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Happy Birthday SPAM
75 years ago today Hormel Foods registered and trademarked the meat product SPAM. Any card carrying local worth his weight in salted seemoi has one time or another rejoiced in this invention/concoction/food discovery. Mainlanders, I realize may be put off, nay, repulsed by the notion … Continue reading
Happy to be Home
It’s usually wonderful to come home. Last night was no exception. Husband, kitties, dog, clean house, flowers, familiar furnishings…all put on their best to welcome me back. It’s only been weeks but it felt like months. These dahlias greeted me … Continue reading
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Tagged dahlias, flowers, Hawaii, Life, Van Gough painting
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Orchids Galore
The 59th Hilo Orchid Society Show & Sale opened to the public this morning. Orchid Safari is this year’s theme. As usual, the Orchid Society showcases thousands of flowers in glorious explosive colors and species. As diverse as the flowers were … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, flowers, Fun, Happiness, Hawaii, Lucky You Live Hawaii, orchids, Uncategorized, Whimsy
Tagged acasallis cyanea, Culture, flowers, Fun, Hawaii, Hilo Orchid Society 2011, Life, Lucky Me, miltonia, Orchid, phalaenopsis, Prosperity, ryncostylis retusa
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August Arrives with another Sleepover
Summer welcomes August with a smile and I am still smiling too. I returned from an overnight visit to an organic coffee farm devotedly run by my friends Hillery and Eric. We had been talking of this visit for…say…15 years … Continue reading
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Tagged flowers, Fun, Hawaii, Lucky Me, rose, Summer
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Voyaging canoes
Seven Polynesian voyaging canoes arrived in Hilo from Aotearoa (New Zealand) this past Thursday. These 2 photos are of the canoes’ departure. I took a ton of pictures and would love to post more, but looking outside on this glorious … Continue reading
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Tagged boats, Culture, Fun, Hawaii, Hilo, Life, Summer, voyaging canoes
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Happy Boys Day 5/5
My little neighbor Bodi is only 9 months old. To celebrate his 1st Boys Day I created this cute little fish. Japanese custom is to honor all the boys in the household by dispaying carp, usually by stringing paper carp … Continue reading
Sleepy Sunday
After a fairly busy week; setting up my twice a week booth at the Hilo Farmer’s Market, sewing my YesinDede AlohaWare, attending to my intellectual and social ‘culcha’ with lectures at Lyman Museum on Mauna Loa by a renown volcanist … Continue reading
Orange You Happy?
Good Morning March! As I was standing at the sink washing up some dishes, I glanced to my left and this vision of orangishness captured my attention. A vignette of jars of marmalade, ripening tomatoes, an orange cutting board and oh … Continue reading
