Daboonies, Part Three

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Mokihana

We drove through even more hay country, never getting tired of it.  We could have taken I-5 to Salem, then cut straight over on Highway 22, on which Subject Property is located, but then we would have missed all this fabulous scenery! Continue reading →

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Daboonies, Part Two

Posted on August 5, 2007 by Mokihana

We headed back down Nursery Avenue in Amity, going makai [towards the sea] once again.  Along the road, we saw a farm that had a lot of tractors parked in the front yard. Continue reading →

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Daboonies, Part One

Posted on August 4, 2007 by Mokihana

Last Saturday Nolemana and I had to do an appraisal in Polk County.  Ordinarily, we never go that far, but we were helping out another appraiser so took the job.  So we decided to make a day of it; so we packed water, the ice chest, Kukui and us into the car at 8:40 a.m., and off we went.  Holoholo ka‘a!  I’m splitting this post into several different ones cuz get so many pics!  I think I went overboard small kine. Continue reading →

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Numbah Seven Weird Thing About Me

Posted on August 4, 2007 by Mokihana

Okay, I guess is the 7th weird thing about me. I love love the smell of new books!  Last week the library emailed me to let me know a book I had reserved was in. I went to pick it up, and from the second it was in my hands, I knew I was the first one to borrow it. Continue reading →

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Aloha Prayer Shawls

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Mokihana

About a month or so ago, ke Akua [God] told me that He wanted me to knit an aloha prayer shawl for a friend of mine who has had a pretty rough year.  She tends to get chilly in restaurants and in the evenings during the summer, and it seemed that ke Akua wanted me to knit a shawl to take the chill off, light and summery, in colors that my friend loves. Continue reading →

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Pumpernickel Valley

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Mokihana

When Nolemana and I lived in Twin Falls, Idaho, we made a number of trips through Nevada to California where our folks lived.  We drove at night, we drove in the day.  We drove through enough desert in Nevada to fill up my lifetime quota of desert, sand and sagebrush.

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Da Sheep Doctor

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Mokihana

U like hear my hospito funny?

Dis was about 8 years ago. Nolemana had to have surgery foa someting. I knew was going be one long wait, so I wen take my portable spinning wheel along wit some dyed, purple wool foa spin. Continue reading →

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One Picnic at Eagle Fern Park

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Mokihana

So yesterday I wen tell Nolemana, “Eh, let’s go on one picnic dis aftanoon!” So we wen decide on Eagle Fern Park, one cool, shady park in Eagle Creek, about 20 minutes away. We really like dis park cuz is right by da rivah. Continue reading →

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Tropical Color in Damascus!

Posted on July 21, 2007 by Mokihana

Every Fall, when temperatures begin to drop dangerously low foa my tropical plants (of which get many!), Nolemana resigns himself to the fact that our dining room, which really isn’t a dining room at all (because it’s filled with all my creative stuffs like yarn and fleece and beads and Hawaiian quilting and… oh, nemmine!), will now be crowded with the plants that can’t winter outdoors. Continue reading →

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Blessed, Blessed Rain!!

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Mokihana

I woke up several nights ago to the sound of rain falling.  I lay in bed, just listening as the parched land soaked up all the glorious water.  I felt some wild thing in me that had been unleashed in the 100+ degree heat of just a few days before quiet down and relax. Continue reading →

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