So I've had my windows open for almost 24 hours, and it feels great!!

[Rabrrrrrr]

Though it's starting to get a little hot and humid again.

All Spring, it was too (#&$(&% cold. Then, as if in the space of an hour, it was too (#*^%&@ hot.

Yesterday it became just right, and I got to sleep with the windows open with a nicely-cool-but-still-warm breeze running through the place, and slept wonderfully! And all day, the breeze has been flowing through the apartment.


's velly nice! really!

THIS is what summer days are supposed to be about! Going to the green market, getting lots of fresh pesticide- and wax-free veggies, organic milks and meats, and hanging out for a few hours in the kitchen cleaning them, preparing them, and setting up to make some char siu which will become bbq pork lo mein and some chinese bbq ribs and some leek and potato soup and a nice salad...

Ah, yes, this is what I miss most about Hawaii. It was like this EVERY FUCKING DAY.

[Rising Phoenix]

1. you lived in Hawaii?

I"m so jealous, I've always wanted to go, and back on subject, I'm glad you are enjoying the beatiful day, it is nice, isn't it?

[GOPisEvil]

2. I could do that too.

But I'd rather not get heat stroke. :D

Hawaii is perfect though. When the tradewinds blow, it's so nice.

[DS1]

3. What Island?

I'd agree with you if you say Oahu on the windward side. The leeward side is like a freakin desert in comparison

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Oahu, Manoa Valley mostly.

Was really nice there.

Sigh....

Every now and again, when I'm in an especially sad mood and miss my homeland, I put on the Hawaiian music and stay at home and cry.

[Radio_Lady]

7. I lived in Miami for 28 years -- although I don't care for hot weather,

I can still remember the soft nights, big moon, sandy beaches, lull of the surf. No wonder I was part of the rebellious 50s -- romantically active, shall we say.

Tip: "Sand gets into everything."

While I could never tolerate hot weather year around, we go to Hawaii frequently and will be there again in October with our children and grandchildren.

Rabrrrrr (how many "r's"??), I'll kiss a palm tree and eat a papaya for you...

Mahalo,

Radio Lady

PS. I love Hawaiian music and play it every chance I get. My son-in-law, from Detroit, took up the ukelele after his first visit a couple of years ago, and he plays beautifully.

Here's a Maui sunset, just for you.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. I love Hawaiian music but can't listen to it unless I'm sufficiently drunk

Seven r's in Rabrrrrrr, by the way - one in front, six in the back.

Eat a mango instead of a papaya. I miss the fresh mangoes from friend's mango trees.

:sigh:

[Radio_Lady]

13. Mangoes it is -- how about coconut or pineapple?

Seven r's? Is that lucky for you, or are you just cold (brrrrrr--). Or you could be angry (grrrrrr--)!

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Seven just seemed to be right

:-)

I miss the cold, almost frozen fresh coconut that a vendor guy used to sell out of his van by the north shore. Wondrous!!

Pineapple I can live without, though fresh super cold is also a wonderful panacea on a day of hot driving.

[Radio_Lady]

16. Mm-m-m-m, my mouth is watering... coconut is my favorite!

In Florida in the 1950s, I don't remember eating anything but ripe (brown) coconuts and their "milk" -- We were on the Big Island in the 1980s, and we went to see the lava engulfing a house. In those days, they didn't keep the public away very well -- we drove down Chain of Craters road, then on to an unmarked, unpaved road to see the flow. They just had a DANGER sign. That was the volcano's first eruption in many years, and they were trying to save the coconut trees. A man took a machete and gave us milk from a green coconut. I don't like that flavor at all, and they serve green coconuts in Mexico, too. Just that "coco loco" flavor!

Sorry you don't like papaya. We were on the Big Island in the 1980s, and we drove through the tiny town of Pahoa. We bought TEN papaya for $1.00! Squeeze a little lime on it, and it's delicious and great for the digestion.

Our next Hawaiian visit is in October. We're taking my 81-year-old aunt to Oahu for a week. She used to live on Maui -- in Kaneohe, I think, but not sure -- she taught school at Maui Community College for 16 years. She hasn't been to Oahu in more than twenty years. I told her Waikiki doesn't look the same.

In peace,

Radio Lady

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Oh, I like papaya well enough, but of the fruits, it's low on the list

still above the apple and orange, of course. :-)

But mango - mmmmmmm, mango - that one sits on top.

[Radio_Lady]

19. Rabrrrrrr, we grew mangoes on a tree in our backyard in Florida --

They were peel-off-the-skin, drip-down-your-arms, suck-on-the-pit luscious! But we had to spray the tree with a chemical to get the fruit to set or keep bugs away, I don't remember. Was it copper sulfate?

Yep, mangoes are right up there for me, too. When we took the trip to Hana (Urp! Too many turns...) on Maui, the guava trees were growing wild on the roadside. We ate our fill that time. We also made a special trip to the Guava Plantation on our last visit to Kauai. Tried to bring some home with me, but forgot about the agriculture prohibition and didn't get them past security. Had to put them in a trash barrel, along with other fruit!

Here's a picture of the valley around Hood River -- the blossoms are from pears! Oregon produces a large quantity of the various varieties of pears consumed in the U.S. They grow cherries in the same area, but the cherry crop was down 80% this year due to bad spring weather. But we did get a delicious bagful of Bing Cherries when we went to the more muted Cherry Celebration this summer.

Have a great week!

In peace,

Radio Lady

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=1378155

[yvr girl]

15. We rented a house in Hawaii for a month when I was a kid

We had a mango tree in the backyard. (Not to mention banana trees, guavas, papayas and all sorts of flowers.)

[babylonsister]

4. It's obvious you don't live in TX! I'll be lucky if

I can open windows in October, and that's pushing it.x(

[MuseRider]

5. Mmmm, fresh pesticide

you really know how to live man.

[gizmo1979]

9. We had 3 days of open

window weather this week in wis,but that's coming to an end tommorrow high of 89.I was hoping we were done with the heat and humidity.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Ach, yer in Sheboygan, ja?

It seems like basically everything between North Dakota and Maine and Florida and texas has been awful shitty fuck weather. I was on east coast last week, cape cod and NYC and other, and it was fuckin' awful, while family in WI said it was awful, and apparently down south it was awful...

At least you're near freshly made brats!

[gizmo1979]

11. Ya hey

Next weekend is bratdays now that you mention it.All the fatty foods you could ever lust for in one spot.Good for they arteries dar hey.

[liontamer]

12. I know how you feel

and it's why i plan on moving to hawaii. but today is a nice day.

[Midlodemocrat]

18. I love Hawaii.

Have only been to Maui, but boy, what a beautiful place. I could really see myself living there as well. Nice, nice people.

[Radio_Lady]

20. Midlodemocrat, it is a beautiful place. Now that we're retired,

we joined the Hilton Grand Vacation Club with a major timeshare held at Waikiki Beach and another in Las Vegas. It's on a point system so we can go to other places. We're determined to travel until we can't do it anymore (I'm 66, he's 71!).

Pretty pictures at: http://www.hiltongrandvacations.com/

My aunt lived on Maui for 16 years, teaching at Maui Community College. Eventually, she and her husband got "island fever" and found it too confining. She is a very intelligent woman with exceptional writing skills, and a real intellectual. She missed her contacts with the mainland and now lives in Marin County, California.

Have a good week!

In peace,

Radio Lady

PS. Did you get my PM recently?