Engulfed
We’ve been living in Olinda since mid June. Olinda is close to 4000ft up Haleakala volcano on Maui. The mornings and evenings are cool and there are more eucalyptus than palm trees but it has its charm. One of the things we love is that once in a while we’ll find ourselves engulfed in clouds. It makes creating pictures that much easier.
Fog passing through eucalyptus trees
The abandoned goat pen
Trees in the clouds
Jacaranda tree over the driveway
The jacaranda
Plum tree on the way to the shed
In the goat pen
Have you ever been stuck in the clouds? Where were you?
I’ve been stuck in the clouds at the top of Mount Washington, in New Hampshire. This looks like it could be a bit depressing~
If it lasted days it would probably start getting me down but this comes and goes within an hour. The weather changes quickly and a lot up here.
We were stuck in some magical clouds in Cantabria , Spain, a little more than a year ago. We could hear mules on the near hillside, but not see them, and then as they emerged, we were still facing the blank wall of clouds that covered to opposite mountains. Green Cantabria! It looks not unlike your photos from Maui.
Sounds wonderful!
Love the dreamy landscapes!
Thanks Maria!
Ethereal! Loved the soft, green, misty landscapes. We live amongst the gums and eucalypts in South West Australia, and only in winter are we privvy to green landscapes 😉
We really must make it to Australia some day.
I love clouds and notice them all the time. You live in a beautiful area. I love all parts of Maui other than the southern section which is alright, but the central and northern area are incredible, Thank you for sharing your amazing photos.
Thanks for stopping by Michelle.
Aloha! Love the change of mood in your micro-climate, great photos. We’ve actually been above the clouds here on Kauai at the Kalalau Overlook in Koke’e State Park, a thin place (where the line between heaven and earth is blurred) like Haleakala. 🙂
I love that thin place 🙂
I love the cloud forests that can be found throughout Central America and the micro-climates in the Hawaiin islands are similar. Lovely photos!
Thank you so much.
Wonderful shots. It’s so satisfying to be in the right place at the right moment, isn’t it?
Yes it is, especially when that moment is fleeting.
Love the mood and feel, reminds me of Volcano on the Big Island, but too cold for me except for nice short visits.
it does get pretty chilly.
Wow – that doesn’t look like Hawaii – Maui is high on my list of places to see – it’s pretty close to NZ but the airfare is a bit hgh!
Maui has many different micro climates.
I’ve been in clouds on the sides of mountains in Hawaii, Costa RIca, Massachusetts, New Zealand—those are the ones I can remember right now. My favorite part of a plane ride is either ascending or descending through the cloud layer and then popping out either below the clouds where you can see the landscape (hopefully) or above the clouds into brilliant sunshine.
That’s my favourite part of flying as well.
Your photos are so mysteriously beautiful. Well done! I really enjoyed looking at them!!
Thank you Marilyn!
The fog adds a different feel to Hawaii. My shots from a recent trip to Kauai are mostly sunshine, http://travelswithcarole.blogspot.com/search/label/Kauai
That’s the beauty of a small island, if it’s cloudy where you are you can just drive half an hour to find sunshine 🙂
I love your photos for the misty and fresh look of the area. My moment of drifting through clouds is while skydiving and it’s a very unique experience. Thanks for showing us your part of the island that I haven’t seen yet.
Going through the clouds while skydiving sounds amazing although I don’t think I’ll be doing that any time soon.
The last time we had our heads in the clouds was in the cloudforest of Costa Rica – fantastic! We had a hard time capturing the mood on camera though – kudos to you! Well done!
Thanks so much.
I love the fog and mist in your pictures. I could almost smell the eucalyptus.
Thank you Donna.
Guatemala has many misty towns located in the cloud forests of the highlands. It makes it very atmospheric — much like in your photos- and I love it because you don’t feel obliged to go outdoors as you might on a sunny day. You can just stay indoors, light the fireplace and curl up with a book .
A few people mentioned the could forests, I’d love to see them one day.
Watching the mist roll in and then as the strength of the sun evaporates it till the air is crystal clear and sparking again –
The changing atmospheres is a complete delight isn’t it!
It’s something else for sure.
Great photos! Fog rolling in can bring a great mysterious atmosphere to the day. We were fogged in once while staying at a small inn near Mount Fuji. It was so thick we couldn’t see Fuji at all! We did eventually see it from much further away at Japan Disney.
How pretty to be living up in the clouds! It must be a nice change from the sun and heat down by the beaches…