’ll become grape clusters.

Codi and I headed out from the Pali Highway area of Honolulu and drove to North Shore and Waimea Falls Park.

On the way to Waimea, we stopped at the Dole plantation for our one and only “touristy” moment on Oahu.

Fresh pineapple is sooo good. Wowow.

Nice view of the island’s interior…

After the Dole plantation, Codi and I went to Giovanni’s shrimp shack way up by the northern-most tip of Oahu. They serve huge & tasty shrimp. Codi had scampi and I had the Extra Spicy shrimp – so hot they have a sign that says “No Refunds” if it’s too hot! Good eats!

Afterwards, Codi and I went to Waimea and swam in the ocean for a couple hours. It was incredible!