Willowflower Photography

A compilation of baby Arlo taking his very first big solo climb!!! 😍 And mama Betty being a bit unsure about his new independence haha.

The new baby ring-tailed lemur born last week at Safari West! 🖤🩶🤍 Here he is snuggled up between his parents!! 🥹

Spring time, flowers, and my adorable chubby puppy! 🌼💚🐶 Doesn’t get much better. 🥰 Can’t believe this was two years ago, Orpheus grew up fast! 🥹

Happiest second birthday to my beloved Orpheus Bard!!! 🥳💚🐶 I’m so lucky this special boy came into my life when I needed him the most. 🥹💙 Love you so much Orphy, here’s hoping we have many more years together! 🙏 First photo is him as a lil baby, and second is a recent self portrait I took of us. 🤍🌼

My baby girl Eimyrja is turning into a truly lovely young lady! 🥹💜🌻🐴
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His stuffed pony, zoomies on the lawn, and summer sunsets make for a happy Orphy. 🥰🌅💚🐶
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I have another pretty butterfly picture for you! 😄💜🦋🌾 This one is an anise swallowtail!

A handsome western fence lizard posing for a photo at Bohemia. 🤎

Some more blooms for Mother’s Day. 🙂❤️🌿 I believe these are long leaf Indian paintbrush (Castilleja subinclusa). 🖌️

OLOWALU AHUPUA'A LAHAINA MOKU, MAUI:
“Olowalu was a land unit (ahupua'a) before Europeans arrived in the islands. Archaeologists believe that Olowalu could have been permanently occupied as early as the A.D. 900-1000s. Its residents were part of the district (moku) of Lahaina, which was part of a larger kingdom on Maui beginning in the A.D. 1300-1400s. The ahupua'a of Olowalu ran from the shoreline to the top ridges of West Maui Mountains and provided the community of Olowalu with all the resources necessary for living. Water resources were managed for drinking, bathing, and irrigation. Wild and cultivated plants provided food, clothing, canoes, weapons and many other products.
The people and land of Olowalu were linked to other communities of the Maui Kingdom by trails. A coastal trail near today's highway once led to Lahaina and on around the island. Little known today, another major trail led up Olowalu Valley into and across the West Maui Mountains into lao Valley in the Wailuku ahupua'a. Olowalu is also known as the site of a bloody massacre, which happened in 1790. The captain of the American ship Eleanora (Capt. Simon Metcalf) became upset because of a stolen boat and opened fire on Hawaiian canoes, killing more than 100 men and wounding more than 200 near the ancient Olowalu landing site. This massacre led Big Island Chief Kame'eiamoku to attack the next Western ship that arrived, which was the Fair American, captained by Metcalf's son. The entire crew was attacked and killed, except for one person, Isaac Davis, who in later years became an advisor to King Kamehameha the Great.”

Napoo ana o ka la. 🌅