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Maui, day eleven…

21 Sunday Apr 2019

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well, another moving day… we left the lovely garden of the Gingerbread Airbnb and went up the island to Lahaina…

we hadn’t been this way before so it was all new…

I cannot say enough about The Snorkel Store… besides providing our snorkel gear, chairs, umbrella and cooler, they have arranged tours and provided all kinds of answers to the many questions we have had… every single staff person has been personable and helpful… excellent customer service;-)…

they also provide a snorkelling report by email daily which really helps to decide which beach to go to…

I started following them on Instagram a few months ago… @thesnorkelstore

if you are going to visit Maui, you should check them out…

Maui, day five…

15 Monday Apr 2019

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today we went to Ali’i Kula Lavender… we thought it was just a lavender field but it turned out to have a whole lot of flowering plants and trees as well…

had a lovely wander around and took a few photos, lol…

from there we headed over to Maui Chocolate and Coffee Tours at Kupa’a Farms where we had a wonderful visit with Ann and Janet and Gerry… we talked about jewellery and Instagram and then we got to see cacao trees… somebody was very happy…

we saw all kinds of other trees and learned how chocolate is made, followed by a great chocolate tasting…

what a glorious afternoon…

Maui, day two…

12 Friday Apr 2019

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we went to bed early last night because we were exhausted…

this morning we woke up twenty minutes before the sunrise… so we dressed quickly, and headed out to an iron bench on the property…

it was cool and very windy but we had fun watching ships and outrigger canoes as well as the sun shining on the clouds, lol…

we came in just as it began to rain… and then we saw five rainbows, one after the other, moving across the sky…

we took it gently and went to Whole Foods for snacks and breakfast items over the next week… always fun to see what items are available at the store in different countries… fresh juice and the view…

lunch and off to Paia… we wandered the town, saw surfers and large waves, tried mahi-mahi and had a quiet drive back…

we stopped for some avocado toast and packaged up a bit of salt for the eggs we picked up earlier… reminded both of us of George’s mom always slipping any excess jam or ketchup or whatever into her bag when we took a trip to the east coast many years ago, lol…

Maui, day one…

11 Thursday Apr 2019

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what a wonderFULL day…

put my toes in the ocean… in Kahului and Kihei… so amazing;-)…

saw flowers everywhere… including red hibiscus hedges and flowering trees… enjoyed so many… just got a few closeups of some outstanding blooms that I came across…

tried, and loved, shave ice… had thought the concept was odd, so when we had one and it was so good, really got why people stand in long lines to get some;-)…

watched the sun set over the beach… some of us were chilly as the wind picked up a bit as the show was getting started…

a great day to be alive and on an adventure…

EKG…

29 Friday Mar 2019

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back to being off every Friday… happy to be on this schedule…

this morning I had a checkup and besides the usual tests the doctor included an EKG…

apparently by the time you are 67 (for another few weeks) they want to get a baseline for the future… I am wondering what their expectations are, going forward, lol…

once I was done there, I called to see if I could get in for a pedicure… only waited about half and hour, and besides the pedicure, I got a sports manicure…

lovely fingers and toes…

topped the day off with Clay Oven Goat Thali via SkipTheDishes;-)… I divide it up and have enough for another meal…

happy Friday…

halfway…

20 Wednesday Mar 2019

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hadn’t been in the hot tub for weeks… Sunday it was warm and I headed out… when I opened the cover I discovered that the water was only about halfway up the side… it was at the correct temperature so I got in and sat on the floor so that I was mostly under water…

then the jets came on and I got splashed… a lot… didn’t stay in too long after that…

dried off and figured out how to get water into it… had to do some fancy footwork to get the vent open so I could run the hose through it…

last night I was out for a hot tub under the nearly full moon… so nice… might have heard some geese…

what a treat to be back there…

mix…

15 Friday Mar 2019

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today’s meals seemed an interesting mix…

my breakfast smoothie was a bit different than usual… included banana and strawberries which was a treat as I don’t usually include fruit…

lunch was at Ivory and they had some of my favourites at the buffet… palak paneer, vegetable pakora, and lamb… lovely…

supper felt a bit like a snack… had gazpacho and some delicious meatballs that I dipped in a homemade sauce…

not sure if I stayed under my calorie count for the day, lol…

vanity…

12 Tuesday Mar 2019

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a few days ago as I was driving home from work, I came across three different cars with vanity plates…

made me think of my beloved… whenever we would spot a vanity plate he would usually be the one to figure out what it said…

of course I couldn’t take photos of the plates, but this morning as I was walking down the street by the office I came across this plate;-)…

I figured this one out, lol…

women…

08 Friday Mar 2019

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over the last few days I’ve had the opportunity to spend a bit of time with some of the wonderful women who’ve been part of my life, but I haven’t seen much of recently…

had a great time on Wednesday evening with a very special woman in my life…

and was happy to find a young friend who has been connected to our family for many, many years… she spotted me at an event and came over for a few minutes to visit… how lovely to catch up on her life and family… one of many young women who has called me mom for years…

yesterday, at another event, spent a few minutes with a dear woman… it was just great to be in the same place and see her, even if we didn’t have much time together… I still melt when I recall her introducing me to someone as the mother of her heart...

later, another young friend stopped by the house for a few minutes… can’t even think of when we last spent time together…

reminders of how blessed I am and of the amazing women who are part of my circles, even when I don’t connect with them often…

great memories on this International Women’s Day…

feels as though this bouquet symbolizes the variety of women in my life… all beautiful, all different, and all making me happy…

2,555…

04 Monday Mar 2019

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tomorrow marks 7 years since my beloved left this earth…

Google tells me that it is 2,555 days since that day…

I’ve been remembering some of the fun things we did during those last weeks…

you would think after seven years it would get easier…

but it doesn’t …

this is the last picture I took with him… it was Sunday, March 4, 2012… we had taken a drive around the Park so I could get some photos of the beautiful hoarfrost… this tree is on the drive to the Park… he had to stop in the middle of the road so that I could get the shot I wanted;-)…