tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82049182218456532212024-03-18T18:26:51.649-10:00Globe Trottin' GrandmaEmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11555733621307512935noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-57589700038666083912011-02-21T16:15:00.000-10:002011-02-21T16:15:41.823-10:00the "avocado chair"<center></center><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdUSonIl02_6xPkm-8h8vtVAOyGesyXSBUExl3D3DK_1j42GmhU0r5cX0W_j7EZBS9Soj5XEFIxJIBONOWkWZJiGcLQ_GqmBiyEPVie84zE43PJVlxmVfogFDEWaqeeVCBVhhsKJln2lh/s1600/IMG_1418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdUSonIl02_6xPkm-8h8vtVAOyGesyXSBUExl3D3DK_1j42GmhU0r5cX0W_j7EZBS9Soj5XEFIxJIBONOWkWZJiGcLQ_GqmBiyEPVie84zE43PJVlxmVfogFDEWaqeeVCBVhhsKJln2lh/s320/IMG_1418.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It makes my day to see the "avocado chair" </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">out on the corner of the road.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I crave these local grown avocados!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I cut them open and eat them with a spoon</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"> with a little salt and pepper and fresh lime juice.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The family picks their avocados and puts</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">them in a basket on the chair with a </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">money jar on the side. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">$1 a piece...on the honor system.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Everybody around knows </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">"the avocado chair".</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">They're usually gone by noon.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I lucked out...it's been a cloudy day,</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">so fewer people driving down the highway.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">So, I got my pick!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-45181861528365149982011-01-28T20:55:00.001-10:002011-01-28T20:58:30.958-10:00"Beach" HoppingThat's what I have been doing the last few days...<br />
going to the beach...<br />
haven't been for a long time...<br />
makin' up for lost time...<br />
plus the weather has been gorgeous...<br />
you'd go to...right!<br />
so this is Ha'ena Beach Park<br />
on the north shore of Kauai.<br />
It's low tide...which makes it all the more dramatic.<br />
wish you all could be here<br />
and go to the beach with me.<br />
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(made famous in the movie "South Pacific")<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></a></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-14516614296405174792011-01-21T21:18:00.001-10:002011-01-21T21:20:38.682-10:00Aaaaahhhh....livin' the good lifeI confess...<br />
it's nice to be able<br />
to go to the beach<br />
in January!<br />
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</div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-32073177054431218022011-01-21T01:15:00.002-10:002011-01-21T01:37:32.270-10:00Another Sunset @ Ke'e BeachI really hope my friends and family<br />don't get tired of these pictures!<br />I am always amazed how different<br />the beach and sunset is every time<br />I venture out to Ke'e.<br />Just to refresh it's location...<br />it is the beach located<br />on the northern most point<br />of the island of Kauai.<br />The road ends here.<br />There's been a high surf<br />advisory for the last few days...take a look!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuBoM6apM-USBByfzq2WU-Zb90jSY6VNQ0UD1yGHD4k0T_BVEYUe498RN3M3pKtWzXwd3Lb0kKx9JqHdWF2TbrvNV0PndGBT3CdfxDmZ2_ckh-mTmO9X1wWegL-tAS2c0wCXn7n_Bxach/s1600/Jan+19%252C+2011+%25284%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564598158440030914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuBoM6apM-USBByfzq2WU-Zb90jSY6VNQ0UD1yGHD4k0T_BVEYUe498RN3M3pKtWzXwd3Lb0kKx9JqHdWF2TbrvNV0PndGBT3CdfxDmZ2_ckh-mTmO9X1wWegL-tAS2c0wCXn7n_Bxach/s320/Jan+19%252C+2011+%25284%2529.JPG" /></a> But as the sun gets lower in the<br />sky...the waves seem to calm down too.<br />Your looking at the NaPali coastline here...WOW!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgTZtuWLlmWdGxn4MsqT0KQRQv5UnzPNFh6iThMWhKEuRYG6yQt141J18MYey5Y5BjBVK_mZ_kDSX_L_a2DtjC886YJqU4fG_qPTMAkLWpqps9w4BG5SWcRwg7eZAmw6wFoyfDC5CXbGNT/s1600/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252812%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564598142633070690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgTZtuWLlmWdGxn4MsqT0KQRQv5UnzPNFh6iThMWhKEuRYG6yQt141J18MYey5Y5BjBVK_mZ_kDSX_L_a2DtjC886YJqU4fG_qPTMAkLWpqps9w4BG5SWcRwg7eZAmw6wFoyfDC5CXbGNT/s320/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252812%2529.JPG" /></a> My camera wasn't good enough to capture the whales spouting<br />in the picture below...sorry...because it was so amazing to watch!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVbRoiqyIsek_kFRCI4SC8Eo5wlUw3SvQfiFepIh1Uzhg3xzG1Zwi6e0kwk__2D4Oz_xTV64TAX03KOtg8JLPLXbjh8xQNbvTGTTClpBQ5-SnEZGtGhGM1G-z-zzjYpR2sHE12T4_oqBN/s1600/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252821%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564598135236122450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVbRoiqyIsek_kFRCI4SC8Eo5wlUw3SvQfiFepIh1Uzhg3xzG1Zwi6e0kwk__2D4Oz_xTV64TAX03KOtg8JLPLXbjh8xQNbvTGTTClpBQ5-SnEZGtGhGM1G-z-zzjYpR2sHE12T4_oqBN/s320/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252821%2529.JPG" /></a> Now, just enjoy the sunset on the NaPali Coastline of Kauai.</div><div>Wish you could all be here to see it!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dap2tjhBB4t3DxVMttf_axZaNEmgvCG5hdrxT5i5dQVmvby-NuZQD7atwO_vbSrJoSy5eUjGWrY8cxyTENs7-8hOztonC50ipdsvM7r6K1JehYXbR_LUiH5KtHNngtuGRXbr3krAA7N2/s1600/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252829%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564597010726998130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2dap2tjhBB4t3DxVMttf_axZaNEmgvCG5hdrxT5i5dQVmvby-NuZQD7atwO_vbSrJoSy5eUjGWrY8cxyTENs7-8hOztonC50ipdsvM7r6K1JehYXbR_LUiH5KtHNngtuGRXbr3krAA7N2/s320/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252829%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8JRRZjmIWkbmaKfXnKf7_GwAbXKyPOJ412YJiBdJMxTZnd59aFJZCjX9DOweoNPQScjrmezQ5DIOfiOEf6kkcD_gGLldBj0Y8o7CXe5Pgircs54z4v_WY_p5vcUSFtuZj0VwQmBMuqpZ/s1600/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252830%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564597004521326722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8JRRZjmIWkbmaKfXnKf7_GwAbXKyPOJ412YJiBdJMxTZnd59aFJZCjX9DOweoNPQScjrmezQ5DIOfiOEf6kkcD_gGLldBj0Y8o7CXe5Pgircs54z4v_WY_p5vcUSFtuZj0VwQmBMuqpZ/s320/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252830%2529.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfq0cLPnw34nOcTzW5CljIKoOxIgL__ET1hQO4H9kIkUpCl0v3ji3TbPtbxhFOT9WBVnbLuEgZJqMOopgOxhN_QmsFGCMjeD9_uOPcZ4k8RFRe3JNRAFeKMnxMv1xROvADHkfLIdkOjam-/s1600/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252831%2529.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564597003217443714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfq0cLPnw34nOcTzW5CljIKoOxIgL__ET1hQO4H9kIkUpCl0v3ji3TbPtbxhFOT9WBVnbLuEgZJqMOopgOxhN_QmsFGCMjeD9_uOPcZ4k8RFRe3JNRAFeKMnxMv1xROvADHkfLIdkOjam-/s320/Jan+19%252C+2011+%252831%2529.JPG" /></a> Aloha from Kauai........... :-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div></div></div></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-47599283672093796022011-01-15T19:54:00.004-10:002011-01-20T08:48:10.740-10:00A Walk to the Post Office<div align="center">We've had a lot of rain this last week...</div><div align="center">but our weather is <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">mild</span></em> compared to</div><div align="center">what I have seen on the news all over</div><div align="center">the mainland...but especially the east coast!</div><div align="center">At least when the rain stops here and the sun</div><div align="center">comes out...it's instantly summer again,</div><div align="center">no matter what month it is!</div><div align="center">And today was one of those days.</div><div align="center">The sun came out, and it was</div><div align="center">a gorgeous warm day. </div><div align="center">So, I decided to walk to the post office.</div><div align="center">I was amused by what I saw along the way.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">The garden in front of one house had this</div><div align="center">most spectacular hibiscus growing in their garden! </div><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562658644695291682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiomKZTFdVK1JnaUFSeh9F8G8yiRQ4JvHaoH_aGgwKvyesIRiiOXLCwHdmthUeBAmlcBNZIBVgxH-TxrC_6OTXWaTPveeVkMzZWeC4r09RXDJUoUtc6Sfvi2cF7dU9xax1K5Z3Mbwc5JpDI/s320/IMG_1244.JPG" /> And then not far from that, this was growing in their garden.</div><div align="center">A different kind of beauty!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7_zG5Y8Ky6RJJ2tmXnMsQEjjPr2jfFcK_Chu6JAKmUtRAhRpB1EaDKHHKqwkPEDMI8pDscLzw5NLdYnZiWGI0E9tb0qJFn46nMigkA9oWRr6i8XU-MYJ2PMsG3ERxivOl3MgD0VXmslJ/s1600/IMG_1243.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562658639183621474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7_zG5Y8Ky6RJJ2tmXnMsQEjjPr2jfFcK_Chu6JAKmUtRAhRpB1EaDKHHKqwkPEDMI8pDscLzw5NLdYnZiWGI0E9tb0qJFn46nMigkA9oWRr6i8XU-MYJ2PMsG3ERxivOl3MgD0VXmslJ/s320/IMG_1243.JPG" /></a> It was a great walk!<br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-18199337890053511082011-01-01T21:03:00.002-10:002011-01-01T21:19:23.913-10:00<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">Happy 2011 New Year Everyone!!</span></div><div align="center"><em><strong>from Polihale State Park on Kauai</strong></em></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">(I dedicated this day to my friends Steve and Lily!</span></em><em><span style="font-size:85%;">)</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">They called and asked me to be sure and take a walk </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">on the beach for them on new year's day. </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;">It's a great place to beach combe for shells, Lily!)</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em> </div><div align="center">This beach is hard to get to...but worth it!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This was quite the test for my new "old" car...</div><div align="center">but she made it through all the pot holes and mud</div><div align="center">and got us there and back safe and sound!</div><div align="center">I'm so proud of her!</div><div align="center">My friends were happy,too, because none of them</div><div align="center">had cars that would get us there...</div><div align="center">Hope you had a great new year's day wherever you spent it!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4a-AwlJg-f8QFjlNT8_5V15XOVHGZL43SmKPfYnrBOMM9Mzt63lfF1uK9ycAq8ptOH_0vXO2EFGYr6zsYtj2vVx098Kos72gYR-oYca0nWh-CqGXE1YYp63Pi-AfHFX0Tap2NaLaTpHP/s1600/IMG_1188.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 269px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557481757993838738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4a-AwlJg-f8QFjlNT8_5V15XOVHGZL43SmKPfYnrBOMM9Mzt63lfF1uK9ycAq8ptOH_0vXO2EFGYr6zsYtj2vVx098Kos72gYR-oYca0nWh-CqGXE1YYp63Pi-AfHFX0Tap2NaLaTpHP/s320/IMG_1188.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gFbuoJcz37-XTERZ9qSMHUBliH1FTuop9wFYL9eTrEUDqIhus75SnQxa5L6TK-2rzk1nLc9Faimr49nrkHdNm512b0NMvfYLmhnJK9j2sF9fWGjKXi-Jbn__DbSJf8CAkV5LKzmq4yIP/s1600/IMG_1194.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557481751785225266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gFbuoJcz37-XTERZ9qSMHUBliH1FTuop9wFYL9eTrEUDqIhus75SnQxa5L6TK-2rzk1nLc9Faimr49nrkHdNm512b0NMvfYLmhnJK9j2sF9fWGjKXi-Jbn__DbSJf8CAkV5LKzmq4yIP/s320/IMG_1194.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-31756374823086793642010-08-23T22:35:00.007-10:002010-08-24T07:43:16.649-10:00Sea Turtles, Sand Castles, Sunsets, and a Full Moon Rising...<div align="center">and it all happened in just a half an hour this evening!! </div><div align="center">(between 6:30p and 7:00p) </div><div align="center">WOW!!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRUmpFa77g0ES8dRcccQkVjO4AEs5v32p_lvRL-v_z7PgNm-ZfLNRGv3BKZyo9g1J6KFsiy_LyHV9EN02nzunMUixu95Wqf1rVkzGcwEdhyphenhyphenB0HA3slXCH5h3cnuCYz9-rKkh960VjrAfh/s1600/CIMG0669.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508896432186642530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRUmpFa77g0ES8dRcccQkVjO4AEs5v32p_lvRL-v_z7PgNm-ZfLNRGv3BKZyo9g1J6KFsiy_LyHV9EN02nzunMUixu95Wqf1rVkzGcwEdhyphenhyphenB0HA3slXCH5h3cnuCYz9-rKkh960VjrAfh/s320/CIMG0669.JPG" /></a>The sea turtle came ashore for sunset...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WVGibUIEjYg6PWGIMVWD1TX3kW9wLJgUgeW8p8OqbtvHe4QzC_tfHXeKmYk6sM649NbAgnhJ2c09tZv4wlDHWRV5w9or5TNY9ntV78aqzFapMZ0oCyZVuFcPpXR6SCUNpQwEgEhdxGm5/s1600/CIMG0660.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508895547793088722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WVGibUIEjYg6PWGIMVWD1TX3kW9wLJgUgeW8p8OqbtvHe4QzC_tfHXeKmYk6sM649NbAgnhJ2c09tZv4wlDHWRV5w9or5TNY9ntV78aqzFapMZ0oCyZVuFcPpXR6SCUNpQwEgEhdxGm5/s320/CIMG0660.JPG" /></a>Staser thought it was pretty <em><span style="color:#3366ff;">cool</span></em>!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8zNTxXapOMjhOwRJALks679mHzhyRBRj1R_9pM2-KwwT-dxNXSsliMyeOv0OoM-KNXfiifMXIZUgz9ADwNQHoBmTmAwPAev-UDbNTsJGdaZKn2NLynulQTwBMO7dNL0sIHfUIV329kpK/s1600/CIMG0667.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508894867703424626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8zNTxXapOMjhOwRJALks679mHzhyRBRj1R_9pM2-KwwT-dxNXSsliMyeOv0OoM-KNXfiifMXIZUgz9ADwNQHoBmTmAwPAev-UDbNTsJGdaZKn2NLynulQTwBMO7dNL0sIHfUIV329kpK/s320/CIMG0667.JPG" /></a>His sand castle was also pretty <em><span style="color:#3366ff;">cool</span></em>...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXLVXsEynR0sTO2vwJCoHrRLn6ZUVPNCYQMnSo2-rt24Hl2dPBvNfi8JzM7VZecwbbMIZPeXHi9gexQzeD5tMVWut8DvkU5fcty7AlD7A_DZUSi2BbcXXC41GiHxpSYkbXYnzerZs_yq5/s1600/CIMG0673.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508893640824930754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXLVXsEynR0sTO2vwJCoHrRLn6ZUVPNCYQMnSo2-rt24Hl2dPBvNfi8JzM7VZecwbbMIZPeXHi9gexQzeD5tMVWut8DvkU5fcty7AlD7A_DZUSi2BbcXXC41GiHxpSYkbXYnzerZs_yq5/s320/CIMG0673.JPG" /></a> And we turned around just in time to catch the full moon rising...</div><div align="center">How <em><span style="color:#3366ff;">cool</span></em> was that!!</div><div align="center">A perfect<em><span style="color:#3366ff;"> cool</span></em> day on Kauai!</div><div align="center">Then we were off to get a shave ice! </div><div align="center">It was so scrumptous!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-51649218283889623512010-08-20T22:56:00.009-10:002010-08-21T03:53:11.979-10:00Another Island Car is making it's debut!<div align="center">My husband saw a similar car at the craft show</div><div align="center">last weekend and thought it woud be a fun car to</div><div align="center">tool around in here. He kept buggin' me about the</div><div align="center">idea until I finally looked at Craigs' List to see </div><div align="center">if any were around...and low and behold, </div><div align="center">there was one...it had just been posted...</div><div align="center">looked really sweet...price was right...</div><div align="center">so now it has a new home in our jungle. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHj_K-KIPgn_qh6yXYpOwyCtS-HK5ulXZqKtYqSpxRKg7EU7wLgDRdMeVJi3GHtQJR8muakjvh4V9H9-XvWowg9X1nVCi4rrRoXTP7yfr_fQ08wtOztzZFphyphenhypheni-E0xue987pkFIneJsvcs/s1600/CIMG0654.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507786076020671762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHj_K-KIPgn_qh6yXYpOwyCtS-HK5ulXZqKtYqSpxRKg7EU7wLgDRdMeVJi3GHtQJR8muakjvh4V9H9-XvWowg9X1nVCi4rrRoXTP7yfr_fQ08wtOztzZFphyphenhypheni-E0xue987pkFIneJsvcs/s320/CIMG0654.JPG" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4STwImnfobAzfkhj-CL-NngksnvCqw_rlQue-01KdhF1YMzR8UjcLU7IUZx3tyosHm0Lrsg5HmnijoIGg7UWSz78zKNNRjJCHwF_5bFDRb9Bf1O5rR0OBq-FIw5MvWcu1ajzE-tToJl4/s1600/CIMG0652.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507785768739612770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4STwImnfobAzfkhj-CL-NngksnvCqw_rlQue-01KdhF1YMzR8UjcLU7IUZx3tyosHm0Lrsg5HmnijoIGg7UWSz78zKNNRjJCHwF_5bFDRb9Bf1O5rR0OBq-FIw5MvWcu1ajzE-tToJl4/s320/CIMG0652.JPG" /></a> Cute, huh!!!</div><br /><div align="center">perfect car to drive the beautiful road</div><div align="center">between Wainiha and Hanalei! </div><div align="center">(p.s. hope it doesn't leak when it rains though!)<br /></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-78363176795818749542010-06-29T22:00:00.011-10:002010-06-29T23:04:07.028-10:00"Christmas Tree" Bush<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9JPtCRQosRKBNCFXxeCIG6QpzqgnhIP5kY0C-fFl2HLY-nmxOkQ-FFezeS5ZT2X_Z5qRdKZKZBHHZ1U-MK70UXBTq0RRLATBiDHaV-te8acuub14r70w_6HHlF5VgKt-SgPBSNcWrs3U/s1600/CIMG0311.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488485127949827458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9JPtCRQosRKBNCFXxeCIG6QpzqgnhIP5kY0C-fFl2HLY-nmxOkQ-FFezeS5ZT2X_Z5qRdKZKZBHHZ1U-MK70UXBTq0RRLATBiDHaV-te8acuub14r70w_6HHlF5VgKt-SgPBSNcWrs3U/s320/CIMG0311.JPG" /></a> That's not it's real name...but it's what I have affectionately named it.<br />I just read that it only blooms in the summer months in the northern hemisphere...<br />it is native to the southern hemisphere...<br />however, the University of Hawaii horticulturalists are attempting to develop a<br />December blooming for the floral Christmas decoration business.<br />So I'm not the only one who thinks this is a "Hawaiian Christmas Tree"...only in June!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTrxLbL7UIL2i1A8KuePoPlao9xri6sYiE-RIaVb_U2KvVYr4Gl4RpCaN30EzN_3lwGQy8d1GXiCr6i4YBBjgWaOzUaD6imCCigKsYaT6fSAxWUJCkewPTVqZgMcOJeIZ4sP0HaFAP3ex/s1600/CIMG0287.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488477209180131282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTrxLbL7UIL2i1A8KuePoPlao9xri6sYiE-RIaVb_U2KvVYr4Gl4RpCaN30EzN_3lwGQy8d1GXiCr6i4YBBjgWaOzUaD6imCCigKsYaT6fSAxWUJCkewPTVqZgMcOJeIZ4sP0HaFAP3ex/s320/CIMG0287.JPG" /></a>In the floral world...it is a "scarlet heliconia"...also known as a "hanging lobster claw".<br />It seems like overnight the flower appears...with it's brilliant red and yellow color...<br />and the edges painted with a hint of green.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwKOkm8DArowci6hKZbTZDut6_H94VNyUJVTbNr7GJScZ-AywJ5fnxQ6ljzqS6yykNcaYKQJDnKdNIQgOPQi8whiBjLiE5DtimeE57X_TfN0VE1oV8U-Dhv1a75Xkm4Udhbv6o1qDSmcy/s1600/CIMG0290.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488475924027402018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwKOkm8DArowci6hKZbTZDut6_H94VNyUJVTbNr7GJScZ-AywJ5fnxQ6ljzqS6yykNcaYKQJDnKdNIQgOPQi8whiBjLiE5DtimeE57X_TfN0VE1oV8U-Dhv1a75Xkm4Udhbv6o1qDSmcy/s320/CIMG0290.JPG" /></a>Then, magically, each day the petals start to open up...<br /><div><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488475470050126306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjB9qzegVG_f7kd_rWkpUtK0txWg0w4IuqnhzQxX0eGkafsTDIHZ4brWJreWcAmCx4S4rIRWfVzsM_HNO0TuQ5NSzx6GhcPUMexDn7ScVMqN4Dxnc9rFzMAVm6z4jw6MLBiGX1EW42pOqT/s320/CIMG0291.JPG" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt76VHdQcxpr0I-y5mvEze4SNa-sLrP0YcugRq2bCoVIvMjjitwTkyKBdsBnWcuIuK8AsII0pMK-ZySiHi2VL_Y-1KeGZkq_7xMabNUfjwmEH3NCVAe5-jGcua08OUN-m5Ys2Ox7U_2y0H/s1600/CIMG0312.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488474843396571282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt76VHdQcxpr0I-y5mvEze4SNa-sLrP0YcugRq2bCoVIvMjjitwTkyKBdsBnWcuIuK8AsII0pMK-ZySiHi2VL_Y-1KeGZkq_7xMabNUfjwmEH3NCVAe5-jGcua08OUN-m5Ys2Ox7U_2y0H/s320/CIMG0312.JPG" /></a> And then...magically...it looks like a Christmas tree!</div><div>It's amazing!</div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">All things [<em>truly do]</em> denote there is a God</span></div></div></div><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-75850409321484399722010-06-28T08:25:00.008-10:002010-06-29T22:57:56.309-10:00Look What Moved into The Neighborhood Yesterday!<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4czhvu3vhFeUMyvy9CWS6gLspH_Nrbd76HNs7n8lQXYAZUiM-XFE0onKqeP2bmWqb65g3VQDqt1ChppqH9fNSrs1C_rsglk8TediqmHcBglquuzVn5LC8AoazPH9urtFgbpMtWDkciaLI/s1600/CIMG0370.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487894970730337170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4czhvu3vhFeUMyvy9CWS6gLspH_Nrbd76HNs7n8lQXYAZUiM-XFE0onKqeP2bmWqb65g3VQDqt1ChppqH9fNSrs1C_rsglk8TediqmHcBglquuzVn5LC8AoazPH9urtFgbpMtWDkciaLI/s320/CIMG0370.JPG" /></a> Hanalei neighborhood...to be precise.</div><div align="left">It all happens in just a few hours that</div><div align="left">these "movie sets" move into town.</div><div align="left">(It happens a lot here...for instance...</div><div align="left">since January...there have been film</div><div align="left">crews here for 3 different films. George</div><div align="left">Clooney was here in March...we all tried </div><div align="left">to catch a glimpse!)</div><div align="left">I read online that the filming for the new</div><div align="left">"Pirates of the Carribean" began here last week.</div><div align="left">Parts of it are being filmed on the NaPali Coast.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YfX4i3KlbTPUZinLSg_7rKVfkc6cB6jRRj1SJT1GwRtnxDLEEOGgHkCrZSdUVCvJ1KiztGnKOEqPEZBR8CAR_T712uQvfxjzZsDS583q_x4rH4vkghJJ4GZp8UrV46cU2vw6GprNoZMh/s1600/DSC00090.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487907615898256994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YfX4i3KlbTPUZinLSg_7rKVfkc6cB6jRRj1SJT1GwRtnxDLEEOGgHkCrZSdUVCvJ1KiztGnKOEqPEZBR8CAR_T712uQvfxjzZsDS583q_x4rH4vkghJJ4GZp8UrV46cU2vw6GprNoZMh/s320/DSC00090.JPG" /></a> No wonder I've been hearing so many<br /><div align="left">helicopters fly over our place! The NaPali Coast</div><div align="left">is just 5 minutes down the road from us.</div><div align="left">It's our favorite place for incredible sunsets!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrsKtZHbAC2pNu6zg-gWTbu-vH9LXItlqKNRWvsIAY9xI5O6xGiYgcbL85Hi_SigC32sJ7NUTQJwbru5L8r63la-NOHlh2Rsi3RvVgaP5WTW8Sr5mDY3aXe95J59_7moJfnAFxhLUR4cr/s1600/CIMG4778.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487906844539070050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrsKtZHbAC2pNu6zg-gWTbu-vH9LXItlqKNRWvsIAY9xI5O6xGiYgcbL85Hi_SigC32sJ7NUTQJwbru5L8r63la-NOHlh2Rsi3RvVgaP5WTW8Sr5mDY3aXe95J59_7moJfnAFxhLUR4cr/s320/CIMG4778.JPG" /></a></div><div align="left">What an amazing backdrop for a movie!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCsOW-iG202UE3BQVNlvN2RZ6crTv_OWlu5KsfJ5vYBs2aH8K-jfOudIKSoxCexUFdogxO1IbfiNqNgDP6sgzJyrfLzVlk9SHWBZ__x9dbuGKBwlVh_w5C1tInIONmX0hFAhtUlnd0SXj/s1600/CIMG0368.JPG"></div></a><div align="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCsOW-iG202UE3BQVNlvN2RZ6crTv_OWlu5KsfJ5vYBs2aH8K-jfOudIKSoxCexUFdogxO1IbfiNqNgDP6sgzJyrfLzVlk9SHWBZ__x9dbuGKBwlVh_w5C1tInIONmX0hFAhtUlnd0SXj/s320/CIMG0368.JPG">I'm sure you'll agree...it's a beautiful place to work!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETxS9Y1YCOICdBkEaPY-Wmcq5Xq0kRQP2lShMXV84K7HL2gTbHEN2VK_jdPOGVOwTLJyiQtkuDgZ-UFyM8YzDRUObBYl4H0vWCpCqtgzdVf08qL-HeIS0VCreBHlZLN2BviyHaFj1NuEF/s1600/CIMG0372.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487893521949221922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETxS9Y1YCOICdBkEaPY-Wmcq5Xq0kRQP2lShMXV84K7HL2gTbHEN2VK_jdPOGVOwTLJyiQtkuDgZ-UFyM8YzDRUObBYl4H0vWCpCqtgzdVf08qL-HeIS0VCreBHlZLN2BviyHaFj1NuEF/s320/CIMG0372.JPG" /></a>Set includes trailers for the stars...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eePyrgIn5JaZKzPxbjaK4FSWBQc7_suibH0_ilWuwfNaKw_k3wbFf0ggIcMnICwDRNdEQ_ghXcnkQ31a-ZZiUO9JP7IJijFsV78F5xl_2QFBxC6Zg4-GXzELiIunipF4w2Rn7s9cI7kJ/s1600/CIMG0373.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487893116738400914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eePyrgIn5JaZKzPxbjaK4FSWBQc7_suibH0_ilWuwfNaKw_k3wbFf0ggIcMnICwDRNdEQ_ghXcnkQ31a-ZZiUO9JP7IJijFsV78F5xl_2QFBxC6Zg4-GXzELiIunipF4w2Rn7s9cI7kJ/s320/CIMG0373.JPG" /></a> A tent to serve food to the film crews... </div><div align="left">I'll have to keep my eyes open for Johnny Depp!<br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-91527701386884552612010-06-22T15:59:00.006-10:002010-06-22T17:06:05.932-10:00All is well in Paradise!<div align="center">It was brought to my attention this morning that</div><div align="center">I haven't done a blog post since April 12th!!</div><div align="center">Wow!! I thought to myself...where did the</div><div align="center">time go this last 7+ weeks...what did I do?!</div><div align="center">It's a cloudy, rainy day today...</div><div align="center">good day to blog...so here's a quick recap...</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlufeenXejTsFFFjA8w0hrExrg8oysThnYtRh-UpGK1GNypdEczPqCb50gm3mH9rk18T3llwpQ2_J7SwvURVUKUhzkptVU9U2fX1sfgqCQbEdFL70E6HstzvVf_ssA0BRWRPY7RseKt1O/s1600/CIMG0362.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485783670931166418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlufeenXejTsFFFjA8w0hrExrg8oysThnYtRh-UpGK1GNypdEczPqCb50gm3mH9rk18T3llwpQ2_J7SwvURVUKUhzkptVU9U2fX1sfgqCQbEdFL70E6HstzvVf_ssA0BRWRPY7RseKt1O/s320/CIMG0362.JPG" /></a> Right after my last blog, our faithful and trusty </div><div align="center">island car broke down. It's an older car, so the </div><div align="center">tiny part that broke had to be ordered in from</div><div align="center">the mainland (name used by us locals to identify</div><div align="center">the other 49 states). It took almost 2 weeks!</div><div align="center">That's when you really know you live in the</div><div align="center">jungle. Timing is always bad when your car</div><div align="center">breaks down. We were busy packing for an extended</div><div align="center">adventure which would take us to the </div><div align="center">"mainland" (Utah) for family events, and then to China.</div><div align="center">(another "mainland")</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">It's takes too long to explain "why", suffice it to say...we accompanied </div><div align="center">The Raging Red Choir from Dixie State College, (located in St. George, Utah),</div><div align="center">on it's China tour to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Beijing, and Qingdao.</div><div align="center">We came back exhausted!! In 10 days, they did 9 performances...</div><div align="center">they were way more exhausted then us! But they're young...right.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Since we've been back, Lar and I have both had computer issues.</div><div align="center">Mine was minor...fortunately...and was an easy fix...</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">But Lar's was major...with lots and lots of hours on the phone with </div><div align="center">tech support...missing a few naps, and not sleeping very well...</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">New parts are on their way for the old computer...</div><div align="center">Also...a new computer is on it's way to the Jungle Cabana...</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Our computers are our everything here.....</div><div align="center">phone, tv, internet, video conferencing with the grandkids...</div><div align="center">It's our big time link to all of you!!</div><div align="center">So, they have to work!!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">We've still been doing our QiGong 3 days a week.</div><div align="center">Our weather has been stunningly gorgeous.</div><div align="center">So, even with all the stuff that has broken and tried to discourage us...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGY3ZwqZ2evHaKfB2IqKGjD4QBGx9f4V9AS17EJ1NAc4pAPUDN2hQGGOa5TsrXdasUAq4Ri4KZj_pLVego6CC2mXqePqGXNsNkqTJTjgxob0wRihNvI_l_wlKsrcBkYUA4JjgWDEeAFQDg/s1600/CIMG2786.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485797313223682402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGY3ZwqZ2evHaKfB2IqKGjD4QBGx9f4V9AS17EJ1NAc4pAPUDN2hQGGOa5TsrXdasUAq4Ri4KZj_pLVego6CC2mXqePqGXNsNkqTJTjgxob0wRihNvI_l_wlKsrcBkYUA4JjgWDEeAFQDg/s320/CIMG2786.JPG" /> <p align="center"></a>All I do is get in our car and drive to Hanalei...<br /></p><div align="center">that 5 miles which takes me 10 mintues...is the</div><div align="center">most stunning stretch of road anywhere!</div><div align="center">It puts everything back into perspective.</div><div align="center">I just can't get discouraged.</div><br /><div align="center"><strong><em>All really is well in Paradise!</em></strong></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-9450250184556846162010-04-11T22:14:00.003-10:002010-04-11T22:36:01.419-10:00Cleaning the floors---Hawaii Style<div align="center">"New slippers" you may ask...</div><div align="center">"Yes" I would answer...</div><div align="center">But not the "kine" to wear to the beach.</div><div align="center">This "kine" I wear around our cabana to clean the floor!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKngjMNIMEIIacFmcBo_pFN_ewvAdO5DpgZpOq6a4z3m6WDqpog5bFidpKNpV89rl0wZdG3by65WrjeXBNeynlNe061nPxnEJlVP9Wbud-4ZgxIM_OcgMJN_PIl2GxoomuT9MBQHLZDRg/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459162238232882034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdKngjMNIMEIIacFmcBo_pFN_ewvAdO5DpgZpOq6a4z3m6WDqpog5bFidpKNpV89rl0wZdG3by65WrjeXBNeynlNe061nPxnEJlVP9Wbud-4ZgxIM_OcgMJN_PIl2GxoomuT9MBQHLZDRg/s320/007.JPG" /></a> With my 409 in hand...I'm off to "dance" around our cabana...</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcop2Uay50Q3EVX0LvB1Psr22pkYNROdWrZISJczDP-V3xK-GLaQEZl5krUDZn7WWyHI70NuZZtB26AvbFLRlWxN5CWeHKtA_yVOUE_ffCI8TXg4geyyp2KgS9yuQ8EFYaBFXRELNg0Fl/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459162226326391378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcop2Uay50Q3EVX0LvB1Psr22pkYNROdWrZISJczDP-V3xK-GLaQEZl5krUDZn7WWyHI70NuZZtB26AvbFLRlWxN5CWeHKtA_yVOUE_ffCI8TXg4geyyp2KgS9yuQ8EFYaBFXRELNg0Fl/s320/008.JPG" /></a>and clean the floor! <br />I really can multi-task now!<br />It's the only way to clean...no more hands and knees stuff!<br />Just "Arthur Murray" my way around the cabana...Hawaii style!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKqrX921LpZ_rqRyJUjU6quTMGT7sTbtGTehfWO-J3tsbjWmurKiVCGTJECZ7UBSgJlWtXkC9gczpVOLlfNakAEget2tatAy-r8vfhhHuOpLWGTRUy-FjkrkYyEDtcBD277peWJ8heKSV/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459162212719453314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKqrX921LpZ_rqRyJUjU6quTMGT7sTbtGTehfWO-J3tsbjWmurKiVCGTJECZ7UBSgJlWtXkC9gczpVOLlfNakAEget2tatAy-r8vfhhHuOpLWGTRUy-FjkrkYyEDtcBD277peWJ8heKSV/s320/009.JPG" /></a> Yes...living in the jungle...the floors get very dirty!<br />Yes...my cleaning slippers really do work!<br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center><br /></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-7829802450398283192010-04-08T16:00:00.005-10:002010-04-08T16:10:48.597-10:00More Road Signs....<div align="center">2 more signs went up this week...<br />A Happy one...! </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457952871982179570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnobZAgJ7qzLvz-vg6Dckm_uqFDhF17uGSkBDAPTJKOEYjkaZVQh1IL3XYi8xRJBbvA0jdpnUkHCBc8R71qGyXS6HNyNNL7KoF_0kmn7ahYpAIChN4j6dbVxBzbSmPTUdoyxJy0bpNHopW/s320/011.JPG" /> And a not so happy one<span style="font-size:85%;">... </span><span style="font-size:85%;">(I'm getting a little concerned about the safety of our street.) </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiac_ScTePlFeJBcS5i07H3xgzkYayh92d2b-sxwbkdRccA3prwKQbjU_vp6cyIq3sQZaeWj_zIVytKWb5EV4S-7wW4-cjiQjqgDOWoCuGpvde7CCT45SZXm_LsVeu40GgmVsXo-5nGp4TJ/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457952865049904498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiac_ScTePlFeJBcS5i07H3xgzkYayh92d2b-sxwbkdRccA3prwKQbjU_vp6cyIq3sQZaeWj_zIVytKWb5EV4S-7wW4-cjiQjqgDOWoCuGpvde7CCT45SZXm_LsVeu40GgmVsXo-5nGp4TJ/s320/010.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-14962257716874770512010-03-26T13:52:00.008-10:002010-03-26T23:49:02.769-10:00Road SignsThis is the road we live on.<br />For me...the island flavor of this road is it's "road signs"<br />Here we go down the road........<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj4pHgRYMlfgBIuKeE09WyD_nRyXkLASF3LdD47F5K_Lj2onwrfHrkH8XsQuz1qOkq7A6TuhckFb8VL6WqmjbLrpJGjIWE0lQLRrE2uOjzpJKFhWcCZHwJL_yVSPiVTP_BfIF893M6oWK/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453097685877724178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHj4pHgRYMlfgBIuKeE09WyD_nRyXkLASF3LdD47F5K_Lj2onwrfHrkH8XsQuz1qOkq7A6TuhckFb8VL6WqmjbLrpJGjIWE0lQLRrE2uOjzpJKFhWcCZHwJL_yVSPiVTP_BfIF893M6oWK/s320/025.JPG" /></a> I've always wondered who put up some of the signs.........<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(I feel fairly confident in saying it wasn't the city)<br /></span><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453097679762930434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWV-dnQbd110XLIyw1LkKPZpNor2NBI05aNctUcQeoVgEfBhL8SfFCfjoPbLGvwRhoIjiTF-RZFI_1ygKnJ0UHVdvxsr7j9WO6qzIqERQ8lSoga5wzAbVXLiX7CQ6veyq6vlMWVtBfuX-8/s320/024.JPG" /> Just about every palm tree or phone pole has a sign...........<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRdRNnR_6qX-Gg3JMw1Utter6yk9sg7ieIsmdou4wtz4l9uEdPKNq12PC3Y4eza_JE3LOBbprFQl9GNqDN2cH7XEPyoKSNau51LZR1Z_E84LxqSktf570XVaZfW2HvvkXUndXzlVmnKiH/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453097665302536818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRdRNnR_6qX-Gg3JMw1Utter6yk9sg7ieIsmdou4wtz4l9uEdPKNq12PC3Y4eza_JE3LOBbprFQl9GNqDN2cH7XEPyoKSNau51LZR1Z_E84LxqSktf570XVaZfW2HvvkXUndXzlVmnKiH/s320/029.JPG" /></a> Keep reading.........the story continues in the following post<br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-91847600399596658882010-03-26T12:54:00.010-10:002010-03-26T23:42:20.980-10:00Road Signs continued...This sign is in front of our neighbor's house. His family has lived on this road for generations. I'm sure there is more traffic now than generations before, and the traffic will continue to increase for generations to come. His kids will probably live on this road when they grow up.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVW6OM32nDhhG7ynldKKPRCZvKe5E9MzdBkgvjdBjVN6X5A2kZjBz62ZaoHKb3okRQA__OSBFmHfSazOdYm0_eKhRuUBWyXzTrc1MEwov7Zg1ZKlh2E4rwpgJOommrp-GEDOz4dFbiOiW/s1600/033.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453083142288398818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVW6OM32nDhhG7ynldKKPRCZvKe5E9MzdBkgvjdBjVN6X5A2kZjBz62ZaoHKb3okRQA__OSBFmHfSazOdYm0_eKhRuUBWyXzTrc1MEwov7Zg1ZKlh2E4rwpgJOommrp-GEDOz4dFbiOiW/s320/033.JPG" /></a> Then you turn into our driveway...this is our sign. I recently did a facelift on our sign with some gorilla glue and a fresh coat of paint.<span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">(all facelifts should be so easy when you get run down & old!) </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmPiYUtP_AFpmZUwXwaxXZNirnQm1EFTdJVaWbJ976YpDLndr2yG3HVCIbRZu8S67DkZiRe2plkp6gVqYZiUWsNJtv_R2mqDUwkpKUaQHwVr-YZV_x66ylioWRKB6wSX8ClS2eRHoqDaD/s1600/035.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453245207572248514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmPiYUtP_AFpmZUwXwaxXZNirnQm1EFTdJVaWbJ976YpDLndr2yG3HVCIbRZu8S67DkZiRe2plkp6gVqYZiUWsNJtv_R2mqDUwkpKUaQHwVr-YZV_x66ylioWRKB6wSX8ClS2eRHoqDaD/s320/035.JPG" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">However...the sign of all signs</span><br />was just posted last week on the palm tree along the road in front of the first house on the road. This has now become my favorite sign of all! </p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KvLYEyyukOkBQwJ_NUIaxgXygtN637E33DVaZqMUlrws9nDDcM6uJ-NjAJX5cBgxM_MupH3gCeicO6TANRipzLXKRIHODWfmqm3Ads_3bsalFExFkBXdxyL4leTHfN48cbBMCqisu5Xm/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453083116190150066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KvLYEyyukOkBQwJ_NUIaxgXygtN637E33DVaZqMUlrws9nDDcM6uJ-NjAJX5cBgxM_MupH3gCeicO6TANRipzLXKRIHODWfmqm3Ads_3bsalFExFkBXdxyL4leTHfN48cbBMCqisu5Xm/s320/022.JPG" /></a> A few days later...this last sign came out. I LOVED IT!! It cheered up my whole day! Yeh!!</div><div>I learned so much..... </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWnAwHSoao3eqkzvSzDrT2agDqdOe-lRVrKAgehORWdhOv81zC-vRu52N5sxXqi8qe1uh9g6ewAVSwLDGWjlspJ1OrRYSHvwButul0h42xt_gzKxeAj16rXfoWQratC2v5zuaPjSjos1d/s1600/052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453083102345795282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWnAwHSoao3eqkzvSzDrT2agDqdOe-lRVrKAgehORWdhOv81zC-vRu52N5sxXqi8qe1uh9g6ewAVSwLDGWjlspJ1OrRYSHvwButul0h42xt_gzKxeAj16rXfoWQratC2v5zuaPjSjos1d/s320/052.JPG" /></a>Thank you for not just pouting and blaming and being resentful and angry...</div><div>Thank you for asking....<br />Thank you for receiving...</div><div>Thank you for showing your gratitude and saying "Thank you".</div><div>It was so simple...it is so simple.<br />Thank you for sharing your gratitude<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-10269801640910172012010-03-03T16:54:00.003-10:002010-03-03T17:28:53.779-10:00How much would you pay???<div>Let me start off by saying, I wasn't "paying" attention when we purchased this candy bar yesterday. </div><div>The store clerk was raving about how incredible it was, and we definitely got caught up in the moment!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaZCmHwHxBe4QEkLPoaDgDAUMICBdWeB02ZnkZCQ537mvhHhVyyGDqBu5sEJgZWeu-w6RQ9K5MkClGlU_eLvPQck2GwQIIi_o3_XXOBLJ4JZCJ4E6bK-YIL8ghKf79L_8hvmXaaHhvhvP/s1600-h/026.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444607600923309234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaZCmHwHxBe4QEkLPoaDgDAUMICBdWeB02ZnkZCQ537mvhHhVyyGDqBu5sEJgZWeu-w6RQ9K5MkClGlU_eLvPQck2GwQIIi_o3_XXOBLJ4JZCJ4E6bK-YIL8ghKf79L_8hvmXaaHhvhvP/s320/026.JPG" /></a> They actually print their mission statement on the inside of the wrapper...I've never seen that before. I read it. I learned a lot about chocolate and the production that goes on behind the scenes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMahXdhU9ZgT8kCrPRWdx4pDeezuymd2s36w05Jsv4dasxq7ebXYRXyqyRolmuuykOoPE1tPOiL0e1C_3oL484hPNejH3OVHM4qdRp9UKPMdI2RwQbpGlSmTFOwk0CzkBiT4sxVEtxN0Pg/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444610169730892466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMahXdhU9ZgT8kCrPRWdx4pDeezuymd2s36w05Jsv4dasxq7ebXYRXyqyRolmuuykOoPE1tPOiL0e1C_3oL484hPNejH3OVHM4qdRp9UKPMdI2RwQbpGlSmTFOwk0CzkBiT4sxVEtxN0Pg/s320/001.JPG" /></a> So, I was really getting into all the science and nutrition of chocolate and that the bar provides an ideal protein and perfect source of nutrition to fuel our bodies and minds...until I read the last sentence..."The less sugar the better"... </div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaknDc1K0UQOsNWuFTfZwssa6QGhwWaMPnBgExC0ejBwKT3WIlO2PoF_J1dtqnTj6upEnBUVnBiJ04UQU-WiTdbBSZIUKDp6avYVa_LVp9PRrR4iSNVJh4K5VWpttqUrg-AdEvGZ-iRz5x/s1600-h/024.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444607585524245634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaknDc1K0UQOsNWuFTfZwssa6QGhwWaMPnBgExC0ejBwKT3WIlO2PoF_J1dtqnTj6upEnBUVnBiJ04UQU-WiTdbBSZIUKDp6avYVa_LVp9PRrR4iSNVJh4K5VWpttqUrg-AdEvGZ-iRz5x/s320/024.JPG" /></a> I ask myself....why eat a chocolate bar and pay <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>$8.99+tax</em></strong></span> and not have the enjoyment of sugar! You really have to like the cacao bean to justify paying that much for a candy bar.</div><div>Just my opinion...it didn't do much for me! </div><div><br /><br /><br /> </div><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-61254328182111207942010-02-26T19:48:00.006-10:002010-03-04T15:04:34.620-10:00Our Jungle Cabana<center>Lots of you have been asking me...</center><center>about our cabana...so here it is!</center><center>I added pictures of Hanalei...</center><center>(the little town where our mail is delivered).</center><center>I also added pictures of the beaches</center><center>nearby that we love so much.</center><center>I threw in a picture of Lar flying </center><center>over the taro fields of Hanalei in the trike.</center><center>The local flora are all flowers on the</center><center>cabana property.</center><center><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>ENJOY!!</em></strong> </span></center><center><span style="font-size:78%;">I don't know why this is a black screen...</span></center><center><span style="font-size:78%;">just click the play button to change the screen & start the video :))</span></center><center><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwnTv4AkFNYLaXy6jH6Eo1fEC22WQPiu5di7jpX1GuEf9W9cYuFkM3NzFuW4jU8ULMCbjVePDbw6GP5rIdNkg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></center><p align="center"><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></p>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-5542848471591574212010-02-26T16:31:00.003-10:002010-02-26T17:09:29.858-10:00MalasadasThis last Wednesday night, our YW activity was to learn how to make malasadas.<br />I was so excited! I love malasadas!<br /><br />My love for malasadas began during my flying days...<br />specifically, the ten years that I only flew to the islands of Hawaii...<br />(eight round trips a month...flying to any one of the islands...Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Hawaii)<br />(I got paid to do this! It was definitely some of the best flying of my career.)<br /><br />Anyway...back to malasadas...<br />The flight attendants who were from the islands turned us all onto malasadas.<br />If we had a morning departure from Honolulu, they always had our van driver stop by Leonard's Bakery on the way to the airport so we could pick up freshly baked malasadas.<br />It was heavenly!<br />So, when I found out I was going to learn how to make them, I was so excited!<br />It brought up so many fond memories of those days. They turned out sooo good.<br />So, I was curious about the history behind malasadas...<br /><br />In 1878, Portuguese laborers from the Madeira and Azores came to Hawaii to work in the plantations.<br />These immigrants brought their traditional foods with them, including a fried dough pastry called the "malasada".<br />Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday"), the day before lent, is also known as<em> Malasada Day</em> in Hawaii.<br />Being predominantly Catholic, Portuguese immigrants would need to use up all of their butter and sugar prior to lent. They did so by making large batches of malasadas, which they would subsequently share with friends from all the other ethnic groups in the plantation camps. This led to the popularity of the malasada in Hawaii.<br /><br />So, hooray for lent!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSGSopGYhPxSlObNvfLLGQy6Q2TCS_aXH1JoG5MYcAfL_Jhzz3y6XeUaxKVbpv0RIAQNyTgeA9fjgjis7z6E3VR8uOF1oQkH-EWo85L3SJDLmP15rMb28dYukwzwCIiAi2ssXvr9Iylzz/s1600-h/CIMG5590.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 190px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442746154438183570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSGSopGYhPxSlObNvfLLGQy6Q2TCS_aXH1JoG5MYcAfL_Jhzz3y6XeUaxKVbpv0RIAQNyTgeA9fjgjis7z6E3VR8uOF1oQkH-EWo85L3SJDLmP15rMb28dYukwzwCIiAi2ssXvr9Iylzz/s320/CIMG5590.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuqmBcAygGa2ShYTX32GkputWjBzLNz6OTVhUMr493wD43GtkgAtBQ__g7u0DOB6mGi6roEHz6dMieE07bboTcxLJ-vjV8U3sGw0IEQ6kBliryGdm5AzFKqXeHbLIeik6kuZjIG1izNoS/s1600-h/CIMG5593.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442746147937917634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuqmBcAygGa2ShYTX32GkputWjBzLNz6OTVhUMr493wD43GtkgAtBQ__g7u0DOB6mGi6roEHz6dMieE07bboTcxLJ-vjV8U3sGw0IEQ6kBliryGdm5AzFKqXeHbLIeik6kuZjIG1izNoS/s320/CIMG5593.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIz5hwhqkHF2FGItGV5-IGCnzToJbf29KEyaYUFYgNwyzVMoQ1nWcwK-4rooi_8qP0jpDhJELjAu0lRAlV9l2tqzc4ZdKkYwbnd-xP-6dVE2YtpcoaSB6LncGC6Dp_aD_GsG2NfoJbUTi/s1600-h/CIMG5595.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 176px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442746134204399650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIz5hwhqkHF2FGItGV5-IGCnzToJbf29KEyaYUFYgNwyzVMoQ1nWcwK-4rooi_8qP0jpDhJELjAu0lRAlV9l2tqzc4ZdKkYwbnd-xP-6dVE2YtpcoaSB6LncGC6Dp_aD_GsG2NfoJbUTi/s320/CIMG5595.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44l59ybUuUTXvxpaq18poa_P8repaBLASVHbbneb-JPQRbHPovAvtElTrB1C3M2YeMTQspZOy36ic6_u0jobZ0UwDJsicyytSR3Rn0VUnAFX1BjYt1ANv0y1z9TMP_aG-4dEN0F5z-JXh/s1600-h/CIMG5594.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442746120494472898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44l59ybUuUTXvxpaq18poa_P8repaBLASVHbbneb-JPQRbHPovAvtElTrB1C3M2YeMTQspZOy36ic6_u0jobZ0UwDJsicyytSR3Rn0VUnAFX1BjYt1ANv0y1z9TMP_aG-4dEN0F5z-JXh/s320/CIMG5594.JPG" /></a> WaLa!!!!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div></div></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-36713517525994434272010-02-07T19:37:00.003-10:002010-02-07T19:56:31.861-10:00Introducing.....<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff99ff;"><strong><em>Makenzie Maxine Gibson</em></strong></span></div><div align="center">arrival day: February 7, 2010 (Superbowl Sunday!)</div><div align="center">arrival time: 12:29pm</div><div align="center">weighing in at 7lbs 14oz</div><div align="center">18 inches long</div><div align="center">(The time on the clock is 3:47pm on Feb.7)</div><div align="center">(I'm a very lucky grandma!)</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidTaYwpJG3MDUhmRJBpipqLdAkB2IW3h_JSSRz1h3xVqK14Tu_TrE7ZIOM8do4p7DyIQNBAd_hLHzE1KbMYED9cVmlWAJtoR8FLOEj6MgfxrO-vhBRHteBw8Ua-9eYjt-lOtYdlVd2kLR_/s1600-h/CIMG5463.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435744048451443666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidTaYwpJG3MDUhmRJBpipqLdAkB2IW3h_JSSRz1h3xVqK14Tu_TrE7ZIOM8do4p7DyIQNBAd_hLHzE1KbMYED9cVmlWAJtoR8FLOEj6MgfxrO-vhBRHteBw8Ua-9eYjt-lOtYdlVd2kLR_/s320/CIMG5463.JPG" /></a> Mom and Dad are very proud parents!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIwZ2YSdNeA7wchBrLZGlxbACPKx2FwogL1yGbReFv1ru_zuU4cIk6codPHFMBqseqoCAaYGeuKCcBAfW7bC-U0yHJfHXccrqqb2WemHPj_MKDu611MH4OiaFJFqppsMVDqnyKVCCyYY6/s1600-h/CIMG5469.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435744038740752738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIwZ2YSdNeA7wchBrLZGlxbACPKx2FwogL1yGbReFv1ru_zuU4cIk6codPHFMBqseqoCAaYGeuKCcBAfW7bC-U0yHJfHXccrqqb2WemHPj_MKDu611MH4OiaFJFqppsMVDqnyKVCCyYY6/s320/CIMG5469.JPG" /></a> Many thanks go to Sean's parents for taking care of<br />their son, Brennan...making it possible for me to be with </div><div align="center">my daughter and new granddaughter for this beautiful event!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrGd50WsfjSflS8OsOpzF494H9EXXW8ss9Rg0aAcOVGbiwS1Kg2m8r0GV-mQnFdOAFKBRXU4ZwNeXOb7-yL3TLRH2bXSqGwg0r3ecpWy1qOg7jCJPlPCCh6m5uL-W3Oo2iZ8OUhWke7nR/s1600-h/Makenzie,+Emily,+and+Grandma+C.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435744029697983266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrGd50WsfjSflS8OsOpzF494H9EXXW8ss9Rg0aAcOVGbiwS1Kg2m8r0GV-mQnFdOAFKBRXU4ZwNeXOb7-yL3TLRH2bXSqGwg0r3ecpWy1qOg7jCJPlPCCh6m5uL-W3Oo2iZ8OUhWke7nR/s320/Makenzie,+Emily,+and+Grandma+C.jpg" /></a> I think this is as good as it gets!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlsGrMF97y4wNzR2qs5rTwRJyeDmRnYMK8VIJdRyDBdp7TvKEAbhzKnGLnL-gZgvLPdg7ruuqGX2-RB30BizkUr42noOeTA0-gMf1jWjjgUKI0c9ekfOJhe1iiD6YaQHMyC0BiioP8S9i/s1600-h/CIMG5478.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435744026842622722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlsGrMF97y4wNzR2qs5rTwRJyeDmRnYMK8VIJdRyDBdp7TvKEAbhzKnGLnL-gZgvLPdg7ruuqGX2-RB30BizkUr42noOeTA0-gMf1jWjjgUKI0c9ekfOJhe1iiD6YaQHMyC0BiioP8S9i/s320/CIMG5478.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center><br /></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-7783585615131848932010-01-01T21:27:00.002-10:002010-01-01T21:56:34.980-10:00Hau 'oli Makahiki Hou!<div align="center">Happy New Year! </div><div align="center">from the North Shore of Kauai @ Ke'e Beach </div><center> </center><center><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxyM2TiUCKlmjg9iYEvoCyK2QNPwWTvYHyRN9zMTF0Zfi-2LeBkHUuf-f9x77FKIOnb_j4EnaBjZccjKLWtyQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></center><center> </center><center><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwBdhIRcXabL-g5AgqIVyW3UlP_5HrXSe6L2xU6XH73Jg23YNgurrh5GfVdXq2rl4Ni0I2hyQ4U-ut162dpZQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></center><center> </center><center>We were at the beach early this morning for</center><center>an aqua cranial sacral massage treatment</center><center>for Lar. The ocean was powerful! and hopefully </center><center>shared some of it's healing powers with Lar</center><center>this morning. The morning was clean, clear,</center><center>crisp, and stunningly gorgeous!</center><center> </center><center>We wish everyone a properous and healthy 2010!</center><center> </center><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-43750081786964690252009-11-04T17:09:00.000-10:002009-11-04T17:09:07.210-10:00Gifts from Heaven this morning...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">On my beach walk this morning, I was blessed with a gift from heaven...<br />a rainbow over the full moon just setting.<br />(look closely to see the full moon just under the rainbow)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lzeBrV6YO026lYz2pcWfmw6f4H4H7eEZdEYtGXRmqSXXxGUq9sQ3G30edsVYLEPPHS3-fmlefWLilFjy9SYLbAJFLEcIbMnoHMACq0QODO58pacDzshcjlXCKbFHrgeMaT08in4FRl8o/s1600-h/CIMG4876.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lzeBrV6YO026lYz2pcWfmw6f4H4H7eEZdEYtGXRmqSXXxGUq9sQ3G30edsVYLEPPHS3-fmlefWLilFjy9SYLbAJFLEcIbMnoHMACq0QODO58pacDzshcjlXCKbFHrgeMaT08in4FRl8o/s320/CIMG4876.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-11862287753713817802009-11-03T18:43:00.000-10:002009-11-03T18:43:37.685-10:00He made it!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">(read the rest of the story on the post just before this one.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2tU5i9o5IBwWdTSayxaNv-pmarPwb9L0AOXNOOLh9V1Prl0JkKipleamg4czsthbTqypBf-SIFLyOSc4u3LxE3hliYUJnTTu9y2yjeZqDsKkoUaC3y7FlHyH51b1Ny-cP6i34Iv7fDr1/s1600-h/CIMG4860.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV2tU5i9o5IBwWdTSayxaNv-pmarPwb9L0AOXNOOLh9V1Prl0JkKipleamg4czsthbTqypBf-SIFLyOSc4u3LxE3hliYUJnTTu9y2yjeZqDsKkoUaC3y7FlHyH51b1Ny-cP6i34Iv7fDr1/s320/CIMG4860.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-71903311197167894002009-11-03T18:33:00.001-10:002009-11-03T18:40:22.086-10:00The Dilema...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">How does somebody get home when it has rained<br />so hard all day and the overflow streams now<br />overflow the road!?!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i1TZ9ejfAI4CFLi_X2tIs-G9ujDxFvM7zT4s8QQcSbUg_pFNC9qwg8LA57wOiwTgI1-M2RwLKeGQIbdV0AuveAEgGkHNWPAYiUUDZqn7oJQa6lOXiFkWWvCZ7FQHaWBJd-NOJcHjPBE3/s1600-h/CIMG4858.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i1TZ9ejfAI4CFLi_X2tIs-G9ujDxFvM7zT4s8QQcSbUg_pFNC9qwg8LA57wOiwTgI1-M2RwLKeGQIbdV0AuveAEgGkHNWPAYiUUDZqn7oJQa6lOXiFkWWvCZ7FQHaWBJd-NOJcHjPBE3/s320/CIMG4858.JPG" /></a> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px">Fortunately, for us, we turn off the road just before the overflow stream. </div><p align="center">I was still curious how deep the water was!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZ60ChPR-ckn86nkKFH8VM9P-Eq0JLpOzkJSfpUy_EIGqGI66OLI2h8GF_8t1qJFsF_y9RnoOHmEDAsqpfkMPKXMilSrmbF-gd-ongw_m9vfxW5SGXlvDrbysN1x8XjcK3ce5Qi1TV396/s1600-h/CIMG4854.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZ60ChPR-ckn86nkKFH8VM9P-Eq0JLpOzkJSfpUy_EIGqGI66OLI2h8GF_8t1qJFsF_y9RnoOHmEDAsqpfkMPKXMilSrmbF-gd-ongw_m9vfxW5SGXlvDrbysN1x8XjcK3ce5Qi1TV396/s320/CIMG4854.JPG" /></a> </p><p align="center">But, he just wanted to go home, and unfortunately, lives up the road.<br /></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHy34pnMn3wXRLAdZQ3gqlMe8S8keIQ-PyVSNl0_L5FnosN56krogHWFTjPLoY4tDCEKAbxl9wD8lh4C8mLGMllkkt2n25srn0aeVZY9qcZIWTqkZV15xdfb67rayKOGFZhu__DTuSrSB-/s1600-h/CIMG4857.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHy34pnMn3wXRLAdZQ3gqlMe8S8keIQ-PyVSNl0_L5FnosN56krogHWFTjPLoY4tDCEKAbxl9wD8lh4C8mLGMllkkt2n25srn0aeVZY9qcZIWTqkZV15xdfb67rayKOGFZhu__DTuSrSB-/s320/CIMG4857.JPG" /></a> </div><p align="center">He decided he could make it. So, here he goes!<br /></p><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6XpOsbV11u8cMoJGtn6qR2nbOUBwsGSa9tFFVDdXaml5ZpfulrjpyesJct-UWKzRKGbDvudMlFAWJeBVPy1d6lI2NAoEggtPOiQzGKN6GwNJU0OA1gs4Hl4iT6fXNK6cdZvhrxIzkr3o/s1600-h/CIMG4859.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6XpOsbV11u8cMoJGtn6qR2nbOUBwsGSa9tFFVDdXaml5ZpfulrjpyesJct-UWKzRKGbDvudMlFAWJeBVPy1d6lI2NAoEggtPOiQzGKN6GwNJU0OA1gs4Hl4iT6fXNK6cdZvhrxIzkr3o/s320/CIMG4859.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-12431658194984944672009-11-03T17:30:00.004-10:002009-11-03T17:59:37.771-10:00How much does it rain on Kauai???<div align="center">The average rainfall for Kauai annually is 460 inches...</div><div align="center">that computes to 1.26 inches/day.</div><div align="center">(Mt. Wai'aleale, which is on Kauai, is the wettest spot on the earth.)</div><div align="center">Now, you might think that it rains every day here...which it does not. </div><div align="center">We have many, many sunny gorgeous days!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWzODlifh-hYL2yFwI0sJrqCEru2iRrGvIRuer_57oE1WFNuvWnsIlhl9eTQfNo-zooGvuWXsTbNt0nyl-PUz86hCJpm6U6CfwgwfazydumXb1F0oWoN7XfnlpsesYbIJX7lz4xgrnBWh/s1600-h/CIMG4849.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400088734247326642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWzODlifh-hYL2yFwI0sJrqCEru2iRrGvIRuer_57oE1WFNuvWnsIlhl9eTQfNo-zooGvuWXsTbNt0nyl-PUz86hCJpm6U6CfwgwfazydumXb1F0oWoN7XfnlpsesYbIJX7lz4xgrnBWh/s320/CIMG4849.JPG" /></a>But it did rain today...HARD...all day.</div><div align="center">The waterfalls off Mt. Wai'aleale, </div><div align="center">(which aren't visible on a sunny day),</div><div align="center">were absolutely amazing! </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88KBd71z3cx049Io4wKGINcb8jaPhwEbHnBhNj8UoU2hMw9qDvTHUgIDE4x-3SQTANeZFxV82DYe9MBTr40L733vyxt6pRxiruJZcgBCWdZ6JdbnW8Z-Od_xcB6ZO_j_qWCVrNoJ2_ol7/s1600-h/CIMG4843.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400088727734005442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj88KBd71z3cx049Io4wKGINcb8jaPhwEbHnBhNj8UoU2hMw9qDvTHUgIDE4x-3SQTANeZFxV82DYe9MBTr40L733vyxt6pRxiruJZcgBCWdZ6JdbnW8Z-Od_xcB6ZO_j_qWCVrNoJ2_ol7/s320/CIMG4843.JPG" /></a> This is my "scientific" way of measuring the rain.</div><div align="center">I took the picture <em><strong>above</strong></em> yesterday.</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9VkQmpRRW3Qdw5gA-Y2JdduQQZ1vOusKe2ClzpPk_tqap6XEdfqQNuPPXYF8wrEJtpNNF189E4mQyHKUKTlomOqwtzIgAAzlF1BEdAH9Ld_5PQ4bTqBEIbphMOd6iyZNkSpsKmKb4DT4/s1600-h/CIMG4865.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400088721600502066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9VkQmpRRW3Qdw5gA-Y2JdduQQZ1vOusKe2ClzpPk_tqap6XEdfqQNuPPXYF8wrEJtpNNF189E4mQyHKUKTlomOqwtzIgAAzlF1BEdAH9Ld_5PQ4bTqBEIbphMOd6iyZNkSpsKmKb4DT4/s320/CIMG4865.JPG" /></a> <strong><em>This is my vase with today's rainfall!<br /><br /></em></strong><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204918221845653221.post-90318813240803222242009-11-02T12:19:00.004-10:002009-11-02T16:08:10.858-10:00Sunrise for us...<div align="center">begins at Lumaha'i Beach...</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399635758049957970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU22O3IHUGDB1XZjUXwuD1jT6tTgjouGlGgQ2vHjbc8UOGwBW4DbiuUfbooshtNTTtyMNZqIyXRJQs0CeuCdUk7rQkB6udJUIzbKIUVQTMHbg8978TGKg-50SOujqv4Y9ql-kVtbWBwq7m/s320/CIMG4802.JPG" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ywzhefXzX6Xkpuq2qibhW4wHEiLknas3aUG6BlZTNkMjSImbFVRAcDmVz_oCbe0eVSOcJIeZHjtIIkFtltwfdEe7DplKP8VcDDzYYb3zD98MZFocQqlWnnPi_UxA-sRbHn2TAyHeuPTC/s1600-h/CIMG4829.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399635753466255378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ywzhefXzX6Xkpuq2qibhW4wHEiLknas3aUG6BlZTNkMjSImbFVRAcDmVz_oCbe0eVSOcJIeZHjtIIkFtltwfdEe7DplKP8VcDDzYYb3zD98MZFocQqlWnnPi_UxA-sRbHn2TAyHeuPTC/s320/CIMG4829.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYa16Jb9JI9TMxkDwROvpIdBhBi4bRLzSvJgKPfGr5QaHZ0BHLbjDwUjAJ7G0MtfC71u6Xhe4g5MrJavyDpntQAskgx5PhxSCfrY6j785lJhAZPcUbbVP8lQ6TA86BME92np9D-jwqFk3A/s1600-h/CIMG4834.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399635743493031586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYa16Jb9JI9TMxkDwROvpIdBhBi4bRLzSvJgKPfGr5QaHZ0BHLbjDwUjAJ7G0MtfC71u6Xhe4g5MrJavyDpntQAskgx5PhxSCfrY6j785lJhAZPcUbbVP8lQ6TA86BME92np9D-jwqFk3A/s320/CIMG4834.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub3Imc33s6pn3EuKazNwXlP6Vxb9udSjjDhLtN1MVKKH1fNFnDOPBA_rFG_x9ItxGu3MIYPGWUBQwFfs72S_7YKvBCjYFNh6rqetRyx10fMCEXxdf-Qlgfq2pHuQ_qXTvf0K2mURvG5Ag/s1600-h/CIMG4841.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399635735742511378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub3Imc33s6pn3EuKazNwXlP6Vxb9udSjjDhLtN1MVKKH1fNFnDOPBA_rFG_x9ItxGu3MIYPGWUBQwFfs72S_7YKvBCjYFNh6rqetRyx10fMCEXxdf-Qlgfq2pHuQ_qXTvf0K2mURvG5Ag/s320/CIMG4841.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/signature-1.png" /></center></div>Carol (Mehr) Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17389162923356528334noreply@blogger.com0