Life of Larisa or LOL

Month four of my Dirty Dozen Challenge and I ended up doing another hike.  For the month of April I summoned three of my funniest hiking partners for a sunrise to sunset day of hiking.  I decided it might be fun to hike several consecutive Pillbox trails.  Popping Pillboxes!  We popped from one Pillbox Trail to another all day and ultimately ended up hiking five different Pillbox Trails.   The day started bright and early with a sunrise Pillbox hike.  I was up and out of the house a little after four in the morning, picked up two of the three other hikers and we were on our way to the windward side to "Pop" our first Pillbox---Lanikai .  The parking gods granted us a great parking spot and we waited at the trailhead for the fourth member of our group to arrive.   I hadn't really been hiking too much since my last Dirty Dozen Challenge at the end of February so I immediately felt the burn in my calves and breathless as we quickly ascende...

Butterflies are not only beautiful, but also have mystery, symbolism, and meaning and are a metaphor representing spiritual rebirth, transformation, change, hope and life. source: gardenswithwings.com It is the last day of the last week of the last month of 2021! I made it through an entire year of trying "new things".  I made a goal of trying fifty-two new things and Blogging about my experience.  I think I accomplished my goal.  I actually tried more than fifty-two new things.  Some things didn't make the cut for the Blog, but that's okay.  I am relieved that I am done with my goal and sad to leave it behind at the same time.  I started 2021 with a sunrise hike on a trail I had never done for sunrise before and ended the year with getting a new tattoo and accompanying Gabe for his very first tattoo.  In between sunrise and tattoo, I tried Dom Perignon for the first time, I went horseback riding as an adult, I went Ziplining, I contemplated adoptin...