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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

June 15 – Shanghaied on the Willamette

Farmers Market in downtown Gresham today. I got kalua pig for lunch and an elephant ear, and listened to these terrific guys before heading to the yarn shop for knitting time.

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June 14 – Really cool car

Caught at a stoplight in the thriving metropolis of Boring, Oregon. Well, we’ve got two stoplights! Gorgeous old ’55 Buick… bright red, and perfect for Flag Day. Mahalo to my papa-san, who gave me the gift of his love of … Continue reading

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June 13 – Around the world with grains

Ho, talk about Hawaiian time!!! I got this wonderful surprise from Bob’s Red Mill in Milwaukie, Oregon, today…. grains from around the world!!

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June 12 – Sailors’ Delight

I just finished washing this skein of Blue-Faced Leicester yarn after plying and plying and plying and plying and plying… for hours and hours. Which means that I took two bobbins full of singles (which means a single strand of … Continue reading

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June 11 – Ladybug

Nolemana gave me this adorable ladybug planter for Mother’s Day… I just love it. When the flowers really get blooming, it’s gonna be so beautiful!

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June 10 – Huh?

  Okay, try wait. This truck is on the road. It’s stopped at a light. I come up behind it. I am also turning left. How can I not follow it? And what about after we turn the corner? Do … Continue reading

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June 9 – Lupine

  In the pasture around the corner from us, the lupine is blooming. It is so beautiful!!

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June 8 – The mountain is out

Nolemana and I had an appraisal to do up in Government Camp; it was a gorgeous day, and the mountain was out!

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June 7 – Pasture mowing

Ricky, the horse we’re boarding, had terrible allergies last year from all the grass in the pasture. He got the heaves really bad and we thought we were going to lose him, so now we get the pasture mowed. Rayado, … Continue reading

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June 6 – One big truck!

  We’re having GW Construction in Gresham build a carport for my new kawila; we should’ve done it years ago, but didn’t. And as a result, my white van was hard to keep clean; she’d get fir sap, fir pollen, … Continue reading

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