Aloha kakou: I am here sitting my grandson and he has finally gone to sleep. It is raining and I think I heard some thunder. Hard to tell as some trucks make the same sound. At home in God's country it is much quieter so you know when the ball hits the pins.

Things at "our" volcano are just about unchanged. The Pu'u 'O'O vent has been going for longer that my daughter has been alive, and now it looks like Halema'uma'u just might join in on the marathon. It was in the 1920s that Halema'uma'u ended over 100 years of activity. (I wish this site would allow me to add words to its dictionary.)

It looks like the rain will be here for the rest of the week so no walks in the park for me. You all be good and may God bless.

Aloha: Earthquake activity on the southeast rift of Kilauea has picked up. The largest quake was 3.2, large enough to be felt. It happened at about 1:40p yesterday. So far no one has reported feeling it. Halema'uma'u is just doing its thing. The rain has increased the amount of steam from all the hot spots around the crater.

I guess that winter is here. Cloudy and misty, temp in the 50s. Great weather for kicking back, having a cup of hot coffee and getting fat eating Christmas goodies. We are planning on spending a quiet New Years here at home. Hopefully all of the goodies will be gone and I will be able to go back on my diet. So far I have lost about 30 pounds and have about 35 more to go. I hope to hit my target by my birthday.

Last night I had weird dreams and when I woke up thought I would write about them but now I can not remember what they were. I guess I should be like Beethoven and keep a note pad by the bed to write down notes.

It looks like that after the 20th of January Hawaii will be the "Western White House". I hope that we will get more tourist to help the economy. Too bad we lost the sugar industry. We need a more stable industry here in Hawaii.

be good to each other and may God bless and keep you all safe and sound.

Aloha kakou!!! Auwe, just as I was about to write yesterday there was a lighting strike that took out the cable. No TV, and no Internet!!! Talk about withdrawal!!!
Christmas day was rather wet. Thunder storms moved in in the evening and lasted all day yesterday. The cable was out for over 24 hours. Some were so loud it scared the s*** out of the dogs. I, however, remained cool and collected and pigged out on coffee and Christmas goodies.

We had a great Christmas at M & C's house. It was a little wet, but we were able to stay dry and eat too much. Mushrooms wrapped with bacon cooked over charcoal. Laulau, kalua, lomilomi and poi. Salads and deserts, Richie's home brew (M&F were very impressed). I just thought of something, we forgot to sing Christmas songs. Looks like we will have to do it over again.

After having two girls, Caysen is quite a different child. There is a great difference between boys and girls. this is not a DUH statement, but my girls wanted dolls and such and all Caysen wants is race cars that he can crash together. He now has a whole bunch of them. I will have to wait till after the new year to get to play with them, I mean him.

Today is partly cloudy. No rain yet, I think it will rain this evening. Halema'uma'u is still steaming and having 10 - 15 earthquakes a day. These are the kind you do not feel, but are strong enough to be recorded on more than 3 graphs. earthquakes too small to be recorded number anywhere from 30 to 150 a day.

Hey, this is getting too long. May God bless and keep you all safe.

Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day!!!!! It is a glorious day here in God's country. I was able to go for my walk in the park. For those who do not know, it is a short 15 minute walk to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Left about 7a and was back for breakfast at about 8:30. The apapani were very talkative and it was great!!!!

It is looking like it is going to be a great gathering at Makana & Chris's on Christmas. {Every time I type "Chris" I put the "t" on the end and get confused as to how to correct it. Auwe!!! I hope it is not the start of "old timers".} Just like Thanksgiving there will be too much food. Looks like I will have to do my walk twice on Friday. I lucked out and had to try a laulau when they were done. It was ono.

The spell checked on this site does not let you add words to the dictionary so it hi lites all the Hawaiian words.

May God bless you all and take care of each other.

Aloha: Tis the Sunday before Christmas and the laulau are steaming. They have to cook for at least 6 hours so that the taro leaves (luau) cook down and are eatable. I like my laulau with a lots of luau leaves. Since we will be having pork roast we decided to make beef laulau, with extra luau. We were going to make some chicken laulau but did not.

It is another beautiful day up here in God's country. It is now 2p and 59 degrees. Partly cloudy sky and very pleasant.

My wife is playing a hand held game and wins about every third game. I can not win at all. We go to Las Vegas and she wins and I lose. I don't care what they say; there is such a thing as luck..... Some have it and I don't!!!!!

Boy, I can not wait for Christmas. Good Eats!!!! Take care and God bless.

Aloha no. We went shopping for foodstuffs for Christmas. Stuff for laulau and lomilomi. I think that Laurine will be seasoning the pork for "roasting" Wednesday so Makana can start cooking it early Thursday. Laurine and I will be putting the laulau together and cooking them Sunday. We will make some beef and some chicken ones. We went to Wes's house to get ti leaves so we are all set to go.

It is a glorious day up here in God's country. The trades are back so the air is clean and clear.

Take care and may God bless you all.

Aloha kakou. Finals are pau so I am off today. I am spending the day up here in God's country. It is about 10a and the sun has been able to poke through. I hope to be able to walk to the PO in a couple of hours. I do miss my walks in the park. It looks like we are having light trades as the vog seems to be thinning out.

I really hope that Obama succeeds, but I think it is time to end the campaign. He acts like he knows that he has won the election, but talks like he is still running. I am getting tired of hearing him every day.

Well, the powers that be have IDd the bones in Florida as those of the 3 year old. The ME is Dr. G as seen on TV. We just might see this case on TV next year. The guy that tiped off the police called the police in August 3 times. Hey, he just came out on TV. Seems the press has been bothering his co-workers.

The crazy governor that tried to sell the senate seat is living in another world. When he smokes something that good he should share.

Be good to each other and mat God bless.

Auwe!!!! I just looked over yesterdays post and I see that I forgot to run it through the spell checker. The trade winds are still not cooperating and the vog is quite thick this evening. Earthquake activity has picked up. There are now 99 on the map including 2 over 3.0. Just last week we were well below 50.

That all folks!!!! God bless and be good to each other.

well here I am babysitting my grandson. He is just too cute for his own good. I am down in Hilo and it is raining. It was raining in volcano when we left this morning.

The trades have not returned so there is vog on this side of the island. This is finals week at UH so I will be sitting this week. I just might ger Friday off, but we shall see. Hon-bun is not working the night shift so we will be able to go home early. This time of the year it is rare for us to see daylight at volcano. It is dark when we leave and dark when we return. Auwe!!!! You would think that after 30 years I would be used to it, but.....

The HVO website shows that Halema'uma'u is socked in so the show is not very good.

God bless and be good to each other.

Aloha: Well here it is, another week and it is almost Christmas. Christmas has gotten to be too much about spending money and not enough about the real reason for the season.

It is a cloudy day here in Gods country. It rained last night and misty today. The volcano is doing its thing, but the trades have not come back yet, so the vog is going to Hilo. Happy are the people in Kona.

I hope and pray that Obama is clean in this Chicago thing. From all I hear he is. This country does not need a big political mess, ever.

It appears that I will babysitting this week. I am very glad that Chris is working. With the ecomony the way it is, it is good news that construction is not laying off now.

God bless you all and to all a good day.

Here I am sitting at the computer trying to think of something interesting to say. Never let it be said that having nothing to say has stopped me from talking. The birds are making their bird noises, the sky is cloudy, and the wind is blowing the vog in the wrong direction. Before the Halema'uma'u vent opened up the vog from Pu'u 'O'o was trapped under an inversion layer and did not affect the village. Unfortunately the Halema'uma'u vent is above the inversion layer so we get vog in the village. Auwe!!!
As long the trade winds blow the vog blows away from the village and gives the people in Kona a treat.

I hope this finds all or you (one so far) in fine health and may God bless you.

Aloha: Did not get a chance to do anything yesterday. Today is cloudy, temp in the 50s and all is well. How about that stupid Governor trying to sell a Senate seat. Auwe, Chicago politics!

The volcano is behaving, minor earthqakes, and a lot of vog. It was really thick last night, not to bad today. Oh Wow, The sun is breaking out. I think I will go for a walk while the sun is out. God bless and be nice to each other.

Aloha: I was and am very pleased this morning to see that I have a follower of my blog!!!! This morning it was 54 degrees here in God's country. A light misty rain was falling, the birds were singing and the dogs were hungry. I have not yet checked the plume from Halema'uma'u but it was very wispy yesterday. However, earthquakes are up. It is OK with me as long as they stay below 3.5.

Am still trying to get ideas for this blog. When I thought about doing this I had all kinds of ideas but it is strange how ideas evaporate when you sit at a keyboard. Just did a spell check and this blog does not like Halema'uma'u. Now that I have typed it twice maybe it will stop hilighting it.

How about this to start a discussion. The greatest obsticle between God and man is religion.

Aloha: Well, here it is in God's country at 10a and it is 55 degrees, cloudy, but not rainy. The native birds are singing and the volcano is still erupting. I am still looking for ideas to write about.

Today is one of my brothers birthday. Here's wishing Manuel a very Happy Birthday and many more to come. Take care and may God bless.

Aloha: It is a beautiful day here in God's country. The air is crisp and clear, the sun is shining, and the volcano is still erupting. The trade winds are blowing so the vog is bothering someone else. Take care and may God bless you.