Diane asked for a closer picture of the plumeria, so I posted this one on Facebook.
Thursday Hula Camp: preparing hau fibers for cord making.
Kilohana and Andrea.
Andrea and I cut some bougainvillea flowers Thursday afternoon and here they are on Friday along with contributions from others.
The interior of the theater before the show started before I turned off my phone.
The orchid in the house looks great.
Another orchid in the house.
The Bluetti B240 replacement board arrived.
The box is intact.
Zoom screen capture from the Maile Room meeting.
The board seems undamaged.
Wednesday, June 8, Andrea worked on her head lei in the morning before hula camp.
Photo by Andrea.
Blowing out the two lit ones.
The birthday fairy came overnight. I cooked chorizo and eggs for birthday breakfast.
I transplanted a baker's dozen coffee the day before.
Andrea ready for the hoike (recital) at the Manoa Heritage Center, last day of hula camp.
Kilohana told some stories to relax the performers before the show.
The first hula with chant.
More hula.
The final performance with music.
We went to Roy's for birthday dinner. Frying dragon sushi.
Andrea takes a breath to blow out her candle.
Both end covers have been removed.
Front end.
Take two.
Other side of the table.
New board is on the left. I have to move the fan over to it.
Andrea went to an art class taught by Margo at OLLI at UH while I stayed home and worked on the battery backup unit.
The fan has been moved to the new board. I removed the two ribbon cables and it is ready to go in, using the existing cables
on the charging board.
The new board is installed and all the connectors are mated.
The old board is in the foreground and the same error code occurs.
Photo by Kilohana.
Photo by Kilohana.
Kilohana showed us the hula girl in her roof shingles.
Hula class with Kilohana.
Hula class with Kilohana.
Hula class with Kilohana.
They practiced for almost two hours.
After the session. Hawaiian music record collection in the shelves in the corner with the flat Harry B.
We started with Mai Tais at the Plumeria restaurant at the Kahala Hotel. Photo by Andrea.
Caeser salad was next.
Andrea had prosecco and I had Chardonnay from France a bit later.
Andrea had the salmon and I had the prawns. Photo by Andrea.
Detail of the prawns and rice.
Rainbow cake dessert.
A beautiful evening with plumeria blossoms blown on the grass. Photo by Andrea.
"Perfect Evening" coffee desserts. Photo by Andrea.
Some giant flowers. Photo by Andrea.
Looks like something Andy Warhol would do. Photo by Andrea.
The famous footbridge over the lily pond (smaller than actual size). There were two of them.
A one minute video of the 45 minute immersive experience.
Kind of like putting together these photojournal pages. Photo by Andrea.
A scene from Venice. Photo by Andrea.
Video by Andrea.
Monet could paint people too. Meta-painting (painting about painting) in this case. Photo by Andrea.
The gift shop on the way out.
They had a photo-op backdrop set up after the gift shop. I suppose we were expected to take the parasols and do a selfie. Photo by Andrea.
Lois cooked a superb dinner with roast meat, sliced baked potatoes, broccoli, and wonderful desserts of cookies and ice cream.
My plumeria cutting started blooming. I took this photo on Tuesday the 21st.
An old slot machine inside the AAA office in Honolulu.
Andrea went before 8:00 AM to receive the first attending agencies. I arrived just befor 9:00 AM.
HPD was giving out kupuna ID cards, photograph and printing on the spot. Photo by Andrea.
My job was to explain the tsuname and flood zone maps. Photo by Andrea.
Tana, Mary, Adele, and Laurel on the job. Photo by Andrea.
Overview of the fair. Photo by Andrea.
With Charley who helped prepare the maps. Photo by Andrea.
"... there is logical space for a hedonist position which allows properties such as nobility to determine pleasantness, and insists that only pleasantness determines value. But one might well wonder how nobility could affect pleasantness, and why Mill did not just come out with the idea that nobility is itself a good-making property." --Roger Crisp
Because nobility itself (including the knowledge of being noble) feels good.
"Certainly the current trend of quickly dismissing hedonism on the basis of a quick run-through of the experience machine objection is not methodologically sound."
To illustrate my point, tell me what is wrong with this sentence: "I have maximized my well-being but I feel terrible." Further, if I say it gives me pleasure to work toward becoming the kind of person I want to be, will you argue with that?
Shohin shelf outside the kitchen door. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Small shelf with the big plumeria. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
The glass table. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Shelf outside the kitchen window. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Corner of the garden wall. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Garden wall. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Other corner of garden wall. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Back table. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Back table from other side. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Orchid bench under lychee tree. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Wall shelf under plumeria tree. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Growing curb under water heater closet. Click the image to see the full resolution version.
Later in the afternoon Andrea went to her weekly Monday hula lesson at Kilohana's house.
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