We dropped into our little Northern Kauai studio for a minute before going to lunch. We arrived here yesterday. A total steal at $55 a night. North Kauai is amazing. A true tropical paradise. I LOVE it i here. Kramer has a coconut in his hands twice the size of his head and I can hear him shaking the water inside. I can't stop smiling! This is crazy, unrestrained, beautiful gorgeous land. Dogs are barking non stop. Chickens are running around like mad and crowing. Someone woke up us playing the drums at 7am. We didn't care .. we got up and went to Ke'e beach and sat in wonder. We snorkeled this morning and saw mad gorgoeus tropical fish of yellow, purple, electric green and incandescant yellow. Wonderland! Wanderlust. High on deliciousness -- last night's salad of organic greens and Hawaiian butterfish with passionfruit dressing was yum. So much beauty here.

p.s. This painting is by a woman who I adore who I discovered here in the islands... she can be found at www.kimmcdonald.com and I am pondering the bliss of buying this gorgeous painting. The colors shown here are about 1/10 the glowing luminscent color of the actual painting.

Thank you!