A Day on the Farm, Hawaii

Something a little bit different.  I know most of you stop by looking for pretty outfits and chit-chat about fashion, but I want to start sharing a few more photography posts about my adventures as well!  These are a few pictures I took back in December when I was on the Big Island in Hawaii.  My Aunt recently moved to a farm where she now works in the hills above Kona and we stayed over for a night- it was amazing!

  

  

     We ate what was in season for lunch and dinner, sometimes right off the tree! We had fresh oranges macadamia nuts, lettuce, and my favorite, avocado! The people you see in the pictures are my family (my Dad, Mom, and brother Noah are in the orange picking one).  And guess what, there were pygmy goats that my aunt takes care of now! Their names were Panda and Elfin and they could not have been cuter!  I offered to photograph the farm for my aunt for Christmas and make an online album she could share with family back home.  Anyway, I know its not what you usually find here, but I thought I would share these few pictures from the album and hopefully you guys still think its pretty and interesting! I promise an actual outfit next time!

Hope you're having a wonderful week, I only have three more days left of my 12 day work streak!

xo Hannah

Sunset Bougainvillea

 Hello and Happy Friday!

I am running off to catch an inter-island flight in about an hour, but just wanted to post a little update! These pictures were taken from the second day of our trip when we headed over to a happy hour at a nearby hotel. This beautiful bougainvillea bush is outside our apartment here and it is astonishing to me that all of these colors occur naturally right next to each other on the same plant!

Outfit Details: 

Dress- Lauren Conrad/ thrifted 

Sunnies: BCBG Generation

Hat: Target

Necklace: c/o Oasap

    The second to last picture is of my brother Noah, maybe his first ever blog appearance! With my pink dress and his colorful bathing suit and t shirt, we just needed to stand next to the christmas tree at happy hour.  We got some sort of gingersnap cocktail and Mojitos along with some yummy fish tacos, making it a delicious first night out! Today we are off to the next island, Kauai, and R will be joining my family there tomorrow! Wahoo! I can't wait to see what the house we rented looks like, and especially can't wait to see R! Hope you guys are all doing well!
xo Hannah

Christmas in Kona

Merry Christmas!

It has been quite a whirlwind of traveling and settling in here in Kona and feels like I have not blogged in awhile!  I just wanted to stop in and say hi and wish everyone the happiest of holidays!  If you celebrate Christmas, I hope it was spent with your family kept close, good friends on hand, and of course good spirits and food to go around!

Outfit Details: Dress- Vintage // Floral Crown - DIY // Shoes- Nine West via Marshalls

     My family opened presents last night on Christmas Eve and it was perfect.  Though bringing the presents along with us this time to open in Kona made packing and planning a bit more difficult, it turned out perfectly! It was just my parents, brother, and I in our apartment here and as usual it was filled with lots of presents and laughs! I am pretty sure we all made out like bandits! Then today for Christmas day my two aunts (both my mom's sister and dad's sister live here on the Big Island) came for brunch and another little gift exchange.   After that, we drove into the mountains into the forest for a little Christmas day hike, followed by a delicious Christmas dinner at the Kona Inn.
      As for my Christmas Eve outfit here, I wore a vintage dress that I altered before I came by removing the poofy 80s sleeves and shortening the hem.  To make it a little bit more island style, I added one of my new DIY floral crowns and once again felt like Lady Christmas herself!
Here is what it looked like before the alterations I made:

      I am still slightly jet lagged so I have been going to bed pretty early and pretty much waking up before the sun is up!  It is 9pm right now and I am ready to call it a night! Tomorrow we head to higher elevation to the organic fruit and veggie farm my aunt lives and works on.  I can't wait to eat the fresh avocados and macadamia nuts and meet the pigmy goats that live there! I will make sure to take pictures and share them! Hope everyone had a beautiful day! Oh and what was your favorite gift that you guys got?!
xo Hannah