Finding Aloha Where You Least Expect It

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Mokihana

So yesterday Nolemana had eye surgery at a surgery center near PDX.  It was minor surgery and ‘way easier than in a hospital setting. So I took along my knitting and worked on a ladybug sock while I waited in the waiting room:

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Knitting Stuffs 2017

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Mokihana

I haven’t posted anything about my knitting lately; here’s a few projects I’ve finished during 2017:

Simple socks, but I love them. I got this yarn at Apples to Oranges in Silverton; I love Mountain Colors Crazyfoot yarn. I also love fraternal socks.

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Gutter Repair

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Mokihana

Last fall, this happened:

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I Admit It…

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Mokihana

…I am not a morning person.  I see photos of gorgeous sunrises that others take, but I rarely see sunrises. Well, it doesn’t help that our place faces makai, so we see stunning sunsets, for which I’m very grateful.  As a matter of fact, when we first looked at this house prior to buying it, we were greeted by one of the most amazing sunsets I’ve ever seen…which helped to clinch the deal for us.

But yesterday I had to get up early, so was able to see some of yesterday’s lovely sunrise, which colored the sky across the valley.

And speaking of Olson’s red barn…it looked so peaceful there in the early morning light.

I’m glad I got to see this. It was definitely worth getting up early for.

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Catching Up

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Mokihana

I’m gonna play catch-up with some posts that I meant to write earlier. Like this one from last fall.

One of my favorite views across Sunshine Valley is this one; I love watching how my view of Olson’s red barn changes with the seasons.

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Da Toaster Story

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Mokihana

So foa try keep certain baboozes in suspense no longa, I going tell da story of da makediedead toasta. It’s a good way to start the new year.

K’den. Firs I going tell you I get plenny wai maka about dis toasta’s death. Actually, da bugga still works, but da pop-up lever no work anymoa.  So kinda hard to get da toast up.

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Pissed Off To Da Max

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Mokihana

So. My last post was so long ago…partly because of dealing with this knee stuff…but mostly because the photo storage place which shall not be named has hijacked and held hostage almost all my photos for a $400.00 ransom; they don’t want me to be able to use third-party hosting unless I pay them that ridiculous amount of money per year.  So many, many, of my blog post images look like this:

Junk, yeah? So what I basically have to do is rebuild my entire blog, which, as you know, has hundreds, if not thousands, of photos in my posts.  I mean, probably a good 20-30 photos in each post at times. (Think all my Montana Road Trip photos, for instance.) Which I now have to upload directly from my computer…except for the ones I can’t find right away. So I have to sort through tons of images on my computer in to find them.

Sure, I could start all over again and just let that stupid image above dominate my posts. But I no like do dat.  What I’ve got to do is start writing anew, and little by little, see if I can find time to fix all my other posts.

To say that Iʻm hūhū is the understatement of the year. And Iʻm not the only one, either.

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Da Kine Numbah Chree

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Mokihana

Oy. Poor bloggie, suffering in da heat and smoke and Mokihana’s hurt knee.  Finally da rains wen come, and da smoke wen disappear after burning thousands of acres, set off by some lolo kid/s who thought that throwing fireworks into dry brush would be fun. This was just one of many photos I took from our lānai showing how thick the smoke was.

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Ho Da Hot! Ho Da Smoke!

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Mokihana

Having to stay home and in the house all the time is difficult for me. I’m losing track of days since my usual schedule wen hemo. Out da window.  Afuera de la ventana. Usually I’ve got something going almost every day, going here, going there. Sometimes I feel like I’m in a cave and long to be outside, even with alla smoke. But ho da hot! This squirrel on our lānai railing was sure feeling it yesterday when it got to be over 100°. I don’t feel sorry for him because he always tries to kakaroach the suet in my bird feeders.  The birdbath has plenny water in it, though. He can drink that; I don’t mind.

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Ouch! Enforced Rest.

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Mokihana

This is where I was on Monday; getting an ultrasound on my very, very, painful knee.

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