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October,
2001 – Issue #5
BOB
AND CAMILLE AT HOME ON MAUI
OCTOBER SHOWERS
This is the rainy season and
when the showers let up on this day, we went for a walk down through an
adjacent neighborhood. The nice thing about rain in Hawaii is that it
isn’t very cold and it keeps things green
BRING FRUITS AND FLOWERS
Our carrots are a little
strange looking – kind of pudgy and gnarled – but we eat them any way and
celebrate the fact that they came from our own garden. They are the
fruits of our labors. The Gerber Daisies are irrepressibly cheerful –
they just pop out in front our our eyes and say, “Hi
There!!”
TURNING IT ALL INTO CALORIES
Here we are, playing in the
kitchen again. Bob is mixing up some pita dough and I’m holding a bowl
of hummus. Add a bit of baking time and some fresh vegetables and we
have a meal.
OUR FIRST TRIP TO MOLOKAI
The west end of Molokai looks
a lot like Kaho’olawe – dry, red and desolate, Bob and I flew to this
island October 15th so Bob could give a talk about Kaho’olawe’s
reconstruction program to a group of gardeners and then we took the rest of
the day off and went sightseeing. Molokai is the 7th of the 8 major
Hawaiian Islands that we have visited. The eighth island is Ni’ihau
and is off-limits to most people in the same way that Kaho’olawe is.
Bob looks out to sea on the
west side of Molokai.
Kalaupapa, the old Leper
Colony that made Father Damian famous, from the cliffs above. You can
see why this was a good place to isolate victims of Hansens’ Disease.
There was no way anyone was going to climb these cliffs and infect the rest
of the island. It was later discovered that only a small percentage of
the population can “catch” leprosy.
Ancient Hawaiians constructed
elaborate Fish Ponds and here is one that has been re-constructed. We
liked the sparkle of the sun on the water and the great cloud formations,
too.
This is the definitive photo
of Molokai – it is known for having the highest sea cliffs in Hawaii and
perhaps in the world.
Kahana Rock and Mokuhooniki
Island off the coast of Molokai. I took this photo because of the
clouds, the fence and the sun shining on Mokuhooniki.
Another fence and cloud shot,
taken by Bob
HALAWA VALLEY – MOLOKAI
We drove all the way around
the east end of the island, almost to where the road ends to have a look at
one of the prettiest and most remote spots on Molokai.
COMPOSTING WORKSHOP
Here’s Joy conducting her
composting workshop on October 13th. She is great! Camille just
joined the board of directors for Maui Recycling Group for which Joy is the
Executive Director.
Inspired by the Workshop, we
decided to try out Joy’s “Lazy Method” for composting and bought
two 20-gallon Rubbermaid bins with locking lids, a 5/8″ drill bit and a
paper shredder that very day to handle all of our household waste
paper and food scraps. Here’s Bob with the first bin after drilling
all the holes in it.
First, the shredded paper and
then the food waste goes into the bin. It gets layered (like lasagna)
until the bin is full and then it sits while the second bin is
layered. The first bin gets watered and rolled every weekend and will
yield about 5 gallons of compost in the same amount of time it takes to fill
the second bin. This process will someday eliminate the need for us to
buy compost for our garden. Our contribution to the landfill is 70
gallons a month or less than half a cubic yard a month for a total of about
4 cubic yards a year. THAT is why we are so proud of ourselves for
implementing this new method of composting!
KIRC BOATHOUSE SITE
INVESTIGATION WITH CHARLEY
Here’s Charley looking at the
home of some ferals (our name for homeless people) and at the cemented
headstone of an old grave. The homesteaders must be cleared off the
property and the sacred site protected before any building can occur.
Charley is the KIRC’s boat captain. Bob and Camille met him at the
KIRC’s 8-acre site October 11th to begin planning of the boathouse. It
appeared to have been several weeks since these living quarters had been
occupied. Bob went in and picked up some prescription vials.
ADVENTURES ON HORSEBACK
Camille drove over to this
trail riding barn to check it out after being invited by their manager,
Diane St. Gaudens on October 10th. The most telling measure of this
barn’s success was the contentment of their horses. Camille is
thinking of volunteering to exercise and massage several of these animals
who have suffered aches and pains at the hands of tourists. They are
reducing the weight limit of riders from 225 to 200.
What a nice site for pastures
and arena – overlooking the beautiful deep blue sea.
FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING AT
MAUI SCRAP METAL
The local Fire Department
killed two birds with one stone on October 9th by practicing with the
Jaws of Life on some junked automobiles to an audience of First Responder
Trainees, including Bob and one class auditor, Camille. Bob was taking
this training because the KIRC is asking their employees to know how to save
lives in an emergency in preparation for taking over the “tour
guide” roles on Kaho’olawe in 2003.
These pictures are the
artsy result of Bob’s wanderings during the demonstration and tell the
story of the relationship between civilization and nature. That’s
Lovely Iao Valley in the background, one of the wettest places on earth.
DON’T TELL ME WE’RE PLAYING
WITH THE CAMERA IN THE MIRROR AGAIN!
Oh Boy! Here we go
again! What a weird view of Camille’s eye through the crystal ball
October 7 (can you guess it?) – a Sunday.