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.

Posted in 365 Days, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

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.

Continue reading →

Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Farm Stuffs | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

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.

20171007_151849

Continue reading →

Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin | 6 Comments

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.

Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin | 4 Comments

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.

Continue reading →

Posted in 365 Days, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Holoholo Pacific Northwest | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

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.

Continue reading →

Posted in 365 Days, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin | 6 Comments

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.

Continue reading →

Posted in 365 Days, Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin | 6 Comments

2017 Tour de Fleece: Pau

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Mokihana

Well, I didn’t get as involved with the TdF as I’ve been in the past; just too much going on every day. But I did manage to watch a bunch of it on TV.

But this is what I did get done. First, I spun this yarn and got it put onto two shuttle bobbins, ready for plying.

Continue reading →

Posted in 365 Days, Handspinning, Tour de Fleece | 3 Comments

Montana Road Trip 2010, Chapter Forty-Three

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Mokihana

I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself tonight. I was having trouble loading the correct size photos here; they were all too small, and I couldn’t enlarge them because then the resolution was junk. I tried figuring it out, but couldn’t. I figured I’d have to call my guru on Monday.  But tonight, because I’m not a quitter, I thought, ‘There has to be a way!” So I worked with it some more, and figured it out!  So now we can continue with the Montana Road Trip! Chee hoo!!

We were still on Highway 95 South, almost to Lewiston. We’d stopped to take photos, and I liked this tree.

Continue reading →

Posted in Da Kine: Sometimes Full-on Pidgin, Holoholo Pacific Northwest | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Tour de Fleece 2017

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Mokihana

I’ve been busy with the Tour de Fleece, and haven’t posted anything about it! Gah!! So here are some photos of my progress. Hmm… I got a new external hard drive to avoid Photobucket, but I have a few glitches to work out. I kakaroached my photos from Ravelry for this post. I try to have a new mascot for each day.

Stage 1 Collage.jpg

Continue reading →

Posted in Handspinning, Tour de Fleece | 8 Comments