Percival is getting bigger and stronger. Yes, I named him that given that everybody else on our campus seems perfectly content calling him “Baby Bird” I think it may only be a matter of a couple weeks before all that fuzzy fur falls off and he’s taking off on his own life journey.
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We’re going to have a small show tonight over at the KCC campus. A long-time friend from our old band some 20 years ago has a band of his own that’s playing this evening and he’s asked us to jam along with them. We pulled some friends together and we’ll do some quick covers tonight just to get the crowd going. I think the term...
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It has been raining cats & dogs this past weekend. We had to cancel our plans to take the boy out to the North Shore. What did we end up doing shelled up on our own little condo? Why…pull out the Halloween costume and play pretend Hero what else?
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We just started Kingston on his 2nd of many many beginner swimming lessons over at the YMCA. He isn’t doing half bad…there is typically some initial reluctance, but after about half way into the lessons he usually gets the hang of it. Funny how my child isn’t the type to cry when he panics…his reaction turns to being bossy and...
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I captured these native Hawaiian seabirds outside my office the other day. I’ve been watching the little baby for the past couple weeks sitting on that branch. Apparently these Mana-o-ku, or white fairy terns return every year to this same branch to nest. “Nest” is a generous term because as far as I can tell there’s no nest up...
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Kingston’s going through a temper-tantrum phase recently. More than just your typical lie-on-the-floor-stomping-your-feet tantrum…more like blind rage grab anything that he can find to toss kind of tantrum. His face turns Hulkish (with the exception of the green color), he growls & screams, and his hands start wailing. It actually a bit...
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.