December 2024 Journal Photos

Clouds on our morning walk, Tuesday, December 3. Photo by Andrea.

Tuesday evening Andrea helped out at the Manao Heritage Center donor party while I stayed home. Photo by Andrea.

In the afternoon I started on the last episode, "Penelope," of Joyce's Ulysses. The book was banned as obscene in the USA in 1922.
Although I think the copyright is expired, I still claim fair use for educational purposes.

After.

I put the lights Andrea got in the ti to give to Kilohana when she goes to hula on Sunday.

It was a very nice dinner gathering.

Good people, good food.

A winter wonderland in Idaho, from my sister Chris.

Santa Clause arrives at Honolulu Hale at the Honolulu City Lights Parade Saturday night. Photo by Mike Smola.

At the bonsai club meeting.

The drawing winner of the bonsai that I donated and Eddie discussing it.

Andrea went to hula and took the decorated ti bonsai to Kilohana as a Christmas present. She liked it.

Andrea pruned the naupaka in front and prepared some light strings for decorating the yard.

Andrea photographed me screening black cinders to prepare bonsai soil for my upcoming demonstration.

I used a half inch screen, shown here, then quarter and 3/16 inch screens. I used the finest cinders mixed with shredded coconut husks.

In the theater, after the movie.

We stopped at Holy Nativity church to buy a Christmas tree on the way home.

The attendant trimmed the trunk for us.

The erected tree in our front room. The Douglas fir smells great.

After.

Andrea put lights and ornaments on the tree and put a blanket around the base, but Emma pulled it down to lie on.

Transportation of the Pacific. Coincidentally, my parents had these three prints, too. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

Art of the Pacific. These prints were in our bedrooms when I was a small keiki. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

Economy of the Pacific. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

We arrived at the Kahala hotel and saw the beautiful Christmas tree in the lobby. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

We found good seats for the seminar and had a couple of mai tais.

Cheers! We split a Kahala burger with French fries.

Aaron McGee was our presenter with the topic of ocean pollution by plastic.

The beautiful Christmas decorations on the stairs to the lobby. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

Friday morning I photographed this blooming dark red hibiscus.

I decorated a pine tree in a pot. Before.

Pine tree after decorating.

Our wooden Christmas tree.

All set up Saturday morning, waiting for the doors to open to the public.

Lots of bonsai on display. Keith's bonsai supplies on sale on the left.

Members look at the bonsai exhibit.

View from the demonstration stage.

View from the other side of the stage.

Lined up outside ten minutes before opening at nine o'clock. The line was growing longer.

Doors were opened and the public entered.

The holding area. Patrons took number cards and brought purchases to their squares.

Keith helped me defoliate the kou tree to start the demonstration. Photo by Andrea.

After all the larger leaves had been removed, the pruning and wiring began. Photo by Andrea.

Cutting a wire. Photo by Andrea.

Doing a radical bend at the top of the tree. Photo by Andrea.

Putting wire on the secondary branches. Photo by Andrea.

Explaining about the holes in the pot, covered with screen. Photo by Andrea.

The tree was stuck in the pot at first, but I got it eventually. Photo by Andrea.

Checking the depth of the pot. Photo by Andrea.

Placing the tree in the pot. Photo by Andrea.

Adding potting soil. Photo by Andrea.

Wiring the tree into the pot. Photo by Andrea.

Signing a book for James. Photo by Andrea.

Witht he auction winners of the demonstration bonsai. Photo by Andrea.

I asked Shogo's wife to take pictures of me at the book signing table.

A second photo at the signing table.

Then Andrea showed me how it's done.