We had fruit bowls and cross buns for breakfast Easter morning. Photo by Andrea.
Monday afternoon I went to the beach while Andrea went to her first physics class at UH. It started raining when I got there.
In physics class. Photo by Andrea.
Monday afternoon I went to the beach while Andrea went to her first physics class at UH. It started raining when I got there.
In physics class. Photo by Andrea.
The class was well attended.
My first picture during break the class.
Moving in on the texture of the rocks with lichen.
The courtyard. My favorite of the day. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Not my best picture but the worst subject matter.
A fisherman's gear on the beach.
After pull ups and bar dips I saw a dead stick fish on the sand.
Nanette gave a talk on history and then we hiked up to the great ancestral tomb for the official ceremony.
Offerings, including a roast pig were placed on the altar. Speakers included the consul of Taiwan and a representative
from the Mayor's office. We had a moment of silence for Senator Daniel Akaka who passed away at 5:00 AM this morning.
A military honor guard presented the colors and the national anthem was sung.
A flock of white doves was released, followed by the lighting of the the firecrackers.
These graves on the highest ground have the best views.
Nanette led us to Chang Apana's grave where we did our own ching ming ceremony. First we cleaned the tombstone.
Nanette told us about Chang Apana's exploits as the detective on whose career the Charlie Chan novels are based. Photo by Andrea.
Five food bowls, chopsticks, and cups are placed. Clap and kowtow three times. Photo by Andrea.
Paper boats and money are burned. Photo by Andrea.
Then we burned "money" and paper boats and threw a pack of firecrackers on the fire. This is one note I salvaged from the stack.
Nanette asked the attendant to unlock the bone house for us and we looked inside at the jars and boxes of bones.
A look back at the cemetery as we prepare to leave. Photo by Andrea. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Ed Murakami, President of Classic Bonsai Club, demonstrated with a prostrata juniper he had grown for 12 years from a cutting.
Photo by Andrea.
Some good material in a concrete bonsai pot.
Ed did lots of pruning and wiring. Photo by Andrea.
Ed also brought some non-living bonsai he made as additional drawing prizes. Everyone got one free ticket. Photo by Andrea.
Nadia and Ryan with their trees. Photo by Andrea.
I was the very lucky winner of the main prize. Photo by Andrea.
These are in six inch pots.
After the meeting we worked on our bonsai. Photo by Andrea.
Alan brought the Brazilian pepper that he won after my demonstration two months ago.
Andrea gave a tour for Kamehameha students in the morning. Photo by Andrea.
We went for a swim first and then waited outside the Aquarium for the talk to begin.
Dr. Angel Yanagihara gave the talk on the stings of box jellyfish.
After the talk we walked to the Moana hotel beach bar for mai tais and pupu.
We listened to Hawaiian music with hula.
We had a lovely sunset on the walk back to the car.
Ashlee tending bar at the Kaimana Hotel.
Inside is the easel I made for Andrea that we later donated to the center.
We split the Kamehameha students into two groups. Andrea returns with her group.
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now at 408 PPM. My friend John Gardner says it means nothing.
I went to the beach in the afternoon while Andrea got out the minutes for the Aina Hain Prepared meeting last Tuesday. This is
the coconut grove at Sans Souci Beach Park. Click the image to see the full resolution view.
We talked to Harry B. Soria (Territorial Airwaves) and his hula kumu wife Kilohana, and Alan and Karen.
Inside Cat had set up the star compass. Kilohana led us in a voyaging chant.
Afterwards we went to Wisp for Manhattans, calamari, and "seafood dynamite." It took an hour to get home due to flooding on
the Kalanianaole Highway, closing it from Aina Haina to Makapuu.
At the Red Cross headquarters near Diamond Head with Angela and Bess. We checked every street in northeast Hawaii Kai. No visible damage.
The juniper raft. Note the cracked pot. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Doug Chin presented a commendation to the Society.
Afterward Andrea and I went to Wisp but didn't get prompt service so we left and went to the Kaimana Hotel for drinks and pupu.
Yummy desserts.
On the way back from breakfast we passed the Fiesta Mart Video Rentals that also sells fresh vegetables and frozen meat.
We went to the beach in the afternoon and on the way back we stopped at the debris basin in Wailupe Valley and noticed that
it's completely full. Photo by Andrea who is notifying the proper authorities. One of the recommendations of the Army Corps of
Engineers to help prevent flooding is to enlarge the debris basin. Maintaining the existing one is necessary.
General manager Jessica was the first to speak.
Then Jenny spoke.
Mary Cooke got a standing ovation even before she spoke.
People listended attentively to Mary's talk.
Andrea and Emily at the reception table.
Aloha and Kilohana performed hula to the live music. I talked a bit with Harry B. Soria, far right, who's radio program Territorial
Airwaves is the longest running radio program in Hawaii, and will surpass Hawaii Calls this year.
Rain barriers and a canopy were set up but the rain storm didn't materialize. We had only light passing showers.
I photographed the photographer, Lianne, in this posed shot.
I cropped and gamma corrected the photo above for this to turn in as a portrait assignment in my photography class.
Sigrid and me with the musicians as they pack up. Photo by Andrea.
Friday morning Andrea went to Kuliouou to help Malama Maunalua with the limu huki, giving a watershed talk to 14 students.
We walked across Kalanianaole Highway to the house that had been flooded with three feet of muddy water.
Andrea and I were on the patio crew.
We met out front for a water and pastry break.
Andrea cleaned furniture that had been stacked by the pool.
Beach Cities Robotics shared this photo of their robot at the FRC Championship competition in Houston. BCR won the World
Championship in 2010, the last year that Andrea and I mentored the team before moving to Hawaii.
Musicologist Dr. Lynn Johnson gave her pre-show talk about the opera as usual. Onegin rejects the love of a young woman,
Tatiana, later kills his best friend in a duel, and finally falls in love with Tatiana who remains faithful to her husband.
Outside during the first intermission, Andrea is beautiful in her muu muu and gold necklace.
After the opera we went to Cafe Sistina for dinner. It was a good thing we had reservations (and Open Table considers me a
"VIP" customer) because for the first time on a Sunday, we found it crowded. The waiter had to turn away some people without
reservations. Andrea had the fish piccata and I had the jumbo shrimp salad. The Soave Classico white wine was very good and
we completed our dinner with spumoni gellato. I practiced a little of my Italian on the waiter.
Creation of Adam in the background. Photo by Andrea.
We stopped in Kahala Mall on the way to the beach on Monday to tell store employees about the Eastside Community Preparedness
Fair that Aina Haina Prepared is putting on for the third year, and to pick up a prize donation from Compleat Kitchen.
After pull ups behind the Aquarium I took this photo of boats offshore at 8X zoom.
Waiting for the photograph.
Cropped photo above.
That evening Andrea and I attended an Aina Haina Prepared planning meeting for the community preparedness fair coming up in May.
Wednesday morning we saw what appeared to be city personnel inspecting the stream.
Jessica adressed the guests and then she introdced Mary Cooke.
I wore my red aloha shirt from Na Mea Hawaii. Photo by Andrea.
The Manoa Halau in action.
Mayor Kirk Caldwell attended.
Friday it started to drizzle as I arrived at the beach while Andrea took pictures of Wailupe Stream.
A large canopy goes up for an event at the Aquarium.
The house next to Kualii where Sam Cooke grew up. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Greeting guests at the Visitor and Education Hale.
Kokia Cookei blooming profusely. A very rare native hibiscus.
Sam Gon led a oli (chant) before his talk at Kukaoo heiau.
The view of the visitor hale from the lower lawn.
Learning about Hawaiian crafts. Photo by Andrea.
Having a game of konane while Helen Nakano looks on. Photo by Andrea.
All kinds of good treats there. Sign on the right says "Hi, I'm Scoopy, Dave's seal of approval."
Getting back in the car for the drive back to Kuliouou.
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