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tsunami drill - over :)

tsunami update

Aloha all - we are fine, wave expected at 11:19am. All my research and info predicts it will be a nonevent, but still have to go through all evac motions - bathtub full, documents secure, gas, food, beer, propane, dog, boys, diapers, loose items…Sirens are sounding, dogs are howling, people are texting, shopping…it is BUSY [...]

North Shore holoholo

houseguests!

We’ve been scouring the milkweed trees nearby to find a monarch caterpillar but hadn’t seen any yet! We couldn’t figure it out because by this time last year we’d already “hatched” quite a flock of butterflies. The magic of watching metamorphosis never fades. Sam is quite a lizard-catcher and he showed us his stuff this [...]

Adventure day - look where we took Gramma!

We set out to Koko Crater…just to check it out. Seems everyone we know has been checking it off the list of things to do while in Hawaii lately, including Dave and I two weeks ago. So…enough driving by it for Gramma. She was game to just “see what happens.” Well, we brought water, snacks, [...]