September 2017 Journal Photos

Andrea with Jim, the bonsai display coordinator for the Hawaii Bonsai Association (HBA).

The bonsai display looks nice. My tree is the larger one in the middle.

Andrea took photos of the trees.

Penjing style allows ceramic figures. Bonsai does not. This one belongs to HBA President Warren Yamamoto.

We couldn't resist a photo in the lion's mouth. Photo by Andrea.

Entertainment at the stage in the park.

Inside the Okinawan cultural tent.

Andrea payed for her purchases in the shopping tent.

Strange things these days at the supermarket checkout line. Photo by Andrea.

Dennis worked on the club bonsai, a raft style Hollywood juniper, kept at Keith's house.

Dennis talked a lot about the philosophy and practice of bonsai.

The event was well attended. We had a benefit drawing afterward, but the demonstration tree was kept by the club for future display.

The Okinawan Festival was very crowded when we arrived. Andrea dropped me off across the park and then went to find parking on Campbell Ave.

There was a continuous stream of visitors to the bonsai exhibit.

Entertainment included the headlining singer from Japan.

On Monday, Andrea and I went to Slumber World on Beretania to buy a queen sized guest bed and a new king sized matress for us.

In the morning we went to the UH Credit Union to withdraw from my IRA to pay for the new guest bed we bought at Slumber World.
Then we went to pay for it, and then stopped at Manoa Heritage Center to pick up materials for tomorrow's volunteer event at UH.

After stopping at the Aina Haina post office to mail a box to Becky and Eric, we arrived at the Civil Defense Operations Center
inside Diamond Head crater.

Helen received her award.

Danny received his award.

Andrea receiving her certificate of recognition.

All the honorees with Vern, the Civil Defense manager.

Andrea's certificate.

On Wednseday, Andrea helped to recruit volunteers for Manoa Heritage Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Photo by Andrea.

The rug looks good in the guest bedroom.

We went to the beach in the afternoon. It wasn't crowded.

Steve taught the ham class.

Camillo photographed us preparing lonomea and wiliwili seeds.

Retired veterenarian Brian and I went looking for the wiliwili tree near the Hamilton Library.

There's a beautiful 1961 Charlot tile installation on the ground floor of Saunders Hall.

After preparing the seeds we went downstairs to mix potting soil and plant them in tall plastic pots.

It was a clear Monday morning when we drove to town for surgery with Dr. Ellison for removal of a skin cancer from the top of my head.

We went to lunch at Gyotaku.

We entered just as they opened at 10:00 AM and renewed our membership, and paid the extra ten dollars to see the abstract show.

The Hawaiian art exhibit had a Madge Tenant in view upon entering.

Lloyd Sexton's "Egrets and Pandanus" screen was behind glass. We have a print of this in the middle bathroom.

On Thursday afternoon Andrea studied for our ham radio class with Napoleon's help.

On Friday Faye posted some photos from Paris. The Pantheon.

Faye's daughter Madeline in Paris.

Malia sent us some photos from a trip to a museum. Cute!

Some birds there.

Kids together at the museum.

The Manoa Valley Theater has a graveyard in front.

The stage setting for The Full Monty.

After the musical play we went around to the shopping center and had dinner at Paesano's restaurant.

We had a table by the window. Lenore has the crab cakes. Andrea and I had tacos.

We took a drive around Makapuu and saw a paraglider in the updrafts along the clifs.

We drove a little way past Sea Life Park and stopped to see the monk seal lounging in a sandy bottomed tide pool.

The monk seal's name is Right Spot.

This is the biggest ficus benjamina that I have ever seen. It was planted in 1933 and shades the parking lot behind the Church
of the Crossroads.

People began to arrive around 11:00 AM and kept on coming past the starting time of noon.

Alan greeted the guests. It was a full house.

There was table seating for 120 and a few dozen chairs in the back for overflow.

After the business meeting, we had lunch, followed by the video of conversations between Mits and Roger Long.

On Monday afternoon we went to the beach and saw two monk seals, Rocky, foreground, who gave birth to Kaimana last summer,
and a new young male companion. Photo by Andrea.

I took this photo of the pair a while later.

On Tuesday Andrea and I drove to Physician's Office Building (POB II) to get my head stitches removed. This is the view from the
fourth floor parking structure. That's the Board of Water Supply building in the foreground.

Tuesday evening I taught a class on introduction to programming for the Kalani High School robotics team.

Over 50 years ago, my mother at Heidelberg Bridge. The statue is Carl Theodor who had the bridge built 1788.

Yesterday, Becky at the same place. Photo by Anita Meldt. Click the image to see the full resolution and uncropped version.

I got this photo as I was returning from the Natatorium/Aquarium end of Sans Souci Beach Park.

It had just gotten dark when we got there.

The stage set. It was a powerful musical play about class and prejudice. Photo by Andrea.

Faye joined us for cocktails before dinner.

Faye and Andrea made up the guest bed for a trial run.