Some interesting clouds. Photo by Andrea.
The large scheflera at the abandoned house on the corner was blooming. Photo by Andrea.
My chess puzzle rating is now over 24 hundred.
Thursday morning. Photo by Andrea.
Friday morning, my son Robert posted this photo of Becky doing the Karate Kid crane.
Students brought their trees for repotting today.
Alvin gave a demonstration while Charlene assisted.
All the volunteers helped during the repotting free-for-all.
Octoberfest in South Lake Tahoe. Photo by Robert.
Monday, October 7, water lilies. Photo by Andrea.
Our native red hibiscus by Andrea.
Andrea with Pete and Kim with pupu and drinks on Friday night.
After dinner with the desserts Pete and Kim brought.
There were three of the trans-dermal machines available. They focus on the vagus nerve system.
This 57 year old woman told us about her swim across the Kaʻiwi Channel (Molokaʻi to Oʻahu).
John and I brought trees to work on.
We had gin and tonics.
Cheers!
Andrea and I split a plate of Hawaiian style nachos.
The lecture was about how captive dolphin research helps conservation in the wild.
Kalani High School Teacher and FRC 3008 (Team Magma) mentor Bryan Silver won Teacher of The year.
The event was well attended.
After the talk, people came up to look at the old photographs.
There is a quotation on the wall (my translation):Here are Andrea's notes:He aliʻi ka ʻāina (A chief the land)
He kauā ke kanaka (A servant the man)Jim Nakata got a call from Mary Cooke one day to redo the border at the house. Not many native plants available, a few were growing akia. They were taking cuttings, some from the Big Island, some from Kauaʻi. Mary had only a few rules: only native plants, white flowers in the White Garden. The big rock in front by the road was there. Kilohana said that Bill Char had told her that Sam Cooke had said they found offerings on it, that it was a healing pōhaku. It's name is hauʻola.
The lower level rocks were brought by truck. There were five or six on his team, Japanese and Hawaiian. They found lots of chips in the soil from the Japanese stone masons in 1911.
Used to have lots of banyan trees and scheflera. They put the circular walls around the big kukui tree and crepe myrtle. The ground fell away, so they raised the level of the ground, the "well" technique he learned in Japan.
Jim built the hau tree arbor and planted two large branches he cut from the Nuʻuanu reservoir.
- Large stone facing Kuali'i is healing stone and has complementary stone somewhere nearby
- Jim built stone support for bell after Mary told him she had a bell for which she wanted him to find a place
- White Garden was created ca. 1950, replacing original Japanese garden
- All pathways except for one on mauka end of White Garden were put in by Jim and crew, including brick walkways on makai side of Kuali'i
- bricks came from lower property/from "house" on lower property
- rocks came from lower property(?)
- Mary wanted ramp from yard to basement door to make it easier to put lawn mower away
- Jim and crew built wall separating upper property from lower property
- Jim and crew built "wells" around kukui and crepe myrtle
- Upper property used to flow through to lower property; Jim and crew filled in area above separating wall, hence wells for trees
- Terrace immediately outside basement was used as growing area for native plants destined for garden
- Mary had hybrid plumeria (from her dad?) in pots to plant on site
- It took three years to complete replanting of garden
- Jim created the arbor as a lookout for Mary, adding konane support for Sam
- Two stone pillars were there when Jim started work in 1993, he thought they might have been trellis
- Might have been a greenhouse on lower property
- Jim learned techniques and approaches in Japan that he applied to MHC site
- Mary had large pile of composted material that Jim used around new plantings; application was six to twelve inches deep originally, settled down within a year
- Mary had munroidendron in pot for Jim to plant; original tree fell over one Thanksgiving, large tree in White Garden is keiki of that original tree
Our Christmas tree this year will be a euginia. Photo by Andrea Friday morning.
Friday afternoon, the 18th, I got two Steinbeck books in the mail I haven't read yet.
Resting under the kou tree.
Judy, Jo, and Lois met us there while we were having bento and pizza dinner with wine. We gave Lois a lei and a card for her birthday.
Jo offered to take a group photo for some attendees.
We had front row seats.
The audience gathers.
Sam Gon led his halau in an opening oli.
All had beautiful kihei.
Keiki hula.
Sad news from the Hawaii Bonsai Association. Our friend Ed Murakami passed away.
We decorated for Halloween on Sunday. Photo by Andrea.
Monday morning Andrea photographed twin maiapilo blossoms on our before-breakfast walk. Later I got my covid and flu shots at CVS.
More people joined us as the hour wore on.
I'm all the way down at the end. Photo by Andrea.
Daughter Becky worked lighting in a theater for Cars cover band Candy-O. Here's the first set list. Photo by Becky.
Here's the second set list. Photo by Becky.
The lighting console at the Bijou Theater. Photo by Becky.
The day's session went an hour over the prescribed two. Lots of discussion of Andrea's paper on being local.
Wednesday morning, Andrea photographed me feeding the guppies in our water lily containers.
Then she got me running ahead.
Ulysses is a real slog. Four hundred pages gone, three hundred to go. I consider it my penance for blowing
off some reading assignments in school. I'm also proof reading a nonfiction manuscript for a friend.
Thursday afternoon Nina came over to gather some palm fronds from our coconut tree.
Cutting into short pieces.
The Paris sisters arriving.
Lei giving ceremony for the visiting halau sisters from Paris, France.
People begin to get drinks and pupu.
Andrea prepared the charcuterie platter, visible here.
Kilohana sat with Earl and Hope for a while.
Joleen's sister Lois was visiting from the mainland, center. She was very active in making sure things went smoothly.
Lots of conversations at the tables.
Andrea and I sat at the table with Earl, Hope, and Kilohana.
Andrea talking to halau sisters with wine in hand.
Almost ready for the buffet dinner.
Lois and Andrea talking as it begins to get dark (6:09 PM).
Paul brought his harp and played Hawaiian music accompanied by two ukulele.
I told Paul later that his harp sounded really good. They played and sang many Hawaiian songs.
Everyone was having a good time.
Kani kapila begins. People sing along.
The first hula of the evening. That harp sound pretty good.
Another beautiful hula.
Joleen dances this one with red headed Bonnie in the middle.
Andrea, Joleen, and Carmela in the front row for Yellow Ginger Lei.
A French hula.
Kilohana leads this one.
A French song after dessert is served.
It started to rain about midnight and the next morning the stream was running with brown water. Photo by Andrea.
Instructions on how to weave: three over then five over and under.
Andrea got to make a basket too.
Photo by Kilohana.
Some of the ladies were interested in the bonsai. Photo by Andrea.
A magnificent sunset. Photo by Andrea.
I popped the cork on the magnum of French Champagne that Eiko had given Andrea for her birthday some time back. Photo by Andrea.
Andrea prepared a spectacular dinner. Kilohana brought the beautiful roses and some fine bread and the salad. Photo by Andrea.
Dinner and conversation under the lychee tree. Photo by Andrea.
They drilled linups, entrances, and exits.
The Paris halau had been there earlier working with hau bark.
Practice hula, "Waikīkī."
After the guests arrived at 2:30, the performances got underway.
Veneeta's discussions of the book were interleaved with related hula.
Maile did a solo hula.
At the end of the event everyone posed for a group photo.
After the book launch we went sign waving for Kamala Harris on Kalanianaole Highway for the drive-time commute east.
I pruned and wired the podocarpus into a moyogi, informal upright, shape.
I planted the podocarpus bonsai into a free-form pot made by Shogo, a member of the Rainbow Bonsai Club.
The commander of the kitchen.
Taking a look at the big pot of stew.
Looks good, smells great.
Ready for the evening. Scary! Photo by Andrea.
A spooky sight for the little ones approaching for trick-or-treat. Photo by Andrea.
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