Haute Hot!

Prayin' to get outta here before the mower comes!

Summer is HOT in Puna right now, and our weatherman (and local celebrity) Guy Hagi says it's gonna stay hot for a few days, with a reduction of the trade winds that normally keep us so delightfully comfortable.


So, as "Punatics" know, you rearrange your schedule.  Early this morning, I decided to mow -- and it is not a crazy as it sounds.  With our nightly rain, and this kine sun, the grass grows an inch every day!  So, mowing is sort of a self-preservation strategy; better to do it now than wait 3-4 days until it cools back down, BUT, when its height makes it twice as hard.


While Phil was using the Super-Duper-Pooper-Scooper (the three corgyn gave him for Father's Day) he found and rescued this seven-inch long Praying Mantis in the grass.   I also included an artistically rendered mantis I created from a photo from my friend Dhiresha.

A little later we found another lovely white pineapple ready for harvest -- and how amazing to sink your teeth into a Haute Hot, locally grown white pineapple.   (Of course what follows are COOLER ways to enjoy fresh pineapple!!)