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Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blow #95

March 15, 2025 Welcome to Adventure Blog #95 Last week I got busy working with a garden helper and had to skip the blog. It has been a catching up time for the last two weeks-a lot of little things to make things here more attractive and organized. I also wrote a story for the HanaContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blow #95”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Post

Welcome to Adventure Blog #94 March 1, 2025 Other than the political news it has been another nice week here-lots of sun and little rain. We need rain to fill the water tanks and the pool. Hopefully some is coming on Tuesday. Meanwhile we have been getting the recently cleared hill prepared for potato plantingContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Post”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #93

February 22, 2025 Welcome to Blog #93 Last week’s blog was skipped as I traveled to Oahu for the 48th annual Buffalo Big Board annual surfing meet held last Saturday. My friend Jericho the first women’s professional surfer flew in from Long Beach and we spent two reminiscent days at the Moana Hotel. In theContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #93”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #92

February 8, 2025 Welcome to Adventure Blog #92 This has been an amazing week! Indrajit, my coconut scholar and practitioner partner arrived on Monday and we have had a very busy, but rewarding week. Every day we went out to various places here in Hana looking for indigenous rare Hawaiian coconut varieties for our geneContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #92”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #91

BLOG #91 February 1, 2025 Welcome to Adventure Blog #91 and what a week this has been! The main adventure this week was weathering the storm. The storm came through here on Thursday like a near hurricane blowing everything in it’s path. I felt so bad for the cats as they scampered for cover wonderingContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #91”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #80

January 25, 2025 Welcome to Blog # 90 I missed last week as I had to spend a week in Honolulu getting things done which are not possible on Maui. It was culture shock every day and I am very happy to be back home in the country with all my four-leggeds. I did makeContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #80”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #89

Welcome to Blog #89 January 11, 2025 Just hard to believe I have almost been here for two years. Several nights ago I looked back at some of the earlier photos and it blows me away with where and how I have journeyed to be at this point in progress. Most visitors are astounded withContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #89”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #88

January 5, 2025 Welcome to Adventure Blog #88 I am feeling under the weather and so this will be very short. And, this last week has been mostly about reorganizing and not so interesting for the big picture. Quite a few jobs are in the planning process; working on a logo for Koali Niu, hadContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #88”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #87

December 29, 2024 Welcome to Adventure Blog #87 This week has been a real adventure -the beginning of an event I have been dreaming of for twenty five years! Chase made the rest of the big clear with his Komatsu excavator. That Machine picks up giant tree trunks like they were match sticks and ripsContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #87”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #86

December 21, 2024 Welcome to Blog #86 This has been what I call a stupendous week! The check arrived for half of the Green Grant money and Chase arrived with his excavator with the chipping claw. He has worked two days and has a giant path almost to the mango trees and pool at theContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #86”