Flowers of Hawai'i

In Hawai'i, so many flowers were foreign to me. And, oh, so beautiful.

I got lei'd in Hawai'i.

It isn't like in the movies. The moment you get off the plane, there is not someone there to decorate you with a lei. But we saw these at the farmer's market and Doug bought one for me. Made from Plumeria blooms, they were so fragrant. I wore it the day he bought it for me and then we left it hanging on the rear view mirror for as long as we could.

So beautiful and perfect, they look artificial. I assure you, they were not. Pots and pots of gorgeous flowers at farmer's market- I walked about in awe, smelling them, photographing them. These were bushes, near the Kona brewery. Everywhere, blooms.