Yep


My wife leaves the house to go to the store or to work out, the volume on the music instantly goes up. As soon as the car pulls up, itʻs back down.


These tongs weee my #1 tool in the kitchen. Almost never left my hand when we of open for service.


My Great Auntie had this US map in her stuff with all of the places she went marked. There a list of Hawaii Trips. 1938-43, 1955-63, 1966, 1968 and 1971.


The problem with too much AI on my phone and computer is it thinks it knows what I want and starts doing or suggesting things I don’t want.


Since the pandemic we’ve hunkered down our finances. We got monthly expenses as low as we can. We don’t buy anything without discussion. Holiday and birthday gifts are conservative. Trips are planned and expenses set aside. Kind of a dry run for retirement. The coming storm will be a test.


Now I’m scanning a box of slides from my Great Auntie. This batch is Hamakua sugar 7-15-43


Notice that some people walking their Dog see it as a duty for the day, for others itʻs the highlight of the day. I would be the latter.


Just saw this on the back of an op-ed my Auntie had saved. Not a new fight.


True


Chinese radio. Turn dial up to lower volume.


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My entire maternal direct line ancestry can be traced back to being on the continent long before even the idea of US. We were British subjects (England, Scotland or Ireland). Had one line of Dutch ancestors in the mix.


A few from our late afternoon sit by the ocean at Lyman’s Kona.


At this time of day I love the colors and texture.


747 Fanjet


Mystery solved. Took a lot of sleuthing. The Kona Plantation was located roughly on the corner of Kuakini and Hualalai streets. The directions in a AAA guide from 1970 says highway 11, 1/2 mi SE of the junction with highway 19. Needed to look at 1970 map to get the streets right.


America was built on the idea of pulling everyone up and giving them a chance. GOP and MAGA are about fuck everyone else, I got mine and want more.


After what seems like weeks of overcast skies, an epic Kona day


Hawaii island’s 16 sugar mills