Hurricane Iselle

Mahalo to everyone who emailed or texted to check up on me during Hurricane Iselle. She certainly threatened to bring heavy wind and rain to the Kona area, but she totally missed us. The Hilo side of the island got hit pretty hard, and Maui got its fair share, but Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa protected us here in Kona.

We got virtually NO rain, and here's a little video of the most windy afternoon of the entire hurricane.

Nothing to get excited about, huh?

Weekend in Honolulu

Barbara, Megan, and Jeff are on Oahu this week. Last Friday after work, I flew over to spend the weekend with them. We did touristy things: climbed Diamond Head and visited the Arizona Memorial. And we hit several farmer's markets and art festivals.

Enjoy the pictures!


Dana and Megan at the trail head

Barbara and Megan about halfway up

We climbed many stairs

We climbed through tunnels

We all made it to the top! 

Honolulu from the top of Diamond Head

The Arizona Memorial

I had returned home to my real life when Barbara sent this picture from the Honolulu Museum of Art. The horses are made of driftwood. The artist is from a little artsy fartsy community just a few miles from me.

Aloha y'all!

My Ohana is Your Ohana

I now have a spin-off blog dedicated to the ohana. ((Look at the top of the blog archive.))
I'll keep you informed about:
Amenities
Availability
Upgrades
Enticements to encourage you to come for a visit!

Aloha y'all!

Spring Blooms

My hibiscus are in bloom !!!

The blooms on this variety are about 10 inches across:

 The rest of these are normal sized:

Aloha y'all!

Spring Rain

I know the Bay Area is having a pretty serious drought, but here's what my unofficial rain gauge collected in the past 4 days...

Just last week, I planted my Spring garden, and I'm sure all this rain got those little seeds excited. We've now got 3 little pineapples growing. I promise not to pick them until you get here.

While the rain pounded down yesterday, Sophie had to entertain herself indoors.

Aloha y'all!

 

Back to my Tropical Garden

I've been back from San Jose for a couple of weeks, and I'm finally settled back into home life.

While I was gone, my tomatoes and baby pineapples continued to bloom and grow, bloom and grow. ('respect' to those who got that reference)

Here's the newest member of our pineapple crop. Notice that it's still got the purple blossoms attached.

And her big brother:

Other tropicals that I planted last year... these are all crotons, from left to right: Rooster Tail, Duck Foot, and Thai String.

Aloha, y'all!

Aloha, San Jose, Aloha !!

While I was in San Jose, I was able to see many friends and visit many favorite restaurants. It was a busy busy week and, as much as I loved seeing everyone, I'm happy to be home again.

I stayed with Barbara and Steve and Megan (and the furkids, Hannah and McKenna). McKenna (a wire-haired terrier who is stone deaf) slept with me every night and was a great bed buddy! She took up much less space on the bed than Sophie!!!

The four of us went to the Sharks Tank and watched the Sharks play the Kings for their last regular-season game of the year. The Sharks won. And now, as I'm sure you know, the Sharks are destroying the Kings in the playoffs.

If you are one of my many friends whom I wasn't able to see on this trip, I'm sorry. Next time?