Dreaming of Paradise....

Along with the bright sun here today came the chilly North wind and I couldn't help but to remember where we were just one month ago...the Kona coast on the gorgeous island of Hawaii....sigh.... My girls and I spent a week there in the warm sun, surrounded by turquoise seas, swaying palms, fresh farmers markets and the most incredible tropical flora.

the incredible farmer's market in Hilo

give me an armful of tropical flowers & I'm in heaven :)

Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens....the most amazing garden I've ever seen!

a fiddlehead on the trail through the rainforest on the way to the bottom of the crater

in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Jenna and Amber having a great time

plumeria...one of my most favorite flowers in the world...can you smell it?

AND....Tahitian gardenia, along the roadside on my walk every morning!

glistening waves and fiery sunsets