Aloha Party Photos

Barbara, Steve, and Megan gave me the most awesome going away party the night before I left!!! My apologies that it's taken me this long to thank them on the blog and post these wonderful pictures. Megan was the Official Party Photographer and she did a great job.

Apologies to everyone who had to have their picture taken with that extremely tired and haggard-looking woman. I worked 24/7 for that last month to get my project finished to that I could finally leave! I'm looking/feeling much better now. :)

Here come the pictures...



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Photos continue...

Photos continue...

 

   
            Megan made these!


  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

That's it! Aloha, y'all!

Aloha Coconut

Our dear, sweet Coconut is gone. He was murdered on Wednesday night by a pack of coyotes. There are no words for how tragic this is or how devastated we all are. Coconut was Misha's best dog friend, and I can only hope they have found each other in Heaven.



Aloha, dear Coconut.

Pictures!

I'll use these pictures to tell the stories of my recent adventures:

Itsy Bitsy Baby Gecko

He's no more than an inch and a half long. Lapping up rain water from my railing.

Tree Dudes Trimming My Palms

They use a strange sling device to climb the trees and machetes to whack the 10' long palm fronds.

Morning View from My Bed

View from My New Office

Typical Sunset

 Aloha y'all!

Settling In

Ha'iku Place is starting to feel like home. I've got my bed and favorite pillow and Internet access - all the necessities. Slowly but surely I'm working my way through the 300 boxes in my garage and finding things I haven't seen in over a year.

I've hired a gardener and tree trimmer, and I've interviewed a fence guy (gotta have a fence before I can have a dog). I feel as if I've done a lot in a week, but I've got SO much more to do. I'd love to get out in the garden and putter, but getting the house to some minimum level of functionality has to come first.

And sadly... sometime this week, I've got to unpack my work computer and make sure I'm ready to start work on Monday.

Today I vote as an Hawaiian!

Aloha y'all!