Category Archives: Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin

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Da Sheep’s In Da Meadow, Da Cow Is Wea?

Eh, anybody rememba dis nursery rhyme? “Litto Boy Blue, come blow yoa horn, da sheep’s in da meadow, da cow’s in da corn!”  

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Haying Time… One Bittersweet Mele Aloha

Stay haying time in Damascus.  All ova can see da various stages of da harvest.  Some places already wen bale and remove da hay. Oddas jass at da point of threshing.  Oddas da rows of cut hay lying out in … Continue reading

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I Need Moa Fingas!

I am good at multi-tasking.  Sometimes I drive Nolemana crazy because I can talk on the phone and do data entry at da same time.  Data entry with numbers, dates, square footage.  Dat kine stuff. 

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Da Evil Knotweed

We wen move into dis hale about 18 years ago.  We loved da view, da layout, da view, da fact dat Nolemana’s papa-san could move in with us when he was 84, da view, da amount of storage, da view, … Continue reading

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My Angel’s Trumpet Stay Blooming!

I love Angel’s Trumpet (Datura)!  I know they are poisonous, but they’re also so onaona [fragrant] that I rarely think of da bad stuffs about them. Besides, I get nomo plans to cook and eatum foa dinna!  When I see … Continue reading

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Da Midnight Marauder

Tuesday nite, I was so tired!  Had been one busy, busy day, and when my head finally wen hit da pillow I was all ready foa one good night’s sleep.  Kukui, our Australian Shepherd, who sleeps next to my side … Continue reading

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Strawberry Season in Damascus!

Wen I first wen arrive on da mainland, I wen end up in da land of brown hills (except foa one month in March) and smog.  Talk about culture shock, coming from green Hawai‘i!

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Da Puka Tree

So da odda day driving down da gravel road from our hale, suddenly I wen take one close look at da big Douglas fir tree dat stands down at da corna of da litto road.  Years ago, dis tree had … Continue reading

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6 Weird Things About Me

Yvonne at LavenderSheep’s Fiber Garden Blog just tagged me with this meme.  Okay, okay.  So get more den 6 weird things about me.  I jass going post some of dem.  I bet Lika dem going add more!

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Bunny In Da Garden

Nolemana is doing a bit bettah today; tho he wen wake me up at 5 a.m. foa two pain pills cuz he was really hurting.  But throughout da day, he been feeling small kine bettah.

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