Bob the Merry Manatee Bahamas so much that it now

so much that it now hangs as a large format outdoor print in my front courtyard

ferns and plumeria at the front desk of the Hana Maui Resort

The surface patterns change from smooth and dark at the horizon and gradually lighten in color and become more defined in shape as your eye moves towards the shore

I discovered this majestic sea turtle alternately taking a snooze and checking the surf at Baby Spreckels Beach on the North Shore of Maui

I loved the way the wind moved the branches

Bob the Merry Manatee Bahamas so much that it nowBob the manatee is quite a wonder. His mother swam over to Long Island in the Bahamas after a hurricane. She must have been pregnant with Bob at the time. Manatees are not native to the Bahamas. Only a few have become Bahamian residents in the last 10 20 years. Bob calls all of Long Island his home and has been sighted swimming up and down the 80 mile cay. He likes to hang out at Stella Maris Marina where I have had the good fortune to catch up with