At home in Holualoa

Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Here's the Honeymoon Cottage and the spectacular everyday loveliness that surrounds it.

Plumeria

Ti plants

Easter Cactus?

Pineapple plants

Coffee plants

To the beach!

Monday, June 29, 2009
We got our gear and headed to the beach where we found such a great variety of fish last time. We were not disappointed. (Do you see my knitting?)
Look, a honu right at the shore.

This time were were prepared with rash guards, which kept our backs from getting sunburnt.

After we got coffee at Holualoa, a lady offered us apple bananas. They are short and a bit more tart. Yum! (What you don't see is the mosquitos sqarming around his legs.)

A direct quote from dinner at Kona Brewing Co.: "Now that is an adult happy meal!"

Honeymoon Cottage

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Settled in and relaxed. We spent the day going into town to shop a bit and move in.
Slept so soundly. Who wouldn't in a bed like this, surrounded by screens letting the trade winds and intermittent sound of rain surround you?

Geckos are everywhere. They look so comical, the clownfish of the lizard world.

Hawaii 2009

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Who's excited? Jeff and I haven't been to the Big Island since 2005.

Look who else was on the plane from San Diego to Honolulu! Maria and family were going to Maui.

We went to Lulu's in Kailua-Kona to relive the great memory. Why does the second time around never match that first magical moment?

Yard Renovation

After the Carrotwood tree was cut down and the stump ground, we still couldn't plant in the front yard because it was almost solid roots on the side where the tree was. After lots of picking, chopping, digging and two busted water lines, we finally got the roots all dug up.

Jeff came up with the idea of another Pygmy Date Palm instead of another tree. I planted dymondia where grass had been. I filled in with annuals for nice summer color.

On the other side, my succulents are doing well.

Knit a Lifeline

Knitpicks Options Interchangeable needles make it so easy to run a lifeline in your knitting. I am demonstrating on my Montego Bay Scarf. First you thread a length of dental floss through the hole in the metal join on the cable.

Then just knit the row, pulling the floss through with the yarn.

When the row is completed, pull the floss through, letting it hang out on each end. If you need to frog your fabric, the unraveling will stop at the lifeline.

Mom's Weekend

Mom came to visit. She flew to Sharon's where she stayed from Tuesday through Friday. We picked her up from Sharon's Friday, and she stayed with us Friday night through the weekend. Look how cute she is at 77 years old.
Saturday we went to yarn shops. We drove up to Encinitas to Common Threads, but, unfortunately, it was closed. We then went to Needlecraft Cottage in Pacific Beach. We had a lot of fun looking at yarn and patterns and talking to the young gal who was working in the shop. Mom bought some yarn to make the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf. She bought both of us a skein of Malabrigo lace yarn to make the Montego Bay Scarf.
I helped mom set up a Ravelry page. Check it out (if you have an account). Her user ID is msyaninek. I took pictures of her stash, created favorites, a queue, and projects. She will upload updates to her projects. It's fun to share this interest with her. We got started on both scarves before she went back to San Jose. Here's her multidirectional, using Knit One Crochet Too Ty-Dy Socks.

Sunday we went to dinner at The Fishery. Jeff won with an outstanding fish taco plate. I would go back just for that chipotle salsa!