Aloha, all! Those of you who follow my personal page on Facebook know that I often post photos of the view of the Pacific Ocean from my apartments’s lanai (balcony). Sometimes the surface of the ocean is dark blue, sometimes light. But it’s always vast as we look towards the horizon. One thing we don’t… [Read More]
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Happy 4th of July!
Aloha, all! My mother frequently used this phrase with me when I was a child and it was time to go somewhere: Better Late Than Never! Yup, I was the one who fiddled with what I was going to wear so much that I made everyone else late. I’ve pretty much grown out of that…. [Read More]
Paper Pumpkin in the Summertime!
Aloha, all! When I heard about the July 2020 Paper Pumpkin kit, the first word that caught my attention was fireflies. Oh my goodness! Do I have amazingly fond memories of running up and down the hill in front of my childhood home in Maryland chasing “lightning bugs” with a jar with holes punched in… [Read More]
Island Hopping – Forever Greenery!
Aloha, all! If ever a State could use a tag line, “Forever Green,” the State of Hawai’i would be the one. It is green almost everywhere you look. Of course we do have a bit of lava here and there (ya think?!). But even in the lava fields, even the newer ones, something green is… [Read More]
Jar of Flowers – Tulips!
Aloha, all! While we have a lot of flowers where I live in Hawai’i, the tulip is not one that I see very often. We typically don’t have cold enough weather to allow the bulbs to go through their normal growth cycle. But I miss tulips, having lived most of my life in areas on… [Read More]
