It has been a while

Aloha Kids,
Much has happened since my last entry to this site. I think that the most important thing is that we mover to a wonderful new home on the North East Shore of Oahu and I think that Tom and I have FINALLY have found a house that we are very comfortable in. The fact that it is three times larger than our old one helps a LOT, I love all the storage, it is Nice to be able to hang our nice art on the walls and have room for visitors and friends. And My massage studio is just wonderful. AND a indoor laundry room. WAY COOL.

My garden seems to be trying to survive the trans plating and is recovering very well so far only one casualty, My Rosemary, but not too upset about that as it has opened up room for more interesting things. I have planted 3 banana plants and if they do well, I will be having a lot of bananas in a few months, the pineapples moved over well and the orchids seem to be loving the extra humidity if this side of the island

We Moved to Ka'a'awa. I think that it is the rainiest part of the island but the plants love it so I have no compliants.

The ocean is one block away and even when it is overcast it is still a perfect blue and crystal clear.

Ok there is a break in the rain I am off to pland my Sun Flower seeds

April 14th Cut flowers

Aloha World,

Before I moved to Hawaii, I lived in Washington, DC., for the most part of 40 years. One of my former occupations was as a florist. I used to LOVE using tropical, "exotic" flowers in my arrangements. The main draw back was that they COST so much. One large philodendron leaf was like 15 dollars and a hanging Heliconia was 20 to 35 dollars a STEM, and orchids were just as insanely priced, the basic Dendrobium, starting at 35 a plant, that is, with one SO SO spike that almost always dropped half its buds.

Anyway, I now have several Heliconia's and the hanging one, which I got for free, now has around 35 flowers on it, and the orange and the red Lobster claws are equally abundant. I now have wonderful arrangements in my home, as well as many flowering orchid plants.

I love my new home it is always filled with flowers and it doesn't cost me anything but time in the garden.

April 12, HAPPY EASTER

It has been a busy weekend. On Saturday Tom and I went to a friends condo who was nice enough to let us use his place to discuss what we are going to do, to get people elected and bills passed and/or the opposition crippled. When that was all done, Tom and I invited a friend of ours to come, and look at a rental house in Ka'aava on the North shore. Turns out to be really wonderful SO it seems that we are going to take it. Great ocean views and 3 bedrooms and the whole place is BRAND NEW. Today, we went looking at area rugs for the living room and bed room so that our furniture does not scratch the bamboo floor. It is going to be interesting to see how I move my garden.

April 9th The Day After

Yesterday I celebrated 7 years of sobriety. There is much that I could say about that, but I am not going to at this point, it has been as hard a journey as it has been easy one.

I spent yesterday in Honolulu at the Senate in the morning, and at my old college in the afternoon. In the evening, Tom and I headed into Waikiki, where I got my 7 year Chip and then we had dinner with a friend, it was a very nice day.

Today I woke up with a cold, and I am cleaning the house up, after the bird mostly . Lots of hidden and dropped food on the floor around his cage, and enough feathers to make several festive hats. The Good part is that it is a cloudy day and I don't feel like I am missing a good beach day by staying inside all day.

I need more regular massage clients or a good part time job .

April 7th A Day In Town

When ever I start to get ready in the morning to go into town, my bird gets testy as he is beginning to see that means, that he is going to be spending the day in the cage.

I spent time this morning listening to the AARP at the state capitol and tried to see my senator about some land preservation topics, to no avail . But I will keep trying.

Had a great massage at noon and showed my support for civil unions by sign waving , it is kind of fun.

Jack Warangler passed away today, this is a sad thing for me, he was my favorite fantasy when I was growing up, next to Bruno. WOOF

April 6th, One More Try

Aloha everyone.

It seems that we here in the state of Hawaii are going to try once again to pass Civil unions.

Let us hope that the senators grow a spine and vote for Civil Rights for all and not give in to the ridiculous superstitions of religion.

All in time

April 5th A Day In The Garden

It was a perfect day for playing in the garden. It is what keeps me sane .

It seems that the Christian Ministries donated at least 50K to defeat the Hawai'i Civil Union bill. I just do not understand how this is possible. This is Tax free dollars that are being spent on politics, I thought that was illegal. Does anyone have any ideas how to stop these illegal activities? Are there any good lawyers that can look into this?