Cactus Garden at Kapiolani Community College
Cool as a Cactus at KCC Along with a fabulous farmer’s market on Saturdays (shout out to Thai Farmers, especially!), KCC has a surprising and impressive cactus garden with varieties from all over the...
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Biking Back in Time (Kualoa Ranch)
puʻuhonua = refuge Kualoa Ranch is a 4,000 acre private nature reserve and working cattle ranch on the windward coast and has been the site of over 70 Hollywood movies since the 1950’s, including...
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Plumeria Grove at Koko Crater Botanic Gardens
The Botanic Gardens are within the Koko Crater, just a few miles east of us. Its focus is on the cultivation of rare and endangered dryland plants from around the world, but the part...
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Hola to Aloha – Bob and Sharron journey to O’ahu
makua kane = father In February, Troy’s dad Bob and his wife Sharron took the long trip to visit us after a vacation in Mexico! We were so excited that they added us to...
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Whale Watching in Maui
koholā = whale We had THE MOST AMAZING TIME whale watching on Wednesday, February 19th in Maui. Troy’s dad Bob and his wife Sharron came in on Monday night, had one day to recover...
Cactus Garden at Kapiolani Community College
Cool as a Cactus at KCC Along with a fabulous farmer’s market on Saturdays (shout out to Thai Farmers, especially!), KCC has a surprising and impressive cactus garden with varieties from all over the...
Biking Back in Time (Kualoa Ranch)
puʻuhonua = refuge Kualoa Ranch is a 4,000 acre private nature reserve and working cattle ranch on the windward coast and has been the site of over 70 Hollywood movies since the 1950’s, including...
Plumeria Grove at Koko Crater Botanic Gardens
The Botanic Gardens are within the Koko Crater, just a few miles east of us. Its focus is on the cultivation of rare and endangered dryland plants from around the world, but the part...
Hola to Aloha – Bob and Sharron journey to O’ahu
makua kane = father In February, Troy’s dad Bob and his wife Sharron took the long trip to visit us after a vacation in Mexico! We were so excited that they added us to...
Whale Watching in Maui
koholā = whale We had THE MOST AMAZING TIME whale watching on Wednesday, February 19th in Maui. Troy’s dad Bob and his wife Sharron came in on Monday night, had one day to recover...
Don’t Mistake Aloha For Weakness
kahu = guardian, protector, defender Some people who know me well asked if our move to Hawai’i was an act of self-preservation. Yes, it was. We knew that things could get really bad in...
Sea Life Turtle Release
honu = Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Sea Life Park, a ten minute drive windward, had a semi-annual turtle release in early February, which we were lucky enough to witness! The four turtles, who had...
Zia Takes O’ahu
ʻanakē = aunt Joanne, aka Zia, aka Aunt Awesome made it all the way from New York City to visit us (and attend a yoga retreat in Ka’a’awa). It is so special to share...
Kaneohe Sandbar
one kea = white sand In early January, our lovely neighbors invited us to join them on a catamaran tour to the Kaneohe Sandbar, which they were going on with their nieces from California....
First Sunrise of 2025
pukana lā = sunrise Despite the all night noises of fireworks, Troy and I were inspired to wake up in the dark, don head lamps, and trudge one large step at a time up...