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Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #99

April 26, 2025 Welcome to Adventure Blog #99 The last two weeks have been an adventure in pain and recovery from a knee replacement. Thanks to all my special care angels life is looking brighter and I can barely wait to get back in the old routine of gardening, swimming and just plain old living. AfterContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #99”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #98

April 5, 2025 Welcome to Adventure Blog #98 Thanks for tuning in….This is going to be a very short one as I am getting ready to go to Oahu for a knee replacement and there is lots to do in preparation. I will tell you briefly it has been another good week and we areContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #98”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #97

March 29, 2025 Welcome to Adventure Blog #97 It has been a grand week! The big news is we finally got our IRS designation letter for Koali Niu as a non profit. We were holding our breath that it could take a long long time with Trump’s IRS cutbacks. But, we lucked out and weContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #97”

Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #96

March 22, 2025 Welcome to Blog #96 It has been another great week here in paradise. I have been concentrating on getting some planting done this week. Sunday was a cloudy and rainy day and perfect for crawling around on the hill and planting potatoes. I planted quite a few which I am hoping willContinue reading “Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #96”

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”