At Home in Two Places
Here are a few photos that hopefully express some aspects of being home in Hawaii.
The lotus pond at Lyon Arboretum in the back of Manoa Valley, not far from the site of the former Paradise Park where I worked weekends in 1971-72 while attending the University of Hawaii-Manoa.
Another water feature at Lyon Arboretum, which is just across from the site of the Agee House, where I rebuilt the rear steps in the mid-1970s as a volunteer, at the behest of Robert Eads, a fellow philosophy student who worked tirelessly to save the Agee House from destruction. Sadly, it burned to the ground in a suspicious fire in the late 1970s:
Backyard mapulehu mangoes:
Enjoying a mapulehu mango on the deck. Note the old udon noodle press in the lower right corner.
Ohelo berries on the Big Island. Local residents are allowed to pick a limited amount per week/month.
The gathered harvest:
Ohelo jam over vanilla ice cream:
Fresh local ahi sliced at home (sashimi):
Stuffed ulua, caught by my wife's second cousin off South Point:
Kelp noodle salad prepared by my sister-in-law: healthy and yummy:
The household jaozi (potsticker) production, Big Island edition (I forgot to take photos of the Honolulu production). There's a special shop we frequent in Honolulu Chinatown that makes a variety of dumpling wrappers.
I hope you've enjoyed this brief (and semi-random) overview of one place I call home.
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