Friday, June 29, 2018

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Practice Shuga-ken Haiku

My brother decided to try some as he calls it "Shuga-ken Haiku".  Meaning:  Hawaii used to grow sugar cane and historically is very much like another Japanese province.  Therefore, Shuga == Sugar in old Hawaii Japanese and cane == ken (ending for Japanese province).  His pen name is Satoou Kibi

Ai no akari
Kuroi yu
Atsui yume

Ai no hagakure
Toshi nashi
Ningen gojyunen

Hi ga kure
Ai no kotoba
Yoru no ame

Aoi sora
Midori no ha
Utsukushi Tsuta

Utsukushi tabi mae
Ame no yoru
Ten no butsu


Saturday, March 17, 2018

Happy Saint Patrickʻs Day!

Everyone is Irish on Saint Patrickʻs Day!

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Ti Plants in Idaho

In Jun 2017 I planted these Ti Plants from canes purchased from Amazon.  I bought 3 packages of 2 canes each and I managed to get 2 plants.  They are considered plants that ward off evil spirits and bring good luck.
They thrive as house plants in well lighted rooms.  They also do well in the winter with grow lights.

This is their first winter in Idaho so we purchased a grow light to augment the feeble sunlight streaming into the front room.  Their leaves have a shine that was not there before the grow light.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Sunset in the Owyhee Mountains

Everyday I take sunset pictures from our backyard.

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Happy New Year!

New Hopes, New Dreams
May they all come true!

Friday, December 15, 2017