A Mānoa Girl's Bloggie

For my Christmas present this year, my special friend Julie bought us tickets for the Holiday Express, for a night-time ride on my favorite engine, SP4449. She knows how much I love trains, especially the 4449, so it was a fantastic present! Continue reading →

Two days before Christmas I was heading home from Designer Yarn in Sandy. It’s my favorite local yarn store (LYS), and much closer than other yarn shops in the metro Portland area. Continue reading →

See Mokihana’s nani [pretty] sailboats. See them on a rainy day. See their bright colors. See the red sail. See the blue sail. See the yellow sail. See the green sail. Continue reading →

Caution: Highly Pidgin!

So last week Friday was a kinda junk day. Nemmine, was one huge junk day. Jass stuff.

So I wen go moe, finally, about 1 a.m. About 4 a.m., I wen turn ova, and wen feel one sharp pain in my left litto finga. OW!!!! I mean, da bugga really stay hurting! So I wen open da light attached to da headboard (cuz right now da overhead light stay broke) but no could see nothing. Jass wen feel dis terrible pain. Continue reading →

The first batch of crabapples are pau! I haven’t tasted them yet, but they sure look good! I have one more batch to do, and that will be it for the year. I found out that my friend Steph has a real crabapple tree, and next year we’ll do a trade: fresh for pickled. Sounds like a plan to me! Continue reading →

At the first of this month, Nolemana and I drove up to Hood River (blog entry coming later, with photos!) to get some apples. Hood River apples are so yummy, and a drive up the Columbia River Gorge isn’t to be missed in the fall when the colors are changing. Continue reading →

Hinahina. Gray. There is no other word for the color of the days lately. Last week when I woke up, I was greeted by gray. Today when I woke up I was greeted by more gray. Continue reading →

Caution: Full-On Pidgin!

Today, ka pua melemele wen open even more! And da fragrance is indescribable unless you wen smell it in person. I get wai maka everytime I go walk by it; is so hard for try describe how it makes me feel. Continue reading →

Caution: Full-on pidgin!

Da odda night we wen bring in alla da tropical plants from da lanai cuz was going get below freezing. So today, I stay looking at my kahili ginger plant. Ho, da bugga almost 6′ tall anden!! I had dis plant foa about chree years now, and even doe neva wen bloom, is okay, still reminds me of home. Continue reading →