Ten Days in Hawi

Ten days in Hawi (Kohala District of Hawaii Island) at Randy and Sarah Stoddard's home - Puu Pueo.  This photo is looking across their small crater towards the pasture.  A lovely spot, complete with 2 large dogs,  and a relaxing Thanksgiving break. Thanks Sarah and Randy.

The house at Puu Pueo from the other side of the crater.

The sad sight of vog, looking towards Kona.

Pepeekeo sugar on the Haumakua Coast.

The remains of the Pepeekeo sugar mill. Wayne was born in Pepeekeo and Papa was manager there in the mid-70's.

Thanksgiving dinner ready to cook...ono, scallops and grilled romaine salad. We also had couscous and green beans.

Scallops with a sweet and sour sauce.

The dinner plate..yum!

Buck and Mousse discussing things

Along came Darby wanting in on the ear scratching.

Sunshine, trees, bird of paradise...

Morning shadows across the crater

Painting supervised by Darby.

Mousse the art critic. He gave the painting a lick...think that means he approves.

Pasture and mountain view from the fence.

Pasture and mountains early in the morning.

That's Haleakala from Puu Pueo.

Ironwood in the breeze.

The kolea checking us and the dogs out.

October in Portland

Fall arrived very suddenly..very warm one day, chilly the next. The trees back up the weather's proclamation that it is fall.

My personal favorite.

An evening at a pumpkin patch with Jackie.

Pumpkins and people beside a pond.

Jackie chose this one.

"Look, a crack in the hay. I want to go in it."

And in it he went.

Holding his pumpkin on the train ride back to the entrance. We took a boat across the pond. I haven't been to many pumpkin patches but this one was fabulous. I'm sure a beautiful evening helped a lot.

Reflection across the pond.

Farm land..we are just minutes from Thad and Jessica's.

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Enjoying an ice cream date

He is telling the geese to stop...they didn't.

Keeping an almost 4 year old busy...painting

Cutting..

Gluing

Sitting in the rental car pretending to drive

Climbing a green mountain

He is ready for school, carrying his lunch box which does not hold lunch, instead it holds various treasures such as envelopes, bubble wrap and a tiny book that belongs to Captain. This is his idea of a cool pose.

Nana like this pose better.

The Laird's back yard

Rest of the back yard

Thad celebrating the building of his fence

A common sight at the Laird's

After Thad and Pedro worked all day...dirt and rocks in place, lawn mowed...things are shaping up well.

A dedicated artist, directly from bed to painting.

Jackie is wearing a gown-up. Probably named when someone said, hold your gown up. It is a adult sized t-shirt. He loves his gown-ups; sleeps in them, spends the day in them, has been known to take them back out of the laundry to wear them.

Really, who needs toys when they have a roll of paper towels. "This is my path."  Note the blue gown-up. His second favorite.

So many things to do with paper towels.

And paper bags. He was sure he could pull me in this one so told me to stand in it. The handles broke off..that Nana is too heavy! So, ripping apart the bag became the next activity.

If all else fails, pull your paper towels around in laundry baskets. Never a dull moment. When I look back on our morning and all he/we did it is no wonder he naps for 2 hours. I'm ready to nap as well!Life will seem a bit dull and quiet when I return to Honolulu on Monday.