It was exactly one year ago that I started this photo blog with a post wishing everyone a Happy New Year. In that post, regarding the blog itself, I said "let's see where this goes..."
Well I'm happy to say I stuck with it. Some months I posted more than others, but all said and done, this my 103rd post. I'm excited to see where it goes in 2010.
The New Year's celebrations were in full force tonight in our neighborhood. I think the struggles of 2009 have taken there toll, and people are ready for a fresh start. There were more Christmas lights up this season than I've ever seen on island, and tonight there were more fireworks than I've seen in the last several years combined; dramatic aerial displays were launching from every other driveway. The display above was two doors away.
It was hard not to get a little choked up tonight. You could feel the human spirit celebrating the hope for better year. Perhaps a positive side-effect of this past year has been a renewal of community. Oscar Wilde once said, "What seems to us as bitter trials, are often blessings in disguise."
"The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is to live inside that hope."
-Barbara Kingsolver
I wish you all a very Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!
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