Thoughts on Sunday

It's late Sunday afternoon. . .daylight savings time is now blessing the lives of our wintry mainland friends and family. You get to see snow one more hour each day! Lucky you.

Happily I can report a pleasant drive to and from Niu Valley in eastern Hono. for orchestra for Megan today. Maneuvering around motorcycles was the most challenge today. Finding a shady place to park for two-and-a-half hours is the other challenge, but I did find some shade and had time to edit my students' personal history segments and even take a brief nap. Love those Sunday ZZZzzzz's. I was up at 4:30...got to sleep in :D

NEWS and views of the neighborhood. . .the neighborhood is changing and has been in transition since December. The duplex in front was sold to a woman in Hawaii Kai. She rents to two families and there have been many changes to the property since she took possession. The multiple pourings of concrete now dominate the yard both front and back. [Hmmm...the Tongan fellow in 003A pours concrete for a living. Coincidence???] The entire front yard for those two units is now a "driveway." The003B garage was redone in front to become what is probably a family room. An entry door in front and two new ones in back were inserted. The laundry is now outside on part of the back "lanai." It could be interesting in heavy rain with no grass/ground to absorb the water anymore. Will we flood? We'll see.... A doggie whom I call "Chewy" is a frequent visitor now, too, so we find we need to park our shoes in the garage. .. Megan's new slipper disappeared, and my good brown shoe disappeared until I found it at Helena's. Our running shoes were on the driveway, so I was glad to retrieve those. Then there's the, uh, "presents" the unleashed dog leaves in our small yards...hmmm. We haven't met the owner yet, but would like to!!! Our quiet restful surroundings are feeling a little more, uh, populated now. But fortunately, our back view outside provides a welcome sight. We're looking forward to selecting some lanai furniture for upstairs...if Pres. Bush's $$stimulus package in May comes through. . . .Costco has had some interesting groupings to consider.

WELCOME Spring!! It's coming!! For fun and to welcome spring, this week I bought a few plants...some flowering red begonias, and a few taller, healthier plants to place in the outside blue planters. Also bought a green onion plant since I use Helena's so much. It's in a blue planter also...we no longer have the shoe rack there [see above paragraph] so the teak chair is on the diagonal with the onions to the side. If I can keep these 5 plants blooming and green, I'll feel like a real farmer. The hibiscus shrubs are kept as "low-biscus," so we haven't had many blooms. Helena's papaya trees and the avocado tree and her other plantings and herbs are doing well. We enjoy being "neighborly" and look after each other. It's nice to have someone next door who likes to neighbor!!

UPDATES for the week: Dad has updated all on our M - Saturday. We enjoy Ola's at TB for its view and interesting menu. Dad had the greatest salmon there! It was even a close runner-up to the "airplane food" Devin and Trevor handed out yesterday. :D [they had no peanuts, though.] They're such fun guys. Kyle is a joy to watch, too...one of my favorite ages is 3 - 6 months. The personality starts coming through for all to enjoy. Megan's select band DVD arrived yesterday, so we got to see her play. It is amazing what young people can do. What an opportunity she had/is having by sharing/developing her talents. You've all been blessed with musical talents and I hope your blessing brings you joy.

Enjoy the beginning of a wonderful week. Sending love and thoughts and prayers many times a day to each of you.

Thought for the day: from KHPR: A great nation deserves great music.