HOLIDAY JOY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

Living in Gratitude

 

To hear this chant:  Gratitude/Mahalo Chant

A "Mountain" of Lava - Revisited

 

LAVA IS FLOWING IN HAWAII

Follow this link to see the Live shot from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park   LAVA FOUNTAINS

Hawaii Storms

 

The Little Things

 

A CHOICE: "Smart Phone" "Hand Held Devices"

Retirement -- Busy Haysmers

 

Kilauea Eruption June 2024

Update:  The eruption happened along an existing crack and has now stopped, lasting only a few hours.  Here's a good video to see:

 Video of June 5 2024 eruption

 

Haysmers Fun in May 2024

 

May Day, Lei Dey, May Remembring

 In May we celebrate our meeting for the first time in Santa Cruz in 1986, as well as our wedding anniversary. This year marks 38 years together.  The other anniversary we recall was the fire that took our home in 2018 and the year we spent being homeless while seeking legal help in handling the denial of our insurance claim. While we did, eventually, receive insurance funds and did relocate to a new home a year later, memories and emotions still surface. This year I created a collage that depicts the feeling of vulnerability and "nakedness" of losing everything, dealing with traumatic medical issues, learning about and living with PTSD and the lowest point in our lives. We were left with "empty bowls" and later had the chance to re-fill them though the many acts of kindness of friends, neighbors and the amazing support of our D9 team of lawyers. 

Phil's new Bas Relief Carvings -- the ROUND

 

Ahapua'a - Ancient Hawaiian Living - Still Alive Today

 

We often tell people that we

live on a "living land" and

often that relates to our

connection with lava --

the foundation of all the

Hawaiian islands.

The following video tells

how important the Ahapua'a

system was to ancient 

people -- and a system that

is being restored today.

Please watch it.

Ahapua'a System in Hawaii

Temperatures on the Big Island of Hawaii

 

El Nino in Hawaii

 

January in Volcano Hawaii