Wow! What a trip! It is sooo nice to be back to our island home - and it really does feel like home.
Lori & Dave's wedding was absolutely perfect, with the two of them just beaming at eachother the whole time. It was really nice to see so many of you, my friends and family. It was just at that most ideal part of springtime when the lilac hedge is in full bloom and there are flowers just everywhere! Even the weather cooperated, just in time.
Moving out of our Idaho home was extremely hard and painful - but it's done now, and that's the end of that.
We found Kerry's cute little studio apartment in Seattle in only 3 days! Spent another week getting her moved in and set up. Managed to have some fun times, too, riding the bus, going into downtown, exploring some of the parks. She's now taking classes at the Bartending Academy, making new friends and connecting with old ones. Going through that hard time of adjusting to living on her own.
As soon as Mike and I landed on the Big Island, we knew we were in the right place, and as we drove to our hale and studio, the sense of coming home after an ordeal settled into our hearts. We wake up each morning thinking how amazing it is that we are living here! Everything was just as we left it, nothing gone amiss, only this: the grass was a foot high and going to seed, jungle-y vines were taking over the fences and creeping into the yard, and my fuzzy Mexican oregano was stretching far and wide along the entire back fence garden! Several days of weeding, mowing, and chopping have got the yard and garden looking well-maintained again.
The avocados and pineapples coming along nicely, making our mouths water in anticipation while just looking at them. Even the little cherry tomato I quickly stuck in the ground the day before we left has grown to a quite large plant and has little green tomatoes forming already! I bought a couple bell peppers, an eggplant, and another tomato and transplanted them all into containers. Also have a couple trays of various seeds started. I know it's pretty late in the season to begin a garden, but it's worth a try, and remember, we don't have a frost date here!
The weather has been beautiful here, although for those who rely on rain catchment systems, it isn't so nice. That's one of the reasons we bought in this particular subdivision: it has it's own water system. The ocean water has been so clear, just great for snorkeling and calm enough that I enjoy swimming out there too. Lovely tradewinds blowing gently.
Went to see the lava flow along the coastline for our Independence Day fireworks display, courtesy of Mother Nature and Madame Pele. There was a lot of fountaining and gushing lava into the ocean, which sends up huge billows of steam and sparks of molten rock. Don't worry, we were probably 1/2 mile away in the County viewing area. Lava was also pouring down the pali (cliffs) above the old Royal Gardens subdivision that has been inundated with flows since the 1980's. And the sky was lit up with the glow of reflected fire - so beautiful in this setting (as opposed to, say, the night-time glow of a forest fire).
Just got the word that the bins and crate that we shipped out of Seattle have arrived in Hilo already. Still have 7 media mail boxes to come.
Until next time,
Aloha, Liz
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