...May you gracefully fade away, allowing a new year, a new decade to begin with renewed hope and creative energy...

Happy New Year to all of you!

This image, and the following one, are the first of the new whale-watching season here in the islands.
The juvenile males arrive first, followed by the females, and then the courtship and child bearing activities begin,
with surface activity peaking in late February.

Image taken December 30th, Anaeho'omalu Bay, Kona Coast, Hawai'i.