We be blogging again! Sorry for the down time. Got busy moving cats and dog to Maui and a number of other lame excuses that will be left to speculation.
Maui Hale Mauka has a face lift! Curt completed the cat dormitory, with louvered windows so the cats get the wonderful trade winds without a chance of escape. Tigger and Jax were introduced to each other and there was lots of howling going on for a few weeks. They seem to have come to terms now. Kalani and Gracie have had the first litters and there are some happy soon to be Maine Coon owners in Hawaii. There has not been a Maine Coon breeder in Hawaii for many years and there is a great deal of enthusiasm with the breed coming to the island.
The organic garden has met with success and failure. The squash all were destroyed by squash vine borers.
Curt consulted with the extension office here on Maui and we have a plan for the next planting. The cherry tomatoes do well, as long as you pick them before they are super ripe. The larger tomatoes were destroyed by fruit flies. Curt attended a fruit fly class and set up several traps in the yard. Lettuce, kale, peas, radish Swiss chard, egg plant and hot peppers did very well. Linda has transplanted about fifty papaya trees that she started from seeds and the passion fruit starts are bountiful. The first papaya trees we planted have fingertip sized fruit already. Curt has hired an excavator to clear a piece of land for garden #2. We still have producing avocado trees and the four tangerine trees are starting to ripen.
The steers were moved to the back pasture and they are almost friendly now and will eat fruit out of our hands.
When life hands you lemons; make lemonade!
The orchids are just fabulous and so easy to care for. Linda has planted pikake and tuberose - the yummy white fragrant flowers that go in leis. She recently got a handful of hibiscus in different colors to start. Her plans are to create a hibiscus garden with every variety on the island.
Big project day was replacing the ceiling in the kitchen and living room - lots of mold and rat droppings - yuck!
Curt and Michael secured a fence around the yard to keep the dogs away from the road. Olivia is Goliath's new buddy - a totally sweet Pit Bull puppy. They romp and play like kids at the park. We also have a new toilet in the laundry room (I know weird, but in Hawaii they put toilets in laundry rooms).
Linda acquired a used piano and found her old Bernina sewing machine on EBay - it works great.
She hopes to start sewing again soon - starting with window treatments. She is collecting orchids, ginger and antheriums for her "some day" plant nursery.
Linda is working now doing telepsychiatry and has to regulate the cat company in the room.
Despite some annoying technical difficulties at times, she enjoys her new job. Curt is writing software and moved his office to the bedroom. It is great working from home!
We keep hearing how cold it is on the mainland to ya'all better make plans to come to Hawaii!
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