Kealani's Birthday

Kealani's Birthday 2009


She is now 10.
she sparkles
her eyes shine
she is beautiful
effervescent
laughter
excitement
lovely smile
jumping
writer
lip gloss
she cares
helpful
deep thoughts
tree hugger
she is strong
musical
sings for Him

my Birthday

I say yes to sitting by the pool.

Hapuna Beach

In my humble opinion, if you live in Hawaii, you should occasionally go to the beach.
I said yes to sand.

Easter

If you love horses you will understand

Showed this house today,with a lovely old masonry oven.Kealani came with me. She wants me to buy the property now because it has a horse in the back yard. I told her it does not come with the horse, but she was not listening. I explained that it only has 2 bedrooms, and so she would not even have her own bedroom. She said she would sleep out in the horse shed.

What I am hearing with my ears

i hear hysterical laughter
humming humming hum hum
Sufjan Stevens
singing singing singing
strum
i hear dancing feet,skipping,and running run
falling falling down
being too loud
wrestling, and jumping
making a sound
what was that sound?
redemption
violin
piano
the ground
hummmmming
tears,hysterical crying,sighing
i hear a joke
i hear smoke
i hear a frown
now a smile
i hear coldplay and a contradiction
a giggle
a trip
slam
7 pieces of beethoven
ingrid michaelson and a contraposition
i hear brother bob dylan
a son
a daughter
hummming
drumming
snapping
water

Robbing the Bees

This is what I am reading. It is very good so far.




Numbers 14:8 "If the LORD delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey."

lists

photo by Sarah Ko

3 large pots
latch for gate
Blender
grain mill
pasta attachment
buckets
drum sticks
fencing
Island Rock Chickens
black paint
off white interior paint
bees wax
Fruit trees for every month of the year
avocado
black blouse
black jeans
black pants
black sandals
black shoes
red purse
sewing machine
masonry oven
aquaponic garden
honey house
goat shed
bees
goats
butterfly garden
camera

I like lists.
I have many lists.
So does she.

Flashback

1975 on the North Shore of Oahu.

That is me and my mom!

Eva Mendes

This dress is very simple, yet probably cost her thousands? It is lovely. I have to put a sewing machine on my list. I like her shoes too. I love red shoes that are impossible to wear.

the world sings

Did you ever wonder why the world sings?

Yesterday, I changed my home page from Yahoo to CBC Canada. Next month my home page will be Australian News. Obama is cute, but I don't want to see his face EVERY day.

life

Life is strange, and weird, and sometimes like this print, I don't understand it.

I like dwell magazine. The architecture in the mag is modern, and often the homes use funky materials,alternative energy, and sheep power. They need more chickens, and it would be the PERFECT magazine.

Free DVD and GOAT CHEESE!

If you like givaways,you should check this blog out. Island Life is chock full of giveaways!
I entered to win the new Gulliver’s Travels DVD. I wish I had time to check out her giveaway filled blog more often.

Right now I am baking 4 loaves of honey whole wheat bread, and trying to make goat cheese. I tried to make goat yogurt, but it did not turn out. I was using my oven to keep the milk warm, and I guess it got too hot?It tastes like yogurt, but is not firm. So, now it will be goat cheese instead, I hope. I have a wonderful neighbor who has goats with the best milk in the world, and I am trading him milk for bread! Fresh, organic, raw goat milk makes me happy. I am weird, I know.

For the birds

Pictured here are the two Bantum chickens. They lay small white eggs that are actually pretty big when you consider the size of the chicken. I took this photo with my phone, and I can see it is not that great.

My son has been updating his blog more often than I have. I think he is doing an outstanding job, and his writing is getting better and better.

Where have I been? I have been going crazy, among other things. Working about 78 hours a week, homeschooling, taking kids to classes, baking bread, taking care of chickens,hiking to Shipman Beach,composting,recycling,sitting at this desk typing on this computer till my carpal tunnel acts up, and being on film for Operation Christmas Child.(We are going to be on the show Living In Paradise!)

My house is a mess. Something has to give right?