Friday morning I continued the cement work in the back yard, an edging border on the planter wall.
Andrea reading a murder mystery on the beach. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Cropped version.
Andrea reading a murder mystery on the beach. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Cropped version.
They marched past Trump tower.
There was additional seating in the front for non-diners.
Wisp was out of gelato so afterward we went to Russel Convenience for ice cream. Then we walked to the water to see the fireworks.
This was a special Sunday fireworks event, a very large display, with some ten inch mortars. The show was spectacular.
We went to the beach Tuesday afternoon and I saw some serious work happening on the lawn at the aquarium.
On Wednesday my poinciana started blooming.
We gathered in the lobby for the 10:30 tour.
Our tour guide is in the black shirt. He's very enthusiastic about public art.
A very attractive Madge Tennent painting.
A Lionel Walden seascape. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Mary Cooke joined us in the tour.
I liked this abstract in the modern section. Painted in 1995, the artist was born in 1949, a very good year. Click the image to
see the full resolution version.
We walked around the Ilikai after leaving the car with the valet. A conch shell blower was announcing ahiahi (evening torchlighting).
We shared a seafood sausage small plate with our cosmpolitan and Manhattan.
Andrea had the Greek coffee drink and I had the Italian one.
The evening was topped off with the 7:45 Friday evening fireworks at the Hilton Hawaiian.
White mortar bursts.
Red mortar bursts.
I noticed not one, but three police cars.
On Wednesday morning Andrea picked lychee from our tree.
In the afternoon we went to the beach and I saw Jerry with the sodded area.
In the evening we went to Roy's in Hawaii Kai for cocktails and pupu. We had the kin chee seafood panckake, the dim sum canoe for two,
and the crispy Brussels sprouts.
Our waiter gave us a special dessert in honor of our 36th anniversary.
Andrea took this closeup.
To the east is the nice old banyan that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmons) wrote about in his newspaper reports from Hawaii.
Andrea wore her new pussy ears hat. We had lau lau plates catered by Haile's on Kapahulu.
Kamuela Kimokeo and Jerry Santos took the stage first.
Andrea and Joleen took a selfie.
Hot Club Hulaville were sensational.
John Gardner sent me this photo after receiving the book I sent him.
Here is the text of Nainoa Thompson's speech, transcribed by Andrea.
The back step extension is all formed up.
The three 60 lb. bags of concrete is mixed and poured.
At Wisp documentary movie on jazz pianist Betty Loo.
Excellent picnic food. Photo by Andrea.
I walked out to the breakwater beyond the Diamond Head end of the park and took this photo looking back. There's a homeless camp
just before the hau tree at this edge of the park. Click the image to see the full resolution photo.
David invited us into the trailor to see the snail rescue breeding laboratory.
These are the Lila species named after Sam Cooke's grandfather's wife.
We also saw a single snail, the last of one species known to exist.
Will talked to us about the butterfly breeding and redistribution program. Later he gave us four small kamaki plants to grow
at our house.
We had food by Cactus from Kailua. Streetlight Cadence was up first.
Kalani Pea was up next. The final act was Hoku Zuttermeister.
We went to the beach again on Friday and the monk seal and her pup were stil there. Photo by Andrea.
I zoomed in (x8) on this shot.
Bonsai tips for June.
Here are some Chess games I played against the computer in June.
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