July 27, 2025
Welcome to Adventure Blog #107
Thanks for tuning in. It is a rainy afternoon here in Hana. It has been a pretty good week with the exception of having to put Mr. Sad Eyes down. No wonder he has looked sad as he had a tumor in his mouth and Dr. Alan said it would be a long painful death if I didn’t end it. As much as I hate doing this I never want them to suffer. This always adds sadness to the surrounding days.
On a happy note I attended my first Hana birthday party for Teava who turned two. He is so smart and loves to visit Mana dog.
I was lucky to get another big batch of mangos which I have been processing and freezing for chutney And other things.
I am starting to get out in the garden to weed and that makes me feel more like myself. I have a new young and strong weed eater, named Toby. Now that we have so much cleared the new challenge is keeping it mowed. We actually need a four wheel drive riding mower which is at the top of our wish list. Even with that here is always more hand work to do. There is a lot of hono hono grass growing up in the taro and potatoes which needs to be pulled out by hand. It is easy to pull out and a very rewarding job so I love it.
Was hoping to do some this eve, but woke up with a sore throat and feeling less than wonderful.
I have been slowly but sure digging myself out of a sh_t load of bureaucratic paper work. It is like the universe is saying OK now it is time for you to get organized and get this all behind. This job will probably go all through August unfortunately. Besides my knee followed by hip surgery didn’t help. And, I have been so focused on getting the property in order I let some paper work slide. Gardening is always my preference, but it already feels great to have started the projects. I planted this taro six months ago and this is just a small part of what we have growing.
Zac and two friends came Thursday for a small first taro harvest. They made lau laus and are bringing me some soon which I am looking forward to.
Yesterday Heide and Jenny drove out from Kula with some of my belongings I left on Oahu. Heide brought a great lunch and it was fun to see them.
This vice will come in handy for future projects.
I am coughing and need to close this out so to make some more hot tea for my throat.
The Niu Forever film premiered this week at the Hawaii Conservation Conference and at Native Books last eve.
It will also aire on PBS and I will get the date. Hana Hou Magazine wants to do a story on the projects so that is exciting.
Meanwhile the coconuts in our gene bank here are getting ready for planting.
Thanks for tuning in. Wishing a great week for all.
Aloha Nui,
Vicky
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