March 2022 Journal Photos

Sans Souci Beach

I drove Becky and Bill to the beach Tuesday morning, March 1, while Andrea went shopping at Foodland.

Bill and Becky in the water after my swim.

Becky coming out of the water. Then she walked with me when I went to do my pullups.

We saw this hot rod leaving the beach park.

I downloaded this Calvin and Hobbes cartoon from Facebook on Wednesday the second. Fair use for educational purposes. When you need
a philsopher (you need him bad). Answer: having fun is the point of human existence. The more, the merrier. War is fun's opposite.

Becky's Birthday

Becky drove early in the morning to the Ka Iwi coast to watch the sunrise with uncle Bill on Friday, March 4. When she got home, we had breakfast and presents waiting for her.

A pop-up cake with music. Bill gave her a card and some cash. Photo by Andrea.

Chocolate covered fortune cookies. Eric gave her some cards. Photo by Andrea.

A poke cook book. Also some earrings, custom masks, a scrunchie, and a shopping bag. Photo by Andrea.

Friday evening we went to Princess Keelikolani Middle School for the monthly Night Market on First Friday.

Central Intermediate was renamed for Princess Ruth recently.

We walked over to Saint Andrew's Priory and I saw a tree with big pink flowers.

We went back to the night market and ordered dinner to take home, talked to the school principal inside for a while, and then
Bill won a Hawaiian Telecom frisbee which we played with for a while. Photo by Andrea.

Becky played too. The frisbee is right in front of the mural of Princess Ruth. Photo by Andrea.

We took the food home for dinner and had tiramisu cake with binary candles. The big end is on the right: 32 + 4 + 1. Photo by Andrea.

Chair Repair

Becky helped me repair one of the rattan chairs.

Becky points to the loose back joint to be repaired. Photo by Andrea.

We used epoxy and wire turnbuckles. Photo by Andrea.

Filling the top hole and crack with epoxy. Photo by Andrea.

Oahu County Democrats Meeting

The meeting was held Saturday morning, March 5, on Zoom.

County Chair Lorna Strand called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM.

Sunday morning Becky continued the chair repair.

Sunning on the beach. Photo by Becky.

Ta da! Photo by Andrea.

On the way back from Sans Souci Beach, Andrea stopped at the Diamond Head Lookout. We saw no whales.

Mai tais for all. Photo by Becky.

Over several days we watched the first four Pink Panther movies on Plex. Photo by Becky.

Aina Haina Prepared (AHP) Monthly Planning Meeting

The meeting was held Tuesday evening, March 8, on Zoom, at 7 PM.

We went to the beach in the morning. Photo by Andrea.

Bill and me. Photo by Andrea.

Photo by Becky.

Becky got a ginger lei before we drove her to the airport.

At six o'clock, we attended the Zoom presentation by Malama Maunalua on flooding risk reduction.

AHP Zoom screen capture.

Dinner at Roy's

We went to dinner at Roy's in Hawaii Kai with Bill on Wednesday evening, March 9, at 5:30 PM.

We went to the beach on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Andrea.

Back in Connecticut.

We arrived well before sunset. Photo at 5:29 PM.

Coffee with a Cop

Andrea and I attended this event at Starbucks in Kahala Mall on Friday morning, March 11, at 9:00 AM. We stayed for a while, I had some coffee and a blueberry scone, and then we went shopping at Whole Foods.

Several policemen were greeting the public.

A photographer was there too.

Bocce and Dinner with Paul and Faye

We invited Paul and Faye over for a game of bocce and dinner of barbecued lamb on Saturday, March 12.

Bill completed the puzzle he had been working on that afternoon so we gave him a kukui nut lei as a trophy.

Eating lamb with the red wine Paul and Faye brought.

Sunday morning Bill and I played a game of chess.

Visit to the Bishop Museum

We took Leon and Judy to the Bishop Museum on Thursday, March 17, Saint Patrick's Day.

We first visited the kahili room.

Entering Hawaii Hall. Photo by Andrea.

The big kii are Ku and Kane.

At the hale.

On the third floor with the sperm whale.

Looking at the displays.

Cocktails on the lanai in the evening with corned beef and cabbage dinner afterward.

Friday afternoon we went to Costco for supplies for Saturday's dinner and bocce tournament.

Oahu County Convention

Andrea and I attended the Democratic Party convention on Saturday, March 19, via Zoom.

The call to order. About 215 delegates attended.

From the Region 1 video that Andrea put together.

The Region 1 breakout session.

The banana tree that Carl gave us is having bananas again. Photo by Andrea.

Rainbow Bonsai Club Meeting

Andrea and I attended the Rainbow Bonsai Club monthly meeting on Sunday, March 20, 9:00 AM, at Enchanted Lake Community Park in Kailua.

An American Kennel Club dog show was in progress in one part of the park.

Scott gave his Treasurer's report. Photo by Andrea.

President Pat talked about his juniper. Photo by Andrea.

Mel brought a ficus salicifolia to show. Photo by Andrea.

Talking about my Chinese ficus. Photo by Andrea.

John brought two weeping style trees, the one on the left is a haggerbush. Photo by Andrea.

Mel took a timer photo of us all. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

Andrea visited Lenore in the afternoon. Photo by Andrea.

Ron sent me a certificate of induction today, March 21.

Rainwater Assessment

Andrea and I got our free rainwater assessment from Monana Maunalua on Tuessday afternoon, March 22.

Lauren and two interns came to check out our property. Photo by Andrea.

Posing with the rain gauge. Photo by Andrea.

Sans Souci Beach

Andrea and I went to the beach on Wednesday morning.

Gavan gave a public Zoom talk on shelters on Tuesday evening for Aina Haina Prepared.

I couldn't resist a photo of the rainbow over the moana.

Andrea couldn't resist a photo of me taking the photo of the rainbow over the moana.

The best time to photograph the natatorium is in the morning when it's sunlit. I did five pullups.

Cutting palm fronds in front of the Sans Souci Apartments.

We had a CICRN (Cross Island Communities Resilience Network) Zoom meeting at 10:00 AM.

The Mits Aoki Legacy Foundation put on a Zoom presentation on the new digitized archives. There were a peak of 120 participants.

Here are links to the Papers at the UH Manoa Library.

Videos at UluUlu.

The Mits Aoki Legacy Foundation.

Trip to Sand Island

Andrea and I went to Sand Island to meet David and look at cabinets for the kitchen Thursday, March 24.

One of my favorite writers, downloaded from Facebook. I like the cat. The "as above, so below" is just bullshit.

I got a new hose on Wednesday. Yes, it's art. I call it 'Hose Pose.'

We spent a couple of hours looking at cabinet materials.

They have what appears to be a Jackson Pollock there, but it's probably an imitation.

So many to choose from.

We also went to Ferguson on King Street to look at appliances.

Friday, March 25, the bananas are growing. Photo by Andrea.

39 Steps at the Manoa Valley Theater

Andrea and I saw the farce 39 Steps at the Manoa Valley Theater on Saturday afternoon, March 26.

I got a photo of the theater interior before I turned off my phone.

Photo by Andrea.

MVT publicity image downloaded from Facebook.

Lunch with Paul and Faye

Andrea and I took the cabinet board sample back to the shop on Sand Island and then went to Paul and Faye's apartment for lunch on Monday, March 28. Paul cooked a delicious salmon and there were vegetable and beef dishes too. Faye asked me questions about my book.

They have corner view of Chinatown.

Stolen Bonsai

When I went out to get the newspaper at 7:30 AM on Thursday morning, March 31, I noticed that two of my bonsai on the right end of the shelves in the front yard were missing, obviously stolen in the night.

The two missing were on the right side of the bonsai bench. Photo by Andrea.

Two bonsai were stolen overnight from the shelves in the front. This is the mock orange.

This is the citrus. Police report 22-125603C.Hood102448.

Breakfast at Zippy's

Andrea and I met Eriza of the UH Foundation for breakfast at Zippy's at 9:00 AM on Thursday morning, March 31.

We arrived early so we got some cat food at the vet's across the parking lot from Zippy's.

Photo by Andrea.

We had a good breakfast and talked about the scholarship fund set up by Andrea's mom in Don's name.

I worked on one of the citrus that was not stolen, unwiring and pruning. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

I moved a ti in a concrete pot to the bench. Still one empty spot. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

Dinner at Roy's

Andrea and I had dinner at Roy's in Hawaii Kai on Thursday evening, March 31.

A martini and a cosmo.

Dueling metaphotography.

Diamond Head in the distance, invisible in the photograph.

Dessert with Gran Marnier.

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