Picture Frame Paragraph by : Kelci Sumida and Kari Lau

Crash! The sound of the waves are especially loud during the winter season. At North Shore located in Oahu, Hawaii, this is the peak for all locals/tourists to come and observe the waves at its high time. Families like ours love to swim and catch the waves in the cool ocean to refresh ourselves since, it is still hot during the wintertime. Also, the smell of the ocean soothes our souls with its salty aroma. The salty aroma takes ourselves away from the crowded city. Not only that, the Matsumoto's Shave Ice stand, adds more onto the special experience during the winter. When you drive into the North Shore area, there is a barn shaped store with a sign that says, "M. Matsumoto Grocery Store." Then, immediately there's a long line that extends out the door waiting for the delicious shave ice. Our personal favorite to get shave ice are the fruity flavors of strawberry, and green apple. The fruity shave ice tastes invigorating from the tiresome day of catching the rough waves. Last, our favorite aspect of North Shore is the rustic scenery. Since, we are used to the usual landscape of buildings, traffic, crowds, etc a change of scenery is nice. In North Shore, there are old fashioned buildings that are unike the modern buildings we've grown accustomed to. Also, there is no traffic to bother us but, only smooth driving. In addition to that, there is a pure smell of beaches and trees unlike the smell of car gas and people. The pure aroma gives off a soothing sensation that you can't really get in the city. Along with the relaxing smell, there are various sounds that can only be found there. When we enter North Shore there are sounds of chirping birds. The birds chirp faint sounds of tweet, tweet, tweet and adds onto the rustic feel of North Shore. 

These three aspects of North Shore are special to us and our family especially, during the wintertime. In the wintertime it seems as if the following aspects become more enhanced. For instance, the waves become bigger adding more fun into catching the rough waves. Not only that, the feel of the waves become more soothing since the size of it are bigger. Besides that, the taste of shave ice during the winter become more satisfying. Since, the waves are especially big during the wintertime it takes more of a toll on the bodies so, a refreshing bowl of shave ice invigorates us. The fruity aroma of strawberry and green apple add more onto the magical time of winter. Moving onto, the country landscape of North Shore. In our usual setting we always see the same old cities, traffic, and people but, in North Shore its different. The rustic appearance of North Shore includes barn like buildings, many trees, and its just country. Because, of the different setting from the city it is a refresher especially since we don't often visit there. In conclusion, North Shore is a special place we always go to especiallyduring, the wintertime.