Round RobinChallenge - New Life

New Life.  Fantastic subject challenge!  When I first saw this category, I KNEW I was IN.  But time crept away and still I have only ONE new photo.  So, today I will grace you with what I have in my files that to me represents NEW LIFE, and then add todays special before the rains came down!    Thanks to Sassy's EYE for such a wonderful challenge. The whole prior week had been filled with my mind going crazy with all the photo ideas I had from my Hawaii days. BUT, my ultimate idea to best tackle this challenge was the idea of displaying the KITTENS as they arrived. ONE MAJOR problem, I forgot to tell them  EXACTLY WHEN to arrive, and obviously, it's not to be during this challenge! So, you are now graced with my few selections of NEW LIFE in Hawaii, and my ONE New Life in NY.I have been blessed to be able to live a number of years in beautiful Hawaii. Each opportunity has been met head on with camera in hand, literally! Having visited the Big Island on numerous occasions, I was blessed to witness several lava flows ... Pele sending her hot lava rushing down to the shoreline. Ok, so at times it was hokey pokeying .. but nonetheless, it represented new life as it made its way to the shoreline, creating added yards to the youngest island in the Hawaiian Island chain.

The picture above shows a very slow moving lava, making it's way toward the Pacific ocean .. sometimes it takes just a day or two, sometimes it takes weeks .. it all depends on Pele's fury.  The picture below shows that Pele works 24/7 .. again, her ultimate goal, the Pacific.

Having made it's way to the shores, Pele's rage is cooled quickly and new land is formed.   Pele is only momentarily quietened.

Of course, as Pele destroys all living life in her path, so new life must again push it's way through and flourish in the tropical islands.  Below, is the dawning of a new fern leaf ... btw, new life is NOT impossible on lava ... though sometimes the new ground is not rich enough to produce plant life till close to 100 years later .. not so with all plants.

But thank GOODNESS new life is not just limited to the islands ... right here in cool north country is our own new life ...

Please check out ALL the Round Robin entries for this NEW LIFE Challenge at http://roundrobinphoto.blogspot.com/2006/03/round-robin-challenge-new-life.html#links
You WONT be disappointed!  Thanks again, Sassydee, for such a fun challenge.