June 2015 Journal Photos

Sans Souci Beach

Andrea and I went to the beach on Monday afternoon, June 1^st.

Big surf and a strong current, so we swam inside. Photo by Andrea

Big surf in Waikiki. Eight feet and a nearly full moon high tide.

Andrea took a picture of a Pekin duck in the stream at Ani Street on her walk Monday morning, June 2^nd.

Hurricane Tabletop Exercise

Andrea and I went to the CERT exercise at Wailupe elementary school building on Tuesday evening, June 2^nd.

The meeting started at 7:00 PM but then Danny Tengan got a phone call.

Saint Andrew's Priory Pau Hana

Andrea and I went to the Priory pau hana event at a private home in Wailup Circle on Thursday, June 4^th.

People got name tags with their graduating year.

View of the mauna lua. We saw surfers and a turtle. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

Ashley, the youngest alumna present, graduated in 2012.

The next morning, Friday, Andrea went for a walk around the valley and saw this whimsical sculpture. Photo by Andrea.

In the afternoon we went for a swim and I saw them working to upgrade the stage at the Aquarium.

Wailupe valley Hike

Andrea and I went hiking up the valley with Alan and Karen on Saturday, June 6^th.

Leaving the lowlands behind.

At the stream by the bamboo forest.

Ti, mountain apple, and taro at the stream.

On the way down we stopped at the koa tree by the trail.

Emailing my pictures to myself. Photo by Andrea.

We all needed a rest when we got off the trail. Photo by Andrea.

Rainbow Bonsai Club Barbecue

Andrea and I attended the RBC meeting and barbecue on Sunday, June 7^th.

We bought this Black Dragon hibiscus at the Plant Place in Waimanalo. That's where the club meets every month. Photo by Andrea.

We played bonsai bingo. Photo by Andrea.

Andrea helped set up the food.

On Monday afternoon we went to the beach and saw them working on the bandstand again.

Andrea's Birthday

Andrea and I celebrated her sixty-first birthday on Tuesday, June 9^th.

In the morning I scanned the CERT certificate she got last month.

We had cocktails and barbecued teriyaki chicken on the lanai.

I got a fruit tart for a birthday cake. Photo by Andrea.

Andrea blew out the candles on the birthday cake. 61 in binary.

Ke Kani O Ke Kai

Andrea and I took Lenore to the first concert of the summer season on Thursday, June 11^th.

In the morning we went to Waimanalo to buy our lily pond container and on the way back stopped at the lookout to take a picture
of Diamond Head behind the Maunalua bay.

I climbed on the wall to get the photo above. Photo by Andrea.

We had a certificate for lunch for two at Willows from one of the prizes (the tea set, not the glass bowl) we bid on at
Queen Emma's Ball. Photo by Andrea.

I took this photo with Andrea's phone and she uploaded it to Facebook from which I downloaded it and ran gamma correction in
Paintshop Pro.

We brought home a copy of the history of The Willows.

We had dinner by A Place to Eat and wine. Photo by Andrea.

Waiting for the show to start on the Aquarium lawn. Photo by Andrea.

I had the chicken and rice. Photo by Andrea.

Kaiholu was up first, followed by Makana, a slack key guitarist accompanied by bass and percussion. Photo by Andrea.

Makana. Photo by Andrea.

Lily Pond

Andrea and I drove to Waimanalo to pick up our lily pond container, water lily, and guppies on Friday morning, June 12^th.

All set up. Photo by Andrea.

Adding the fish. Photo by Andrea.

I got a photo of the first flower of the season for my potted shower tree.

The Black Dragon hibiscus has its first bloom since planting in the ground. Photo by Andrea.

I repotted the schefflera in the rustic saucer we got at Geobunga. Photo by Andrea.

Feeding the fish with tetra-color flakes. Photo by Andrea.

Wedding Anniversary

Andrea and I had dinner at Sarento's at the Top of the Ilikai to celebrate our 34^th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 13^th.

This is the card Andrea gave me in the morning along with a new Rix shirt. "You are the stars in my sky, you are my
everything, Happy Anniversary with all my love, ♥ Andrea"

Our waiter took our photo of our toast, both on Andrea's and then on my camera.

I wore my new Rix shirt "Hickam."

Our gratis dessert of tiramisu. I had the Italian Stallion coffee drink.

Sunday morning Andrea took Lenore for a drive to Makapuu while I stayed home and exercised.

Sunday evening we had Stephany over and barbecued buffalo meatballs.

On Tuesday the 16^th we went to the beach and saw the fireworks being destroyed by the city from a boat.
Photo by Andrea.

Wednesday at the beach, metaphotography. It took three days to play this chess game (text file).

More metaphotography while Andrea reads in the background.

Sabrina's Graduation Party

Andrea and I took Lenore to Sabrina's graduation party at Seafood Village restaurant in the Hyatt Hotel in Waikiki on Saturday morning, June 20^th.

Zack and Sabrina greeted us on our arrival at the restaurant. Zack photographed guests with Sabrina.

A beautiful Chinese restaurant.

The party filled two large rooms.

The smaller room was for mostly high school friends.

The other half of the smaller room.

Fathers' Day

Fathers' Day is also the summer solstice this year, June 21^st.

Andrea gave me a Shelby Cobra 1/32 scale model and fixed eggs Benedict for breakfast.

Andrea picked lychees this morning and gave some to Mrs. Young and kept some for a fruit salad. Photo by Andrea.

The fruit salad for tonight. Photo by Andrea.

Dinner included both barbecued chicken and steak.

Lots of yummy side dishes too.

Bar dips at the Natatorium on Tuesday the 23^rd. Photo by Andrea.

Stage reconstruction at the Waikiki Aquarium.

Early Wednesday morning Andrea went for a walk and took this photo of Wailupe Valley.

Wednesday morning we went shopping in preparation for my upcoming trip to the mainland and I took this one of Andrea
at the Verizon stall in Kahala Mall. The technician there gave me a pointer on the use of my LG Android phone.

My latest mahogany box project is coming along.

At the beach the lifeguards gave up on warnings and went right to physical barriers to keep the walkway open.

Ke Kani O Ke Kai

Andrea and I took Lenore to the concert at the Waikiki Aquarium on Thursday evening, June 25^th.

We got dinners from Da Spot and wine from Barefoot. Photo by Andrea.

Bruddah Wade, KINE, was master of ceremonies.

Maila and Ben were up first. Photo by Andrea.

Sean Na'auao was the headliner with his son to his right on guitar with lovely hula dancer Sarah.

Andrea picked lychee in our back yard on Friday.

We had a fifth of an inch of rain overnight Sunday morning. Andrea took this photo of the stream.

I flew to the mainland on Tuesday, June 30^th, to visit family after my father's death in a care facility in Carmel last Monday, planning to visit Walter (visiting with David and Richard), Beverly, Christina, Lisa and her two kids Andrew and Lauren, and John III. Obituary.

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