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Da Kine – May, 2026

Posted on May 9, 2026 by Mokihana

Yet another variation of my name. Again, first there was this. Then there was this. And recently, there was this. I got a call from someone who called me Makichonda. Sigh. On the bright side, spring has sprung. This is … Continue reading →

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Trying to Catch Up…April

Posted on April 26, 2026 by Mokihana

Well, it’s been a minute, hasn’t it? A family member has has some pretty serious stuff going on, so my mind has been elsewhere. After over a month in the hospital and with some long-term healing needing to happen, he’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 365 Days, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, daily-hummingbird, food-deliveries, Handspinning, hummingbird, photography, Trains | Tagged 365-days, daily-hummingbird, food-deliveries, goats, handspinning, humore, nature, photography, springtime-flowers, sunsets, sunshine-valley | 4 Comments

Holoholo Kaʻa to Trout Lake 2023 – Chapter Five and Pau.

Posted on March 10, 2026 by Mokihana

We left the Wildlife Refuge and headed back along Trout Lake Road, ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the lovely larches. I thought we’d taken videos of driving along the road, but I guess we didn’t. Cuz I can’t find them!

Posted in 365 Days, autumn, autumn-colors, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Holoholo Pacific Northwest, Pacific NW Adventures, photography, Trains | Tagged 365-days, autumn colors, columbia river, cows, larches, old barns, pipi, Trains, trout lake, white salmon river | 2 Comments

Holoholo Kaʻa to Trout Lake 2023 – Chapter Four

Posted on February 8, 2026 by Mokihana

After we parked the car, we saw this cool log cabin in the distance:

Posted in 365 Days, autumn, autumn-colors, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Holoholo Pacific Northwest, photography | Tagged 365-days, conboy lake, conboy lake wildlife refuge, cows, holoholo pacific nw, log cabin, nature, pacific-northwest, photography, pīpī, travel, whitcomb cabin, wildlife | 2 Comments

Holoholo Kaʻa to Trout Lake 2023 – Chapter Three

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Mokihana

Barn!! And a silo, too. We’re heading south on Highway 141, back the way we’d come

Posted in autumn, autumn-colors, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, holoholo, Holoholo Pacific Northwest, old-barns, Oregon, PacificNorthwest, Pacific NW Adventures, photography | Tagged 365-days, autumn colors, conboy lake, cows, holoholo pacific nw, larches, nature, old barns, pacific-northwest, photographs, pipi, trout lake, trout lake highway, wildlife refuge | 1 Comment

Holoholo Kaʻa to Trout Lake 2023 – Chapter Two

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Mokihana

And here we go! The thing about the Pacific Northwest is that we can go mauka (toward the mountains) in two different directions! We just turned mauka (north) along Highway 141 in Washington State.

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Holoholo Kaʻa to Trout Lake 2023 – Chapter One

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Mokihana

I totally forgot that I’d never written about our autumn advencha to Trout Lake, Washington! So I’m gonna do it now. I kept thinking I’d do it in the fall, and guess what? I never did. But fall photos are … Continue reading →

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Christmas Day, 2025

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Mokihana

On Christmas Day, Nolemana and I drove up to Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge which seems to be our yearly adventure. We always take the back road in so that we can see if that old house on the way is … Continue reading →

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Da Kine July, 1st to 15th

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Mokihana

When we were looking to move from our rented house in Clackamas, one day when I was out driving, I saw a for sale sign for our present house. We arranged to take a look at it right away, and … Continue reading →

Posted in 365 Days, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, daily-hummingbird, Handspinning, nature, photography, Summer-Flowers, veggie-gardening | Tagged 365-days, books, bow&arrow-coffeehouse, cats, Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars, daily-hummingbird, deer, handspinning, photography, summertime-flowers, sunsets, sunshine-valley | 3 Comments

We Have Babies!

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Mokihana

In 2021, we had a clutch of Violet-Green Swallow babies growing up in their little house. But then horrendous hot weather happened, 112° (44°C), and despite our efforts to save them, they didn’t make it. I was devastated, and for … Continue reading →

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