Orange hibiscus flower. Photo by Andrea.
Andrea drove Joleen and got there early. Setting up the food table. Photo by Andrea.
Group photo by Kilohana.
A tremendous evening. Photo by Andrea.
Andrea drove Joleen and got there early. Setting up the food table. Photo by Andrea.
Group photo by Kilohana.
A tremendous evening. Photo by Andrea.
The 6:30 meeting started on time with a good turnout.
Stephanie chaired the meeting and all business was conducted in just half an hour.
Andrea went to hula on Wednesday and to lunch at the Vietnamese place in Manoa with the halau afterward.
Andrea went to hula on Sunday the seventh with the halau at Kilohana's house.
Paul and Faye using the book and board I gave them. Photo by Paul sent on April 7.
The Quotes of Steven Wright: 1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. 2 - Borrow money from pessimists--they don't expect it back. 3 - Half the people you know are below average. 4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. 6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. 7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. 8 - If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain. 9 - All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand. 10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. 11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend--but she left me before we met. 12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark? 13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink? 14 - If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. 15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. 16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. 17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. 18 - Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now. 19 - I intend to live forever. So far, so good. 20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? 21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. 22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice? 23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." 24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name? 25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. 26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. 27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. 28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread. 29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. 30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. 31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. 32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it. 33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. 34 - If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. 35 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work? (Yes, but they would be blue-shifted to zero wavelength.)
When I got there after noon a conference of school principals was going on.
The potting table was being refurbished with new cabinets.
Andrea and I cut the bananas from our tree.
We saw our friend Joyce and her friends in the Aina Haina ohana and I took their picture.
Before the show started I walked up to the rear of the theater and got this overall shot. It became a full house and a standing ovation at the end.
Across King Street was a government building with a statue of Kamemeha I.
We waited for the 9:45 tour in the shadd of the banyan tree.
Portraits of royalty hung in the entry hall.
More portraits.
More portraits.
More portraits.
Eric sent us this photo on his birthday. He had received the edible arrangement we sent.
We chose the buffet option for dinner. I stared with a big plate of salad. Andrea had a mixture of foods.
A three-ukulele band played some jazz and Hawaiian music. Kama, in the center, had his ukulele strung as a bass.
Later, Aloha and Mark asked us to move to the table near them. It has a much better view of the band.
Kilohana and some of her friends were at a table near Mark and Aloha.
Aloha danced to a number with a guest singer.
I captured some of the hula on video.
Thursday morning Andrea went for a pedicure and manicure.
When she got home she photographed this Michiko hibisus in the painted pot.
Friday night I was notified I had won several Outstanding Creator Awards for my book Bonsai Hawaiian Style:
"Be Thou My Vision was sung by Leon Williams.
The celebration was quite well attended.
She was happy to see us and I gave her a kiss too.
Everyone greeted betty when they arrived.
Grandson Zack and his fiance. Zack was one of our best programmers on the Lego League team at Niu Valley Middle School. Now he is an engineer.
There was a big turnout for Betty at this fine restaurant.
Blowing out the candles on the ice cream cake.
Finalist: Beach Cities Robotics made it to Einstein Field in Houston at the 2024 FRC World Championship.
A remarkable feat for my former team in the South Bay, California. Congratulations to all.
Monday evening we went to the Kapiolani Park Preservation Society meeting at the Outrigger Canoe Club.
Brent and Edward Go to Hawaii: I wrote one query to a literary agent today and got one rejection. A summary file will be posted later, but I have made about 60 queries so far, and have about a hundred to go to query every agency in the English-speaking world that accepts science fiction manuscripts. I query one agent per agency, trying to select the best fit. I consicer a pass from one to be a pass from all at an agency.
We arrived early and I took a couple of photos of the grounds.
Andrea and I saw the dolphins swim by.
Andrea and I went to the Sunset Seminar at the Kahala Hotel. They have one on an environmental subject every month and they’re free to kamaʻāina and hotel guests. Kahala Hotel also pays for valet parking and serves free pupu, which really makes it an attractive date night for us. This one, on a Thursday evening, was a presentation by Protect and Preserve Hawaiʻi (PPH) which provided an overview of their programs. The speaker was their PR person, Lisa. She had a lot of experience and had worked in front of cameras for TV news programs, so was a polished and professional presenter.We arrived early and told the parking valet that we were attending the Sunset Seminar. We walked downstairs past orchid covered stone walls lining the stairs, and into the Waialae room. There, Taylor, who puts on these events, greeted us and had our parking stub validated. We picked a good place to sit at one of the many round tables, and, as we were early, went for a walk outside where we saw a pair of dolphins swimming as we walked across a bridge near their pool.
Back inside, I got two glasses of wine at the bar set up in the back of the room, and we sat down to wait for the show to start. After a while Tyrone, the founder of PPH, came in with his partner. Then Tyrone went to the bar and returned with two drinks. He put one drink down on the table in front of his partner and, still holding one, began talking to some people at the table behind them. I waited until he stopped talking to walk over and introduce myself.
“Hi, Tyrone. I’m Rick.” I stuck out my hand and we shook. “We met at the Koko Crater event. (Andrea and I had spent a morning pulling weeds in a native garden there). I’m here with Andrea,” and I gestured toward her with my hand. He recognized her and I said, “It looks like a good turnout. It should be an interesting presentation.” Then I went back to our table.
Tyrone followed me over and, before I sat down, he said, “Hi Andrea,” and they began talking. After a brief chat, Tyrone went back to the table with his partner. Soon waiters came around with pupu plates for everyone and, while we were eating, Taylor introduced Lisa, who began her talk. She started a slideshow with embedded movies. There were a few rough spots where the sound wasn’t working and she had to back up, but Taylor helped out and it was all good.
Just after Taylor started the presentation, three people coming in late sat down at our table to my left. The waiter brought plates and drinks for them, too. After the presentation was over there was nice applause and a question and answer period. Then Andrea and I made our way up the stairs and paused for a selfie with the orchid wall as a background. We walked out to the front and the valet brought our Leaf quickly for a pleasant drive home.
First stop, Mr. Bishop, banker and philanthropist.
It is a historic place.
Heading up Ailuna. Photo by Andrea.
The halau with the finished product. Photo by Andrea.
On Tuesday, last day of April, Andrea photographed our Michiko hibiscus.
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