Slooplayla.blogspot.com is pleased to present a new incarnation, the better to follow a new adventure from near or far.

In early November, our dear friends mister Kenneth B. and miss Darci D. boarded a plane (or three) bound for the Hawaiian Islands. Unable to handle the cold, they chose to get out of the freezer.

So, for an indefinite number of months, the duo will wait out the Pacific Northwest winter by pursuing and intertwining their respective passions of scuba diving and organic farming.

As the fingers endowed to format this page, I'm sure I type for all of us when I write that we wish Darc and Ken all things good and harmonious and warm, and that we eagerly await pictures and details of the fun.

The Next Chapter:

Thank you all for the comments on the posts so far. Each bit of encouragement is noted and greatly appreciated!

News, Updates, Notes

NEWS, UPDATES, NOTES

11/03/11
Safe arrival on Hawaii.


Saturday, July 07, 2012

Aloha `Aina

Last Hawaii blog post! Just a few pics to share! Love and Aloha 
Passion Fruit Flower! A beaut!


Most unique orchid I saw on the island
Wheatgrass! 
Smokey came a runnin' when I planted the cat grass...This cat knows what's up.
The beautiful trellis we built! Ken's genius idea.
Hand-built ramp to the garden shed (by Ken)
Red Spanish Pineapple!
A huge cave we scoped out on our way north! It extended underground for at least a half a mile!
Coral art on the side of the road...shaka! 
Nudey beach! aka 67 beach
Waialea Beach (69 beach)
Lychee tree house
Pololu Valley 
The lookout 
Tree swing!
Inside the valley. Perfect place for camping. 
Nature gave me a four leaf clover!
Wild horse we encountered on the trail
Horses in Waipio Valley
Eucalyptus Forest!
Akaka Falls!
Rainbow Falls!
The most eastern part of the island. The freshest air there is!  It travels all the way across the Pacific Ocean
Champagne Pond...We hiked through a maze of lava rock to get to this pool of water heated by an underground lava tube. It was the clearest, most pristine water I've been in! Underwater you could see the temperature difference. Breathtaking!
Wine tasting @ the Volcano Winery! We had 8 different types of wine. From Pinot to Mead, all of the grapes are grown at an elevation of  4,000 feet
Completed (and producing) garden beds!
One of our last phenomenal sunsets on the island
Welcome to our camping space @ old airport beach!
Three day old kitten!
This Buddha statue welcomed us into the Paleaku Peace Gardens!
This is obviously not my photo, but I wanted to put up a birds eye view of the Galaxy Garden we saw! This is the worlds first accurate walk-through model of the Milky Way. It is mapped in flowering plants and based on current astrophysical data.
Striped bromeliad
"The Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition involving the creation and destruction of mandalas made from colored sand. A sand mandala is ritualistically destroyed once it has been completed. However they are sometimes left to emanate blessings form the dieties they represent. Paleaku is fortunate to care for two beautiful sand manadals one is on healing" Medicine Buddha" and one is "Chenrizig, The Buddha of Compassion." Historically, the mandala was not created with natural, dyed sand, but granules of crushed colored stone. In modern times, plain white stones are ground down and dyed with opaque inks to achieve the same effect. Before laying down the sand, the monks assigned to the project draw geometric measurements associated with the mandala. The sand granules are then applied using small tubes, funnels, and scrapers, until the desired pattern over-top is achieved. Sand mandalas traditionally take several weeks to build, due to the large amount of work involved in laying down the sand in such intricate detail. It is common that a team of monks will work together on the project, creating one section of the diagram at a time, usually working from the center outwards."
Having lunch in Centrailia, Washington after a highly anticipated flight home! Onward to Bellingham!

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