Holidays
We
decided to take advantage of the sales and get a new flat screen TV. Ours was about eleven years old and this one
was about a quarter of the price! A
typical technology story. The clarity is great and Gil did a good job adjusting
the picture that was a little strange to our eyes at first.
Heading home from Christmas grocery shopping
SOOOOO much traffic !
(Actually traffic was really awful after the holiday - all those sales, all those returns)
Xmas Eve - Santa's flight ready for take off
Gil setting up out TV
Anyone need a flat screen without HDMI?
It was a nice surprise to have
carolers show up that evening. They not
only sang several carols, they did about 4 verses of Jingle Bells! Many of us have lights and trees but there is
always one who goes overboard. Pretty at
night but in the daylight it is terrible.
Most deco like this is meant for snow so all the cords are white,
etc. We just avoid the street in
daytime.
Carolers on Poki'i
PV lights on Kaweonui
We
had a great holiday. One quiet dinner
here with friends and two events Christmas:
the daytime potluck at Anini Beach and a nice dinner with good friends that evening.
Rick & Jane (animated), Rt: Rick & Deb, L: Jack & Irmgard (hidden)
We had done some wine tasting with our fish - very fun
Anini Beach Christmas Day
Pavillion at Anini
Blessed with a beautiful day after lots of rainy, stormy ones
We didn't wear swim suits this year, but could have
It wasn't even windy until you went around the point - then it knocked your head off!
Anna - our delightful MC
Thanks Anna !
We had a lovely dinner at Dennis & Paula's, then the Christmas Quiz
(I missed the same questions as last year)
Desert was divine and a little of the gingerbread cake went home with us
Desert was divine and a little of the gingerbread cake went home with us
Kokee
Gil & I both fit in our jobs into the Christmas week partying and then the 26th headed to Kokee
for two days with pal Marion. The nights were cold (40s)
which may seem funny to mainlanders but what do you have your HEATERS set
at?
The Orchard Cabin – Gil & Marion catching some reading time in the warm sun
The rest of the CCC camp from our porch
We had an oven in the kitchen
and sleeping bags in our rooms.
Brrrrrrrrrr. Marion brought her
wonderful Portobello lasagna and we had many holiday goodies, breads, cookies, cakes, etc. and leftovers like cioppono and goat cheese soufflé for breakfast, yada,
yada, yada.
We took a string of lights - looks like a hat on Marion
Sharon with the cioppino for lunch
We
had a couple nice walks and nice visits to the museum. We met the new Director for Hui O Laka – a
group whose premise is to care for the forest. They run the CCC Camp as well as the museum.
Our walk was very wet, jumping runoff and skirting deep mud
Worth it when the mountain peeked out to say hello
Not so many lehua blooming as usual - but did get to see one I'iwi
Thank You Kokee
New
Years Eve was a party down the street. Group
Therapy, the band, was in session and it was great Rock n Roll. We shared the count down with our friend in
Santa Fe again this year (9pm for us).
We came home at 11:45 and watched Times Square on YouTube while drinking
a bottle of good champagne. I was
up till 2am. New Years Day is another
blow out fest at friends – they have had an open house waffle party on New Years Day for 25
years. It was great.
Back at home and with the hubbub
dying down, we got back to our projects.
I’m cranking away at the final draft of my book and Gil is working on
home improvements. These are great – I
can just pull out the sliding drawers for these silly containers now. The days of getting down on our knees (and getting back up), not so much. He did have a new toy to keep him busy when it was too cold in the garage to work.
Sliding drawers
Thanks Gil
Santa brought Gil a bamboo Kandama
He's getting pretty good, threatening to take on the kids on the corner
We are dragging our feet on taking the tree down as we
will miss all the light. Soon.
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