Anodda reminda of home

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Mokihana

So. Still feeling homesick, and because one of my friends at The Gathering (every Wednesday group that I go to) loves coconut, I decided to make coconut mochi for the potluck. I tried a new recipe; usually I make butter mochi and sometimes sprinkle coconut on top. But this recipe called for coconut milk instead of evaporated milk and I decided to try it.

The taste was ʻono, though it came out more chewy than usual, and much stickier and harder to cut than usual. I think I like the butter mochi recipe mo betta.

Still yet. Most of my friends liked it, though mochi is a whole new experience for them. My mission, which I have accepted, is to keep introducing my mainland friends to onolicious local kine grindz.

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Reminder of home

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Mokihana

Just outside our kitchen door in Mānoa Valley, go to the other side of our carport, take one step up and try look. A nani red hibiscus bush. I loved that bush; I could pick pua for my hair, or just be happy that the flowers enriched my world.

Today I have a garage. I walk outside my kitchen and go through the breezeway and up three steps. There is no hibiscus bush there.

There are stately Douglas fir trees standing guard, and there are Oregon Big-leaf Maples that turn golden in the fall.

So I compensate by having a small red hibiscus bush on the lānai, and its lovely flowers remind me of home, kuʻu one hānau, and it helps the homesickness I feel for the sands of my birth.

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Montana Road Trip 2010, Chapter Thirteen

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Mokihana

We continued driving along the beautiful Lochsa River. We didn’t see any more whitewater rafters, but it had been so wonderful seeing the ones we did see and participating in their excitement that we were still on a whitewater high.

Continue reading →

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Fall Colors

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Mokihana

I miss home like crazy. I miss the trade winds, the warm Pacific ocean, the multi-culture environment, and people who know how to pronounce my name.

But I also love Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. And one of the reasons is our lovely fall colors. Ride along with Nolemana and I as we take you down Butler Road in Gresham, in Persimmon Golf Course, where the gorgeous Liquidamber (Sweet Gum) trees are in full color. I wish they’d last for a whole month. At least. Get slack key music for accompaniment. Led’s the greatest!

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Oh yeah.

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Mokihana

Forgot to add that I’m spinning this awesome BFL/Silk from Raven Ridge Fiber in the “Pine Bark” colorway. It’s my first time spinning this fiber combo and I just love it. It practically spins itself.

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Score!

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Mokihana

I love old kitchen utensils. I love the thought that they’ve been used by different generations of women (mostly, I think), and that their hands have used them to cook things for their ʻohana.

Recently, when Nolemana and I were at an antique store on a road trip (more about that when I stay pau with the 2010 Montana Road Trip (ho, not even halfway pau yet!), I found this wonderful whisk da kine for only $2.00. I snatched it up. Cuz u know wat? Going be perfect foa making haupia! Whoot!

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Posted on October 16, 2013 by Mokihana

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I saw it again!!

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Mokihana

Ho da funny! I was driving down SE 222nd Avenue today not too far from my hale, and guess wat I wen see driving towards me! Foa realz!

Too late to take peecha… So I going use da only one I get.

But foa realz… wat are da chances? Twice in one week!!

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Kinda Alien Rig – But I Like It!

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Mokihana

I’ve seen this rig around my area a number of times, but this is the first time I’ve seen it parked. I hurried around the corner after parking my own kawila and took this photo on October 11th.

It’s an old Dodge truck, but it’s also a motor home, and I’m not sure what else. It looks kinda other-worldly and alien, but it also looks pretty dang cool.

Now I wish I’d gone behind it and taken another photo. Oh well. At least I got photos!

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Lovely Autumn Day

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Mokihana

This is what I did today: watched Saucer and Dan pull the pumpkin wagon out to the pumpkin patch at Olson Farm in Damascus, This is one of my favorite autumn treats!

Love to see them trotting up the hill. It’s quite a workout for them!

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