Maui 2010

Kids and grown ups, having fun in the waves. SURFING HOOKIPA, Maui’s North Shore

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These kids certainly looked like they were having a fantastic, fearless and fun time on the waves at Ho’okipa, a well known surf spot on the North Shore of Maui. They were surfing at pavilions and I took the photos from the rocks.

Haleakala Birds at Hosmer Grove, Maui, Hawaii – The Iiwi, Apapane, Amakihi and the Alauahio

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On the slopes of the volcano called Haleakala, on the island of Maui, in Hawaii, there is a little camp ground just inside the boundaries of the Haleakala National Park, called Hosmer Grove.

I have been to this grove many times, as there are trails leading from the camp ground to some overlooks, which (if you are lucky), from where you can watch rare Hawaiian birds flying around above and below you. If the weather permits, and the clouds aren’t rolling in from below and around you, its worth having your camera with you just incase.

Well, yesterday, I didnt even get to leave the car park to walk the trail. Right behind the sheltered seating area was a flowering lobelia bush, as it turns out one of the only ones around flowering that day. That shrub had at one time five rare Hawaiian Honeycreepers, the I’iwi, on it at the same time, visiting it to feed on the nectar of the flowers. The whole time I was there my camera hardly stopped clicking. I photographed many I’iwe, Apapane, Amakihi and one Aluohio that posted on a tree stump.

View my Maui Birds Gallery for more photos, but here are a few of my favourites.

The I’iwi – Hawaiian Honeycreeper, feeding on the nectar from the flowers on the Lobelia

The Amakihi – Hawaiian Honeycreeper

The ‘Alauahio – The Maui Creeper - (very similar in appearance to the Hawaiian 'Amakihi. One can tell them apart by their bills - the 'Alauahio has a shorter, straighter bill - so named because of its feeding habits. It creeps along trunks, branches and twigs, flipping over bark and lichen in search of insects and grubs)

Canada Geese and 6 Goslings – 1 week old today.

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Geese and Goslings – 1 week old today.

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Happy Families – Mum and Dad and 6 Goslings enjoying the summer weather – Day 2

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Now that Dad has turned up, its one big happy family… Arent they so cute…

Mother Goose and 6 Goslings – Day 2 – They do have a dad after all..

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The Goslings have a Dad after all - yippeeee!!! I was so convinced the Mother goose was a single parent to her goslings. I had never seen the male goose at all while she was incubating her eggs, and I would have expected him to be guarding his partner while she was on her nest for the 5 weeks, and even perhaps share the incubating with her when she needed to come off the nest to feed. Swans do, Canada geese obviously don’t. Perhaps its normal for the male to stay away to avoid attracting attention to the nest site. Anyway, he is here now, and guarding his young family as they explore around the lake learning what is edible and what is not.. And they are certainly learning that bread is very tasty.

They come to about three feet from me now, infront of mum and dad. I expect they will be eating out of my hands in the next couple of days if all goes well.

Single Parent Goose and 6 Godalming Goslings – Day 2

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Mum and babies doing great!

I thought the first night would be a dangerous night, there are so many hungry foxes around with cubs to feed. But mother Goose still has 6 goslings.. I’ll get out there with my camera later (and a slice of bread) and add some more photos (if its not raining that is!).

6 Goslings, Day 1 : Hatched to a single parent mother

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They must have hatched yesterday, because they were off the nest today for the first time in their tiny little lives.

Proud mother of 6 goslings, proudly showed off her offspring and tried to show them what bread is. Mum us very tame, so if the babies survive the dangers around them they will grow up not fearing me.. And I will be able to get close and personal with my camera. I didnt do too badly today..

Its already a sad story because the babies have no dad to protect them from danger. Lets hope mum is a good mum, and keeps the foxes away. So far its good news. Mother and babies doing great.. Their first day on the water and they’ve taken to it like ducks…

I’ll be able to watch and photograph them every day, weather permitting of course.

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Trentham Monkey Magic at the Monkey Forest, walk amongst 140 free Barbary Macaques..

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Last weeks visit to Trentham Monkey Forest was delightful. I have just received an email that 4 healthy new born baby girls arrived in the days following my visit.. The first one of the season the very next day ! … A photo opportunity missed. but I have no complaints I am happy with my photos..

Visit Trentham Monkey Forest yourselves and experience a walk amongst the 140+ Babary macaques roaming free in 60 acres of beautiful English woodlands. Spot the new born May babies. Stroll through the forest and be transported into a different world. It is truly amazing, and loads of fun - even on a cold and wet day.

Mountain Biking – Godalming to Hambledon – through fields of Yellow

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Chilly but very lovely !!!

Maui Garden Birds, Flowers and Animals

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Windsurfing at Kanaha Beach, Maui… Ripping it – literally !!!

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Letting the good times roll… When its windy that is ! !!!!!

Kanaha Beach on a Big Sail Day…. and light winds…

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Some went sailing – and some didn’t !

Party Time – Barts 40th – Too much fun, and food …

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Great Party !

Oh,

and all the other photos I took are on Dagmars camera

Maui Windsurfers at Jaws in Maui, 30th March 2010

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Bart De Zwart :-

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Big waves again at Jaws this week, unusually late in the season! And with lots of wind this time - for the windsurfers.. No surfers this time, too windy! The wind and waves were accurately predicted for Tuesday this week, and sure enough the forecast was spot on.. Cameras were at the ready on the cliffs, eagerly waiting for the windsurfers to arrive on their jet skis any time after 9.30am.. By 11am the first arrived (Bart De Zwart) a good friend for many years arrived first, with his windsurf board and rolled up sail across the back of the jet ski. Rigging the sail from the back of a jet ski was tricky says Bart, but he managed it.. It wasn't quite so easy for Diony Guadagnino, his sail blew into the water from the back of the jet ski, while on route to the Jaws surf break from Maliko Gulch (the launch site). The wind was so strong he was really lucky to have been able to retrieve it and without further delay joined Bart at the reef. Bart had already started windsurfing the waves, a little tentatively at first,, but he soon loosened up and got right into it... It was so amazing and very entertaining to watch. I have been to Jaws and seen surfers riding those waves many times, but windsurfers Jaws, that was a first for me too.

Diony Guadagnino :-

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I watched and photographed all four of the windsurfers, right from the time Bart arrived up until about 1.30pm. I needed to leave to go get some breakfast... and besides I had used up all three of my memory cards, so couldn’t have taken more photos if I wanted to..

Bart De Zwart :-

Enjoy. !!!

See more photos on Barts Blog –> Kanaha Kai Blog – based in Kahului, Maui

Maui’s Red Cardinal, collecting seeds for his Mrs

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Spring has arrived in Maui.

The Cardinals have been singing at the tops of the tall bamboo, claiming their territory and attracting their mates.

I have a pair of Red Cardinals that have been singing their hearts out just outside the house, and I have started putting out sunflower seeds on the deck railings. In no time the male started coming for the seeds, soon followed by his pretty mate, and he breaks open the seeds and then leans forward to feed her while she begs for the food. She must be laying eggs already, although I haven’t watchied close enough to see where she flies to, to try to spot where she is nesting. The male is getting very tame now.

So out came the camera.. The shutter scared him. I was too close, but he came back both times for more food. Greedy little thing.

Still yet to get a picture of him feeding his Mrs, so watch this blog ….

Windsurfing in Maui

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Its not often that I have photos taken of me windsurfing!!! Everybody is usually too busy getting out onto the water themselves. Not Thursday though, thanks to Marv, and his Nikon camera and 500mm lens. We’ve been having a windy March, about time too I say, after a windless January and February. So, finally some evidence here to show I do have fun on the beach in Maui on a windy day at Kanaha.

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Nita Change towels – Maui Made…

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Well, I never guessed that when I made and used my new change towel for the first time, all the girls at the beach started placing their orders. Now we can change in full view and stay hidden… The Change Towel, wish i made one years ago. !!!! too funny!

Thanks Marvin for doing the chirpy ‘photoshoot'’ …

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NEW – Tomas Harris Website – Write and Publish your own Posts about Tomas Harris

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I have created a new website ( www.tomasharris.com ) for all you internet surfers out there who would also like to share any knowledge they have about Tomas Harris, MI5 officer, artist, scholar, goya specialist etc…

Since starting my popular Anita Harris Family Tree wesbite ( www.anitaharrisfamily.co.uk) that includes a lot of posts and great information about my vast newly discovered Harris family along with a lot of posts about Tomas Harris and Garbo.

I have received so much positive feedback, and endless information, that I am having trouble keeping up with all the new information coming my way. Now its your turn to publish posts about Tomas Harris …

I will continue to publish my own Tomas Harris and Harris family posts on www.AnitaHarrisFamily.co.uk to which you can subscribe to receive emails when I add new posts (click the email link in the header on that website)

You can now write and publish your OWN posts to my new website www.tomasharris.com. You can also subscribe to receive emails whenever any one else adds a new post about Tomas Harris on www.TomasHarris.com , by subscribing to the email updates there too (from the link in the header on that site).

I have received so much positive feedback about both sites – Thank you.

And also a HUGE thanks to all of you out there who are supplying me with so much fabulous information.

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New post Added about Tomas Harris – the famous Painter, Sculpturer who worked for MI5 during WWII

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I have added lots of new posts and lots of new photographs to my new www.anitaharrisfamily.co.uk website. Click the next link to see the most recent posting about Tomas Harris and his Art ..

December 2009 – A busy month at Jaws, I went at least four times to photograph the surfers, at Jaws, in Maui, Hawaii. Toe in surfers hope for more waves in 2010. And we had a Blue Moon on New Years Eve.

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Jaws even broke on Christmas day, after having already been biting on 7th 8th and 9th of December. December was unusual month in Maui. With Jaws getting so many visitors on so many days especially on Christmas day which was a great christmas present. We also had a Blue Moon ( Known as the second Full moon in one month) and on New Years eve. So it was quite a spectacular month to end 2009..

I have written posts on my official website which have the links to the Jaws photos – one gallery for each different day. Click this link to go Christmas Day Photos at Jaws Post with links to the Gallery

AND … here are a few pictures of the full moon as it set on New Years Eve Morning and rose again the same evening..

BLUE Moon Set New Years Eve Morning

and BLUE Moon Rise (The Blue Moon 2nd Full moon in the same month) on NYE evening..

Next Blue moon in August 2012 – What is a Blue Moon ? (Its not really BLUE!)

Then fireworks and Champagne rounded off the year nicely and saw the new year in..

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 is here..

Surfing Paradise - Jaws was Biting, December 7th 2009. Huge Waves and brave surfers riding waves brought in last nights Pacific Storms

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Today brought in the biggest waves of the season to Jaws, the famous surfing wave in Maui, Hawaii.

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The surfers and their buddies on the jetskis were out in large numbers. The rescue boats were there too of course. The swell started early this morning and by 11am some of the sets coming in were huge. I arrived to take these photos around 9.30 am just as all the locals were leaving to go to work. The pineapple field had a traffic jam in both directions, but it was worth the trouble! Totally worth it. Some serious photographers camped in their trucks and had a great spot first thing this morning, but i have no complaints, i had a great spot too, in the shade. I got the best weather of the day, even though when i left the waves were still building, the clouds had arrived and a north easterly wind had arrived, which made the waves surfaces pretty choppy. By the time i arrived home, i heard a report thru the grapevine that three jet skis had been totalled on the rocks at the bottom of the cliffs.

Jaws was breaking on 3rd December 2009 – on Maui’s Northshore – its a reef with HUGE waves

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I went to check out the breaking waves at Jaws on Thurdsay and photographed a few young surfers out there doing tow-in surfing with their jet ski partners. There were about 5 or 6 of them and some of the brave names out there were Marlon Lewes, Billy Kempter, Matt Meola, Albee Layer and Paige Alms. The waves weren’t huge for Jaws standards, but many waves did have at least 25ft smooth faces. And they looked big and blue and beautiful … O~h yes!!! and they are supposed to much bigger on Monday – yippppeeee!!!! Better charge up all my camera batteries…

And then there were Three. The calf wasn’t on the Hookipa cliffs Yesterday !!!

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Another Big Day at Hookipa. No two days are ever the same…

Another Walk on the Wild Side, the Cliffs at Hookipa.. Even Bigger Waves Today

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Hookipa Windsurfers – Late afternoon Sailing in Maui

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BiG wave Day on Maui – North Shore, Hookipa

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Big waves still coming in today after yesterdays big swell arrived on Maui’s North Shore. And it was a hot sunny day too.

Should have had my camera with me yesterday afternoon . The waves were even bigger, and dozens of windsurfers were riding the waves. Typical!

The Forecast for Thursday is even BIGGER !!!! (See other BIG Wave Photos on my Hawaii Photography Website)

Maui Fishermen on the Rocks..

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Just had an early morning walk on the cliffs, and the waves were getting bigger and bigger. Forecast was for waves buiilding to 16ft faces in the next couple of hours. Well the fishermen were having a successful morning.The surfers were flooding in, and the windsurfers will probably turn up at 11am. The wind should pick up later for a lovely Sunday…

The Spy who saved D-day - MI5’s Double Agent (GARBO) and his Controller Tomas Harris - The GARBO case, 1941-1945 – my notes…

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*** (D-Day 6/6/1944 - Marks the start of Europe invasion in Normandy, France - during World War II

*** MI5 was responsible for counter-espionage intelligence within the UK

*** MI6/SIS Secret Intelligence service for counter-espionage intelligence in foreign countries.

I have just been reading two books.

One called ‘GARBO’ - written mostly MI5’s double Agent called Juan Pujol (codenamed GARBO) . The book tells the personal story of the most successful double agent EVER and his MI5 controller/case officer who directed, channelled, encouraged and sustained the agents remarkable talents.

This case officer was Tomas Harris – my Great Uncle.

The second book I am reading is called ‘ The Spy who saved D-Day - (view book online) ’ and was mostly written by Tomas Harris.

Both books describe GARBO and Tomas’s three years of scheming, planning and working together during World War II, and they tell of their efforts which were supported by various agencies of British intelligence, of how they contributed to a huge reduction of casualties among tens of thousands of allied servicemen who landed in Normandy in France on D-Day to fight to hold the Normandy Beachheads. Many, many more would have perished had their plan failed. They devised a plan to build a network (The GARBO Network) which was eventually composed of 27 imaginary characters, to mislead the Germans into expecting the landings to occur in Calais and maintain all their forces there, instead of moving them to Normandy. Their other activities in MI5 also embraced campaigns in North Africa and the V-weapon offensives.

Following are notes that I have made from these two books, which are relevant in my search for new information about my great aunts and uncles in my recently discovered family tree..

Lional Harris (Born 1862 – my Great Grandfather) – Married Enriqueta Rodriquez and they had 7 children

Violetta Harris (1898-1989) – Followed Tomas into MI5 as a Spanish Speaking officer serving in B1(a)

Maurice Harris (1990-?)

William Harris (1902-1983) - Had 4 children (Gordon, David, Ronald (my Father) and David)

Lionel Harris (1903-?)

Conchita Harris (1904-?)

Tomas Harris (1909-1964) – MI5 controller of double agent code named GARBO – named after the best actor in the world…

Enriqueta Harris (1910-2006) – Worked in MOI, who sparked off an idea for the Harris-Garbo collaboration, of a non-existent senior source (J3) in the Spanish Section of the MOI..

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GARBO

Juan Pujol was born in Spain and spoke no English when the war began. He was code named ARABEL by the Germans in 1941 and was code named GARBO by MI5 in 1942. The Head of MI5’s double agents division was Tomas Harris who was educated in Spain and spoke Spanish like a native. They worked very closely together in MI5 (B1(g) from 1942 until the end of the war.

1912 - GARBO (Juan Pujol Garcia) was born in Barcelona, on the 14th February 1912. His mother, a Garcia, was from Granada. His father (a Pujol) was from Gerona and a true Catalan through and through. Juan Pujol had one brother and two sisters. His brothers hobbies included photography and stamp collecting.

1940 – MI5 had recruited 8 double agents, who had all originally come to the UK as German spies and been caught, interrogated threatened with a choice between the death penalty and clemency if they co-operated with MI5, and were ‘turned’ into British double spies to spy on the Germans, and all the while the Germans continued to think that nothing had changed. This process became known as the Double Cross System, an elaborate secret campaign that resulted in the arrest of every German agent sent to the UK.

1940/Apr – Juan Pujol(Garbo) married Araceli Gonzalez in Madrid

1941 – MI5 moved to a new base, Latchmore House – that was a nursing Home, and became known as Camp 20. (Twenty is XX in roman numerals, which was an abbreviation for double cross). All agents were now supplied case officers.

1941/Jan – Juan Pujol(Garbo’s) wife approached the British consulate, offered her husbands services as a spy in either Italy or Germany, and because it was not taken seriously the rebuff Juan was determined to initiate contact on his own, which would not be difficult as Spain under Franco was firmly in the Nazi camp. It took 3 attempts with the German Embassy until he was taken seriously and informed that if he could get himself to Britain they might be interested in using him as spy for Germany.

1941/Apr – Juan left Madrid for Portugal where he created a forged a diplomatic passport and tried to get an entry visa for the UK without success. So he returned to Madrid

1941 – Juan Pujol made contact with a German, Frederico, and managed to convince him, with lies and half truths about connections with the Spanish security Police and Foreign office, along with misleading telegrams from his ‘contacts’ in Lisbon, of his bona fides. So Pujol was given a crash course in secret writing and with money and invisible ink from the Germans, went back to Lisbon with his wife, now as an official spy with plans to get to London. Again though he was rebuffed by the British Embassy in Lisbon, so he elected to develop his work further as a German agent and secure more proof of his position within the intelligence apparatus.

1941/July - Juan wrote letters to Frederico with the invisible ink, pretending to be in England, and pretending to send the letters via a non-existent KLM pilot from Britain to Portugal. MI5 then intercepted these letters when they were transmitted between Madrid and Berlin by the Abwehr (German military intelligence and counter-intelligence service) and were cause for concern to MI5 as they seemed authentic, substantial and plausible.

1941/Aug – Pujol began reporting to the Germans, that he had begun to develop connections, and recruited two sub-agents. Thinking this produced enough evidence to be accepted by the British authorities in Madrid, but was again rebuffed. Now beginning to worry about blowing his cover he thought the United States (although at this time still neutral), might find him of some use.

1941/Oct – MI5 were now all ready to search for a new ‘special’ double agent and heard rumours that a German agent had slipped through the net and was in Britain. MI5 (Anthony Blunt) analysed ISOS messages received by the Germans from what seemed to be a German Spy in England and tried to locate him. Tomas Harris now head of B1(g) determined that he was a Spaniard, actually still in Portugal, pretending to be in England.

1941/Nov – Pujol was reaching the point of despair. He applied for visas to emigrate to brazil with his wife and child. His wife (without Pujol’s knowledge) contacted the US Embassy, with information about a Spaniard working as a German agent and asked for $200,000 for them to take her seriously. Her information included invisible ink, letters, espionage paraphernalia, and a micro photo of one of the German questionnaires.

1942/Jan – Britain and the US were now firm allies so the US Embassy decided to represent the Spaniard with the British Authorities as a result of Pujol’s wife contacts with them.

1942/Feb - So when Juan made a third attempt in Portugal to make contact with the British S.I.S. via the American Embassy in Lisbon, to try to get them notice him as a potential double cross agent, it was finally successful. He now had German contacts who believed he had real British contacts that were giving him valuable confidential information, and contacts in KLM who were transporting letters from Britain to Portugal when in fact his letters were originating in Portugal.

1942-March MI5 and MI6(SIS) both wanted control of Pujol. MI6 wanted to control him in Lisbon, and MI5 sought to exploit him from the UK. This highlighted the need to amalgamate SIS’s counter-espionage section with MI5’s B Division. Tomas Harris from MI5 realised the urgent need to infiltrate Pujol from Lisbon, secretly to avoid discovery. This urgency resulted in Gene Risso-Gill a very well connected Portuguese working for MI6 in Lisbon, finally smuggling Juan, via Gibraltar to London by air (in top secret so the Germans would not discover that he was not already in England) . He arrived in the UK 24th April 1942

1942/April – On cold Spring day, one Juan never forgot, he arrived in London and was welcomed by Tomas, as he was head of B1(g) in MI5 and the only Spanish speaking controller. He was assigned to Juan Paulo (then known to the Germans as ARABEL). Juan knew then that they would be colleagues and good friends (Tomas was later known to Garbo as Tommy) . He was taken to a processing center for new arrivals and then on to a safe house at 35 Crespigny Road in Hendon. After a debriefing lasting several days by SIS Section V, Pujol stated his willingness to engage in deception stratagems providing his family be brought to the UK to join him.

GARBO totally trusted Tomas (later to be known to him as Tommy) from the day he first arrived in the UK and in his book he described him as a ‘great friend’ and a ‘hard working colleague’ .

1942/July 29th – Garbo received congratulations from Germany, because he was advised that the Fuerher has conceded the Iron Cross to him, for his extraordinary merits. But it wasn’t before many bureaucratic obstacles were overcome, that in December the Iron Cross could actually be awarded to someone who was not a regular member of the armed forces. No such problems arose when questions arose about awarding Garbo with an MBE (an honorary award of membership of the order of the British Empire), by Tomas Harris, who was himself decorated with the CBE for his role in the GARBO case).

1944/June – When the V2’s fell, Garbo moved from Hendon to a small hotel in Bray, in Berkshire. Owned by a Spanish couple from Valencia named Terrades and commuted to London from Taplow to work at MI5’s little front office in Jermyn Street

1945/June – Garbo and Tommy left the UK for the US. MI5 were determined to look after GARBO right to the end. MI5 gave Garbo £15,000 as reward for his work. Garbo had an interview with J Edgar Hoover, the boss of the FBI, but didn’t get the job. Garbo went to Cuba, Mexico and other countries in South America to find a safe and comfortable place to settle down. He finally chose Venezuela, Caracas. Then he went to visit his family in Barcelona, and then to Madrid to meet up with Tommy and MI6. Garbo then arranged to meet with his German contacts iin Spain for a final time, and then returned to Lisbon to meet Tommy again. Meeting his German contacts had been Garbo’s final proof that his double identity as GARBO-ARABEL had been an impeccably kept secret right to the very end.

1948 – Garbo visited Tommy in Mallorca at his villa, in Camp de Mar, where he was living with his wife Hilda until he died in 1964. Tommy informed him he had written a book about all their MI5 activities, and that he had kept a copy for Garbo for his own memoirs. Garbo needed the memoirs kept secret as he still needed protection from the Nazis, he also asked Tommy to tell anyone asking after him that Garbo had ‘died’.

1959 – Tomas Harris had spread a rumour to protect Garbo living in Venezuela, that he had died of Malaria in Angola in 1959.

1985 – Garbo came out of hiding from Venezuela to travel to London to be introduced and thanked for his war efforts, by HRH royal Duke of Edinburgh and to meet old colleagues, as he considered it safe to travel again. All German contacts were now dead. It was time for his family to learn about his past...

TOMAS HARRIS (1908 – 1964)

1908 – Tomas Born to my great Grand Parents Lionel and Enriqueta (Rodriquez) Harris

1923 – at 15 years old, won the Trevelyan-Goodall scholarship to Slade School of Fine Art at the London University. Then went on to Rome to study painting and sculpture at the British Academy there.

1930 - Joined his father (Lionel Harris – a Mayfair Art dealer in London and Madrid) in his business and did very well. Tomas worked with ceramics, stained glass, tapestry, and engraving. Tomas inherited his fathers home, 6 chesterfield Gardens, which became a meeting place for MI5’s and SIS’s (MI6) few Bohemian employees. He had an impressive art Collection by Velazquez, Goya and Rubens.

1940 – Tomas was posted to the SOE’s (Sabotage Organization created in July following the fall of France to the Germans) first Special Training School, which had been established at Brickendonbury Hall, in a large country house in Hertford. Tomas and his wife Hilde, stayed there for 6 months and he was then ‘snapped up by MI5’ where he was to conceive and guide one of the most creative intelligence operations of all time – it became known as ‘The Garbo Case’.

1941-Late in 1941 – Head of B1(g) Brooman-White was transferred to SIS (MI6) to run Section V’s unit known as V(d). Tomas Harris was appointed to succeed him. Expansion had taken place and workload was escalating daily. Three secretaries were not enough. Sarah Bishop (fluent in Spanish) who worked in MI5’s French section, was recruited by Tomas and after a brief spell of learning about the role of the security service, Sarah joined Tomas in B1(g).

It was at this time that the pieces of the jigsaw were put together. It now seemed likely to MI5 that the man who had visited the British embassy in Madrid and later in Lisbon to offer his services to the Allied cause, was the same man the Germans had code named ARABEL. It was obvious to MI5 that ARABEL’s information provided to the Germans was fictitious, as his letters written in invisible ink to the Germans contained many errors – such as litres of wine and beer, moving south because of the hot summers in London!, errors in accounts (pre-decimal) always submitted in shillings instead of £ S . – but not so obvious to the Germans. ARABEL also came uncomfortably close to the truth in many ways too. So the question for MI5 was - ‘Is he genuine or a plant by the Germans, should we leave him well alone?’ After many debates and deliberations between MI5 and SIS, it was eventually agreed that the benefits of taking him on outweighed the risks.

1942/Jan – Britain agree to represent the Juan Pujol.

WORK CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS….. between these dates….

1944/September – Tommy and Garbo invented an excuse to avoid having Garbo give co-ordinates of the ‘landings’ of the V2’s, The first V2 bomb, which landed in Chiswick on the 8th September 1944 killing 3 people. As Garbo was expected by the Germans to give co-ordinates of the bomb sites, Garbo ‘got himself arrested by the police’ while supposedly going to the bomb site to determine the co-ordinates. Because of this, the Germans directed Garbo to suspend all operations until instructed otherwise. This was exactly what Garbo and Tomas had hoped for. They both took vacations, the first that either had taken since they started working together over two years before. Tommy and Hilde went to stay at Sarah Bishops parents at Chisbury in Wiltshire, where Tomas picked up his paintbrush and painted farm animals, and Garbo went on a motor tour of the British Isles.

During the 2nd World War Years - Tommy and his wife were lavish entertainers and during the war and moved from Chesterfield Gardens to a larger property, Garden House in Logan Place. He hardly did any painting during the war years.. Garbo described Tommy in his book as “sensible, capable, always impeccably dressed , smoked like a chimney, adored his wife, always cheerful, had an attractive smile, enjoyed good food and wine, had an impressive art collection by Velazquez, Goya and Rubens. He said in Tommy’s early days he was influenced by El Greco school, but later by Goya.

1944/June – When the V2’s fell, Tommy left Chesterfield Gardens and took temporary refuge at the Bull, at Gerrards Cross, NW London.

1964 – Tomas died (and there was an inquest) in Mallorca, driving his new car into a lamp post, while collecting it from port and driving it home. His wife Hilde was also in the car and was thrown clear and survived. She died soon afterwards (two years later possibly). My Grandfather (William Harris, Tomas’s Brother) was specifically named in Tomas’s will, which also mentions Enriqueta (Tomas’s sister). And when Enriqueta’s Obituary was published in the Sunday Times one day in 2006, my father recognised the name and immediately checked it against the copy of Tomas’s Will that he had a copy of. My father then realised that he had made an amazing connection with his own fathers rather large family of MI5 employees, art dealers, artists and antique dealers with whom he had no contact at all since he was a young boy.

…to be continued..

AND the Story continues with all the new discoveries about William Harris….. (1902-1983)

Anthony Blunt

1930 – Ring of spies known as the Cambridge Five - Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, and Anthony Blunt

1944 – Tomas Harris introduced Anthony Blunt to Garbo over dinner once at Garibaldi’s Restaurant in Jermyn Street.

1945 - Tommy and his wife regularly entertained youthful wealthy university graduates, Anthony Blunt the Art historian from the MI5 B1(b), Guy Burgess, David Liddell and Victor Rothschild also from MI5, and Dick Brooman-White, Kim Philby, Tim Milne and Pete Wilson from SIS – MI6’s Special Research team.

1945 – Post War- Blunt had worked at the Courtauld Institute in London before the war and returned there after the war ended . David Liddell became a successful artist, Victor Rothschild became a scientist, Brooman-White was elected a Conservative member of Parliament, Peter Wilson became chairman of Sotheby’s, Burgess went from the BBC into the Foreign Office and later defected to Russia…

1956 – Blunt was Knighted in 1956

1960 - Blunt was awarded an honorary fellowship at Trinity College

1975 – Anthony Blunt who had recently retired as Director of the Courtauld Institute wrote an introduction to an exhibition of Tomas’s Art at the Courtault Institute Galleries which gave a brief mention of Garbo in the Biography.

1978 – Anthony Blunt’s role as a Soviet agent was exposed – albeit under a false name in 1979 and he was publicly named by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the same year. Queen Elizabeth II stripped Blunt of his knighthood, and he was removed as an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College

1981/May – Anthony Blunt interviewed by Nigel West (co author of Garbo) – 18 months earlier Blunt a distinguished Art historian at the Courtauld institute had been exposed publicly as a Soviet Spy and had been stripped of his knighthood and fellowship at Trinity.

Blunt - Wiki link was a Warburg Institute professor; director of the Courtauld Institute and professor at the University of London, before and after the war. He specialised in French and Italian Art. Enriqueta Harris (specialised in Spanish Art) had also worked at the Courtauld Institute so I suspect there is a good chance that they knew each other, especially as they both had connections to MI5.

Wikipedia Links - Tomas Harris, Anthony Blunt, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Cambridge Five

Windsurfing Days – My Dairy of windsurfing days in Maui

2009-11-15T17:51:00.001-10:00

TOTOL DAYS of WINDSURFING = 6

Week 3 – just beginning!!!

Week 2 – Two Days - Sail Sizes 4.5, 4.5

Week 1 – four days - Sail Sizes = 4.5, 4.5, 5.0,5.0

BACK IN MAUI – NOVEMER 2009

2009-11-15T11:11:00.001-10:00

A few photos to get me blogging again…

Guinness wants to go surfing..

2009-03-05T14:52:00.006-10:00

I think Guinness is trying to tell me something????
Its when i see him practising the back loop on the
surf board (in the car) that makes him pretty convincing...
Play the video - are you convinced now too..? ??

Perhaps I should teach him to surf, well there are surfer dogs, why not cats? What about windsurfing too then…? Well, this is Maui after all and Hookipa is exactly where he is looking out to at the end of this video. oo00oh what about boogie boarding (sponging) in the waves… Perhaps he will become famous – HAH! (just kidding)!

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Yoga - Forgotton how much I love it !!!

2008-12-15T12:58:00.002-10:00

Well, I had forgotten how much I love Yoga classes, especially in Maui. I went on Sunday morning and it was as good as it can possibly ever get. What a workout. I loved it... Jennifer's classes are the best... click on this link to check out Yoga with Jennifer Lynn

Humpback Whales have returned to Maui's North Shore Ho'okipa (from Alaska).

2008-12-13T17:56:00.000-10:00

Well at last, humpback whales have arrived in Maui from Alaska to give birth and mate, I saw some yesterday at 4pm from the cliff tops at Ho'okipa. The first ones this winter since returning to Maui in November. I saw about 5 breaches, and it was great to see them again. I just happened to spot the huge breach splashes while running along the diff tops for a little exercise during these recent windless days in Maui. Here are a few pictures I took last year of a whale breaching during the best ever whale watching trip on the sailing boat Scotch Mist II which sails from Lahaina... Maui's South shore historical whaling town.

A REAL WHALE TAIL !!!

*** For more information on Humpback Whales and their annual migration to Hawaii go to the Pacific Whale Foundation's web site

Ke'anae Peninsula, Hana Highway, Maui North Shore, Hawaii

2008-12-09T22:48:00.001-10:00

After an hours drive on the Hana Highway, we arrived at Keanae Peninsula, a favourite quiet location on Maui's North Shore. Not only beautiful scenery, but some lovely wildlife too, in the form of a dragonfly.

Waiting for Rescue, Had a puncture...

2008-12-07T12:15:00.001-10:00

So, Took some MORE photos of windsurfers and Kite surfers at Ho'okipa on ANOTHER windy and wavy day in Maui. The waves have been big for many days now, so i couldnt resist coming to the beach for another photo shoot.

I stopped at the top of the road to Hookipa because the view and the lighting on the waves from up there was lovely.. I then decided to move on and park down in the main car park to sit on the cliffs at the far side, BUT couldn't. I had a puncture. The tyre was SO flat i couldnt even move the car anywhere, so waited for rescue from Bino and Dave. I didnt even try to change the tyre myself because the car was on the slope and i couldnt move the car without at least trying to pump the tyre to roll down to the flat. Dave and Bino came to the rescue, with a battery operated tyre pump which did the trick, at least to get the car to level ground.. the valve was damaged, so the air didnt stay in long.. Well, at least i made myself useful - keeping out of the way and taking more pics while Dave put on the spare tyre - on level ground.....

Thanks Bino and Dave...

Kite surfer on the waves at Ho'okipa

BIG WAVE week at Hookipa in Maui

2008-12-06T08:11:00.001-10:00

ITs been a good week at Hookipa for the surfers and photographers, The waves have been big and the scenery very pretty with lovely lighting in the evenings for some nice pictures of the waves, sky and action.

Here are some photos to summarise a pretty week on Maui. Egrets and Cows love it there too.

Wedge Tailed Shearwater - Successful Release from Ho'okipa

2008-12-02T13:26:00.001-10:00

A happy ending...

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UPDATE to Friday's posting 'SAVE OUR SHEARWATER'

Well what a result!!! I checked in with Kahului Wildlife Rescue today who proudly informed me that the Shearwater I rescued on Friday has been ringed and was successfully released back into the wild later that same day as it had quickly showed great signs of improvement and seemed ready and willing and able to return back to the oceans of Hawaii.... It was returned and released from Hookipa (where I rescued it from certain drowning in the shorebreak) to ensure that it would return to familiar territory just in time for dinner

Photos of Jaws and its resident White Tailed Tropic Bird

2008-11-30T19:00:00.000-10:00

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I could see Jaws breaking in the distance and at the same time I was being checked out by a curious circling tropic bird. Jaws in Maui was biting today! (Thats the wave break on Maui's North Shore), but there were no surfers surfing on the waves today.

I Arrived at a cliff top to view Jaws from afar, an unusual vantage point I must admit, when just checking out over the edge of the cliff, out of the blue, this white tailed tropicbird appeared in front of our eyes, drifting up from the cliff face below us. He circled around us for a short while checking us out and then it was then gone!! Luckily I was quick with my camera and snapped a few pictures.

Check out the Slideshow for more photos of the waves at Jaws today and the graceful white tailed tropic bird. Its all happening in Maui.

Maui Hookipa BIG surf Big Wipeouts - surfers paradise

2008-11-28T12:26:00.007-10:00

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-- Friday 29th November was forcast to be the biggest break of the season, dont know if it measured up to that but they seemed pretty big when viewing them from Hookipa's grassy clifftops just before sunset. There were lots of surfers and lots of wipeouts. The waves have been building all day, and by sunset the waves looked like lots of fun, for the surfers anyway..

Save our Shearwater

2008-11-28T05:00:00.010-10:00

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I arrived at Hookipa beach (Maui) about 11am for a chillout on the beach. Pulling into the parking space I could see the shorebreak and a sea bird struggling to get lift off the lip of each wave. Airborne for just a few seconds each time, it was obviously in trouble as the waves were bringing it ever closer to the rocks on the beach. I hurried down towards it by which time it had just been tumbled right up onto the beach, getting battered by each new wave coming up over it.. I rushed forward and rescued it covering it with my beach towel straight away to avoid stressing it out even more than it already was. It turned out to be a Wedge Tailed Shearwater. Many efforts are made conservation teams to protect these birds.

I made a makeshift burrow out of a beach towel for the Shearwater, in which it seemed very calm and comfortable while it dried its feathers, rested and preened... After an hour or so, it still wasn't showing any signs of gaining strength, so I called bird rescue at Haleakala National Park who work with the State Department of Land and Natural Resources. Stepfanie, a trained bird rescuer arrive promply at Hookipa beach to collect the resting shearwater. She took it back to base (in Kahului) to ring it and care for it until it is strong enough and fully rested for its release again into the wild oceans .... She confirmed what I recognised to be a healthy juvenile, probably recently left its breeding grounds, which had most likely become confused by the lights of the city at night and come too close to land and exhausted itself trying to lift off from and escape from the high battering shorebreaks. She reassured me was showing all signs of being able to make a full and speedy recovery after a little more rest at the rescue center, after which it would be released back to the wild oceans of Maui.

Follow this blog for further information as Stephanie has agreed to inform me of its recovery and release in the near future.

More information about the Wedge Tailed Shearwater
Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Hawaii's Species of Greatest Conservation Need

WHAT to DO if you find a grounded seabird in Hawaii (TEXT taken from State Division of Forestry and Wildlife document - )

Each year Haleakala National Park and the State Department of Land and Natural Resources cooperate to recover these seabirds. The public can also play an important role in assisting and protecting these native birds.
What to do if a grounded seabird is seen?
1. Protect it from hazards such as cars, dogs and cats. Place it in a covered, well-ventilated cardboard box and keep it in a cool or shaded place. Do not give it food or water. Be careful when handling the bird. It may bite.
2. Immediately call Haleakala National Park at 264-5317 (Resources Management cell phone) anytime; or State Division of Forestry and Wildlife at 984-8100, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. After hours please
call the NON-EMERGENCY Police Dispatch (Maui: 244-6400, Molokai 553-5355, Lanai 565-6428) Please provide your name, phone number, when and where the bird was found and any other pertinent information. Messages are checked regularly.
3. Do not release the seabird by yourself. Trained wildlife specialists will inspect the bird for injuries, and release it safely.

Still overweight and still 15lb

2008-11-22T14:03:00.004-10:00

One week later : Perhaps a more flattering photo, but he is still a very heavy cat.. The diet is not doing any good yet! Where is he getting his extra meals from I wonder...

Maui - Week 3 Photos

2008-11-20T20:26:00.010-10:00

Lady Katie, too cold for a dip - Not!!!
Just a cool Sunday morning on Tavares beach !!!

Guinness (because he's black and white and very sleepy ) - A very Fat but Happy Cat, on a strict Diet, 15lb and counting (Down I hope!)

Maui - Week 2 Slideshow

2008-11-17T21:57:00.014-10:00

WEEK 2 - It's been sunny, windy and it has rained, BUT it isnt COLD...

A couple of hot, windless days resulted in visits to the Haleakala summit and a drive around it to views of the South Side. Click PLAY SLIDESHOW to see a slideshow.

Got back on the windsurfer today, not quite windy enough, but good excercise!

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New Art Gallery added to my website

2008-03-23T08:28:00.001-10:00

New Gallery added to my site Click Here

www.anitaharris.com

2008-03-23T08:19:00.001-10:00

I have updated my website, lots of lovely new photos have been added, and now you can buy prints too using Paypal. www.AnitaHarris.com

Male Pheasant

2008-02-11T13:25:00.002-10:00

Cock Pheasant
Originally uploaded by Anita Harris

Looking grand and ready for the breeding season. What a handsome fellow.

Hambledon in Spring

2008-02-11T13:22:00.001-10:00

Hambledon in Spring
Originally uploaded by Anita Harris

I walk in the Surrey countryside, got me this picture. Pretty soon all those sheep are going to be lambing

Jenny Wren - Spring is here

2008-02-11T13:21:00.001-10:00

Jenny Wren - Spring is here
Originally uploaded by Anita Harris

This cute little wren visits me every day, and waits for me to open the door to put her out some mealworms. I know its a she, because she had babies last year and got so tame while raising them.. So she is back, and getting ready for another busy year

Maui, Lahaina Sunset

2008-02-11T08:54:00.001-10:00

Maui, Lahaina Sunset
Originally uploaded by Anita Harris

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Maui Puffer fish

2008-02-11T08:37:00.001-10:00

Maui Puffer fish
Originally uploaded by Anita Harris

Its all about ME -

Heres looking at you kid!

Maui, North Shore Sunset

2008-02-10T07:41:00.001-10:00

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View from the house in Maui

Closeup Seashell

2008-02-10T07:38:00.001-10:00

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Its all about me in a spin

Maui Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

2008-02-10T07:22:00.001-10:00

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A visit to the Maui Aquarium resulted in this photo of the State fish of Hawaii

Funny Face

2008-02-10T03:43:00.001-10:00

Funny Face,
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A face of seashells on the seashore

Maui, Kanaha Rainbow

2008-02-10T03:39:00.001-10:00

Maui, Kanaha Rainbow
Originally uploaded by Anita Harris

Windsurfing in Maui - The NO 1 thing to do!