Andrea looks fine in her light blue blouse.
Andrea got one of me with the Coke collection in the background.
I took Andrea to Kit 'n Kitchen on University Avenue for dinner June 1st.
Andrea got one of me with the Coke collection in the background.
We continued working on projects at home.
Andrea nears completion of her jigsaw puzzle of a Rhine castle.
Indoors for the epoxy to set while it rains outside on June 3rd.
Testing the bench before finish sanding.
All done. Andrea loves it. June 4th.
The bonsai group meets twice a month, on the first and third Thursday.
More bonsai benches in the back with many fine bonsai.
Bonsai on pedestals made from clay pipe.
Larry, Andrea, Dawn, and Jim take a look.
Jan, Jim, Steve, and Dawn work on bonsai.
The team had a party on Saturday, June 4th, from noon to four, with access to the pool. Steak, chicken, and hot dogs were cooked and a good time was had by all.
Lunch is served.
Trying to work that little tiny simulated keyboard.
Our favorite beach.
She's been taking classes at the Apple store in Kahala Mall since we got her a new iMac like the one
she's using (21 inch, terrabyte drive).
After training we went to farmer's market in Hawaii Kai to get papayas.
Andrea wanted a stone lantern for her birthday, so Lenore and I went in together and got her one at Charles Nii Nursery in Hawaii Kai. He makes them there.
We had to drop the Malibu off at Cutter Chevrolet on Ala Moana Blvd. to get the air conditioning serviced on June 8th, so on the way back we had breakfast at Lulu's in Waikiki.
That photo on the wall by the entrance in the background is autographed by Greg Noll.
Lenore took us to Le Bistro in Niu Valley for dinner to celebrate Andrea's Birthday (June 9th).
At the entrance to Le Bistro.
The decor.
At the table.
The bus girl offered to take our picture.
We invited friends to our 30th anniversary party on Saturday, June 11th. Our actual anniversary is on the 13th.
Can't seem to avoid that pesky flash in the mirror.
Andrea's phone camera got a picture without flash.
In the back yard with Jim, Sylvia, Jolene, Elsie, Ann, Carl, Alan, and Joel.
Joel, Sylvia, Ana, and Jolene.
Lenore and Ann.
Alan, Zack, Sabrina, Linda, Carl, and Elsie.
Jim and Brian.
Andrea and Dorain.
Andrea and Dorain.
The next morning it's back to normal as Andrea and Lenore work the newspaper crossword puzzles.
We attended a rain barrel demonstration on Sunday the 12th by Malama Moanalua Bay.
Joline Wanger talks about the rain barrel. We got to take one home and a rain gage too.
The rain gage. The ten inch column represents one inch of rain. Very accurate. Measure the
overflow collected in the larger cylinder for storms of more than one inch.
Bringing the rain barrel home.
I set up the rain gage the next day.
Andrea plants her pakalana.
With the addition of the watering and overflow hoses, the rain barrel installation is complete.
The hired help. The weeding job is never done.
The rain gages are on the job. I started an online
daily rain data log.
We continued working on projects at home.
Here it is with a coat of varnish on it.
Painted eyes complete the blockhead.
Friday the 17th we went to the beach in the late afternoon.
A view towards the Sans Souci apartments.
The view towards the Natatorium (War Memorial).
She's fully engaged in the book.
Andrea and I volunteered to help at the Saturday (the 17th) annual Friends of the Library book sale.
Andrea.
The book sale is a big event every year to raise funds for the public library system.
There's also this tent annex with fiction, children's books, and cook books.
After breakfast at Lulu's in Waikiki, Andrea and I joined Paul and Faye at the polo grounds on the north shore for an afternoon of fun.
The view from Lulu's.
Two eggs, over medium, whole wheat toast, rice, and Portuguese sausage.
Paul and Faye invited us into the members' area at the polo grounds.
Faye and Andrea admire some beautiful stained glass objects of art for sale.
Rick, Paul, and Faye at the Mokuleia polo grounds.
Paul and Faye brought Mai Tais, shrimp, cheese, crackers, strawberries, greek salad, and cookies.
Polo action.
Sky divers entertained between the two matches.
All seven landed safely.
Strong trade winds have been blowing for several days.
Two players come talk to the fans.
The first ball of the second match is tossed out from the sideline.
Andrea and I spent two nights at the Reef Hotel in Waikiki to celebrate our 30th Anniversary.
We walked around the area and Andrea took this shot of me at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
In the courtyard of the Hilton Hawaiian Village shops.
Andrea with tank at the Army Museum next door at Fort DeRussy.
We walked out on the concrete jetty at the Diamond Head boundary of Fort DeRussy and a tourist girl took our picture
on our first day, Monday, the 20th. That monstrously ugly hotel behind us is the Sheraton. We never go there.
Andrea captured this beautiful rainbow over Diamond Head.
Andrea gets another great rainbow shot.
The sign on a sunglass store on Lewers Street.
Rainbow in the background. The beachgirl who took this photo lives in Waikiki.
We were having a drink at the Hilton pool bar when we spotted the torch lighter.
At the Kani Kapila Grill at the Reef.
Breakfast Tuesday morning at the Ocean restaurant at the Reef.
First cup of coffee.
Prince Johah Kuhio at Kuhio Beach on our morning walk.
We visited the Waikiki Aquarium where we joined as members and saw the exhibits.
Side view of a tiki at Arnold's Tiki Bar.
Front view of the tiki.
We went for a canoe ride in front of the Outrigger Hotel.
We surfed two great waves and then came back to shore.
The Natatorium War Memorial and Sans Souci Apartments are in the background.
Notice how they just sit back and let the tourists do the paddling.
Heading back to the hotel after the outrigger ride. That's our crew there.
Drying off after a swim back at the beach at the Reef Hotel.
This mai tai is the signature drink at the Moana Terrace pool bar.
I bought a book at the ABC store about the history of Waikiki tiki culture called Waikiki Tiki,
so we started taking pictures of notable tikis. A tiki is a modern version of the ancient religious ki'i.
Looking at the tiki.
Music and hula dancing Tuesday evening at the Moana Hotel.
Music and hula at the Kani Kapila Grill at the Reef.
A Japanese Halau (hula school) was visiting and danced for us.
At the Shore Bird restaurant at the Reef.
Andrea shoots back at the Shore Bird.
Breakfast Wednesday at the Ocean restaurant at the Reef with an anthurium.
Ohia wood tikis at the Army Museum at Fort DeRussy.
Lono.
Andrea gets a clearer shot of Lono in the storefront window.
Tikis in a store window on Kalakaua Ave.
Tiki in a courtyard at a hotel on Beachwalk.
Tiki in front of the hotel on Beachwalk.
Andrea took this of me taking the picture of the tiki.
Surfing canoe on display at the Reef Hotel.
The surfing canoe.
Detail of the lacing for the outrigger.
Friday the 24th we went to Kaneohe to visit Claude and Suzi Horan.
Rick and Horan.
Suzi made coffee for us.
Horan drinks his coffee.
Yard art at Horan's.
Another view of the ceramic piece.
Horan in his yard.
Suzi took us to lunch at Pah Ke's restaurant in Kaneohe.
Raymond the chef poses with us and the cake.
When we got home, Malia's anniversary package was waiting for us, including a new flamingo for the garden.
The tiki I'm working on from a piece of haole koa I cut down in the yard.
Wiley's Mom sent us photos of the graduation. These are some of the students we worked with at Beach Cities Robotics (FIRST team 294) over the last few years in Redondo Beach.
Fintan and Wiley.
Andrea went to the Farmer's Market behind Diamond Head on Saturday, the 25th.
Andrea came across a video taping.
Abalone, a cold water mollusk, is farmed on the Big Island using cold water technology developed
for ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), which turned out to be not economically viable. The abalone
farms, however, are doing well.
I finished the Tiki on Sunday, the 26th.
After painting with Bob Lew helping to emulate the fierceness.
Now it stands on the glass table under the lichee tree.
We stopped at the Horan's again on Monday, the 27th, and dropped off some mangos and a Charles Stross novel, The Jennifer Morgue, a sequel to The Attrocity Archives. Horan and Suzi were moving stuff around on the ground floor of their house and gave us a radio controlled boat (Radio Shack Caliente II) they had in a closet. We said we'd find a good home for it. Then we returned over the Like Like Highway and went down to the La Mariana Sailing Club for lunch.
La Mariana Sailing Club (LMSC) is featured in the book Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs, by Phillip S. Roberts. Tikis and other decor were salvaged from Trader Vic's and Don the Beachcomber's by LMSC when they closed in the 1980s.
Closeup of the ceramic sculpture barely visible in the window in the photo above.
A ceramic sculpture in the living room.
Various ceramic and glass pieces.
More ceramic art pieces. A large broken pot is on the floor.
Ceramic figures.
Ceramic art pieces.
A dining room at La Mariana Sailing Club.
The salad bar boat.
Tikis at the entrance.
Andrea at the table with boats in the background. She looks very pretty in the white blouse she bought in Waikiki.
The back entrance.
Andrea started scraping and caulking the eaves in preparation for painting on Tuesday, the 28th.
Descending the ladder. Foreground: the radio controlled boat Suzi Horan gave us, Caliente II, by Radio Shack.
Closeup of Caliente II.
Andrea scraping.
On Wednesday we went to Bluewater Grill to have dinner and listen to Hawaiian music.
This time an upright bass accompanied the ukulele player.
It was a great way to kick off the Fourth of July weekend.
The Waikiki Aquarium holds a summer concert series, Ke Kani O Ke Kai (the sound of the ocean). On Thursday, the 30th, we went to see Olomana, a musical group from the windward side.
It's festival seating, but well regulated: mats in the front, low chairs behind them, higher chairs in the back.
The view from the stage. Food and wine were available for sale. We had the kalua chicken, apple crumble, and pinot grigio.
We enjoyed our food and wine before the show.
Andrea got this photo of the three of us.
Content after eating.
Olomana takes the stage with some great Hawaiian music.
Lenore and Andrea listen attentively and enjoy the experience.
Toni, who sat in front of us, was very gracious about not blocking Lenore's view. She lives in the Sans Souci Apartments.
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