From The Vault--Take Two

I've been putting in a lot of hours working on a Father's Day project involving old photos, and in the process of sorting through them, I thought I would share some of my golden oldies with ya'll. All of these old friends whom I snapped have long ago moved away from Maui, and one has passed on over the rainbow. The photo above is of my good friend Basha when she posed for me in front of a famous health food store in Paia, Mana Foods, OH SO MANY YEARS AGO!

The store is still thriving even though she's not there to dress up the door.
M. is FEELING that rainbow! She was a famous artist and very much in touch with her feelings.
B. & M. huddle under a hut on our hike in Hana.
L. was a wonderful rider---a former French jockey.
It wasn't that easy to engage J. and make him smile, but in this photo I shot in his home, he tried!

Wealth

Wealth is my vintage photo collection, and I'm sharing one of my rare ones with you today. This photo was acquired at the boyhood home of the great spiritual teacher Yogananda in Calcutta India.

Yogananda was photographed here with his sweetheart whom he had to leave behind to bring his message to America--so I was told. I was also told that this woman was an enlightened being as well. Whenever I look at this photo, I feel happy--and wealthy!

One of the reasons I carry on with posting photos on Wailea Daily Photo is my feeling that one day some of the photos I've posted here will show Maui before it became overcrowded and changed forever. My photos will help others to remember the Maui which once was!

Vintage Maui

This is an old photo I discovered as I was going through paperwork and photos. Doesn't Maui look like Paradise? I have MANY photos of Maui in and on the water since I spent lots of my time on boats or in the water back then.

Looking Through The Old

This is another one of my vintage photos I recently rescued from oblivion. I took this photo on an out-of-the-way trail which followed the coastline. Not a soul was on this trail except for the four of us. You can still find places on Maui to hike and get away from people if you like that kind of thing...which I do. Hiking in Nature away from the crowd clears my head and rejuvenates me.