I am grateful for the rain today. Otherwise, I may have never ventured to the Academy of Arts museum in Honolulu. What a wonderful gem of a place. The building, built in 1927, is like a Mediterranean villa. The art sits comfortably in a house, as if the owner picked it piece by loving piece. There is so much to look at! Everything from Hawaiian arts, through all parts of Asia, Europe, and finally contemporary art. In between the galleries are lovely courtyards, which seemed mystical in the light drizzle today.

This painting struck me - it's called "The Lei Maker" (Portrait of Lizzie Victor), by San Francisco artist Theodore Wores, painted in 1901. Isn't she lovely?