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About Mokihana

Born and raised Hawaiʻi girl who misses home and loves the Pacific Northwest. I’m a free spirit and love the serendipitous events that bring people and places together. My philosophy about knitting and life in general: “It is good to have an end to journey toward,but it is the journey that matters in the end.”Ursula K. Le Guin

Autumn Colors

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Mokihana

This year it looks like we’ve gone from summer to winter…no warm temps in the 70’s as usual, as it’s been for years and years. Nope. There hasn’t been any in-between season marking the end of warm and hot days … Continue reading →

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Pīpī Faces

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Mokihana

As I was driving along a road on the other side of the hill from us, I saw these pīpī faces and just had to stop and photograph them for AFK. I especially love the one with the black spots … Continue reading →

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Da Kine Numba Seven

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Mokihana

Sunflowers in da horse trough:

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Lipizzaner Stallions

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Mokihana

Ho, one blast from da past! I was going through old PictureTrail photos, and came across these ones. This was before I had a cell phone, so uploaded them from my memory card. Remember dem tings? Well, I still use … Continue reading →

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Montana Road Trip 2010, Chapter Forty-Seven

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Mokihana

Well, I just finished going back and redoing all the photos from Da Mystery Road Trip Revealed from 2009.  I decided that I wasn’t happy with having all our photos messed up like that; and I’d worked too darn hard … Continue reading →

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Tour de Fleece 2019

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Mokihana

I wasn’t able to spin as much as I’d hoped to, but I did get some stuff done during this year’s TdF… my spinning challenge Numbah One was to finish spinning the red/yellow/pink braid and to work on continuing to … Continue reading →

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So frustrated!!

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Mokihana

So I happened to go back to some posts from about 2009, and found that all my photos have been blurred/watermarked by Photobucket. Because I’m now over their limit, which used to be free web-hosting. Which is why I added … Continue reading →

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Stories Numbah Chree: Trains

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Mokihana

Some peeps have asked me hakum I love trains so much. I think part of it was because my Papa-san worked for the Kahului Railroad on Maui.  I have some photos he took of the old trains when he was … Continue reading →

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Montana Road Trip 2010, Chapter Forty-Six

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Mokihana

K’den. We’re still following the Snake River heading makai (towards the sea) and will soon be turning south.

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Stories, Numbah Two: Polo Ponies

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Mokihana

It occurs to me, as I start to write these stories, that almost all of them are only in my head. They’ve made me part of who I am; I wish I knew more of my mom and dad’s stories, … Continue reading →

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