If you haven't experienced coffee from Hula Daddy on the Big Island, I think you are missing out. My husband and I visited their coffee farm a few years back and I was instantly hooked on their delicious 100% Kona coffees. In fact, I'm anxiously awaiting the arrival of one of their lesser caffeine varieties …
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Just a little over seven years ago, my husband and I got married in a sunset ceremony on Portlock Beach in Oahu. With close family by our side, we exchanged our vows on the beach and celebrated with a nice dinner afterward. Simple, but memorable which is exactly what we wanted. Our love for Hawaii …
Is there anything better than watching and listening to the sound of the ocean waves like the ones below? While on vacation, my husband and I have spent countless hours on our lanai mesmerized by the everchanging curls and splashes of the South Pacific waters against the shoreline. There is just something so tranquil about …
I wonder if the old guy is still trying to fish. I wonder if new people are exploring the beach for the first time. I wonder if the cardinal has shown up again. I wonder if there is a slight breeze blowing. I wonder if the twenty-somethings are trying to ride out the waves. I …
I close my eyes, I hear the sounds, The swooshing, the whooshing, Of the salt water tide. It's soft, it's bendy, It's music to my ears, I imagine it's wise beyond its years. The soothing, the lulling, Nearly puts me to sleep, A dreamland of water, Forever mine to keep:-).
When I was little I used to watch the Sylvester and Tweety Show, and I loved both characters. I even begged my parents to let me get a light fixture with them on it for my bedroom. I used it for the longest time. As we near the last bit of our much-anticipated Hawaiian vacation, …
A couple of days ago, I wrote about my encounter with a cockroach and praying mantis, but I haven't yet spoke of the bees here in Hawaii. Thankfully, I have escaped an up-close, and personal experience with one, but they are worth talking about just the same. If you saw one, you'd know why I …
Aside from obvious emergencies, there isn't much in our world today that causes people to stop and take notice, unless of course it is the modern-day bing or ting of our phones alerting us of new text messages, Facebook notifications, incoming Tweets, work emails, the latest news scandal report (of which there are plenty), etc. …
I will let this one speak for itself....
Layers of caramel sky, As tasty as butterscotch pie, Says the sun, "Good-bye."
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