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April, 2004 – Issue #35
BOB AND CAMILLE AT HOME ON MAUI
MISS AMERICAN BEAUTY
This pretty rose, appropriately named, was a gift from John on April 3 to show his appreciation for the work we have done with the lawn.
SWEET SIXTEEN
What a lovely picture Emily makes in her gorgeous prom dress with her date, Ted and her sisters, Molly and Amy.
IS THIS BUILDING ON FIRE?
No, it’s only the smoke from a sugar cane fire behind it.
IS THIS A CLOUD?
No, it is smoke from the same cane fire.
EASTER BUNNY
On Easter Sunday morning Camille went outside to see if the Easter Bunny had come and there he was right outside the front door!
He sure is a happy little fellow with his sack of treats.
HAZARDOUS DUTY
It takes a strong and brave man to mow out front. The traffic moves fast and the slope is very steep.
THE PAY OFF
After a few days in the sun, Bob rakes up the clippings for use in our compost pile.
MEANWHILE
Camille prepares to mow the safer part of the yard. The before photo is above and the after photo is below.
Ahhh! This is the best part of working outside – walking around afterwards admiring everything we have done.
CELEBRATE EARTH DAY
Bob explains Biodiesel as a volunteer at one of this year’s Earth day events. For more photos, click on Earth Day.
ANOTHER EARLY BIRTHDAY PRESENT
Camille is quite excited about receiving these loppers for her birthday in June. She couldn’t wait to get outside and trim up the hibiscus.
STEWARDSHIP
The real work of Earth Day happens every day. When ever he has a few moments, Bob heads for the garden. On this day he was planting onions and pulling weeds.
THE OH-SO-INTERESTING LANDSCAPE
On the left are taro and sweet potatoes. On the right is the spring seed pod of the Mother-in-law’s tongue. The leaf behind the pod belongs to a prayer plant. A stalk of the Mother-in-law’s tongue is to the left.
FIRE WEED
The scourge of upcountry Maui, this dainty plant is toxic to livestock and is rapidly spreading across many of Maui’s pastures. We spotted this lone plant in our gutter. Fire Weed seeds arrived on Maui in 1997, mixed in with the grass seed used to landscape along a new stretch of Upcountry highway. Originally from Africa, Fire Weed has become a huge problem in Australia and on Hawaii’s Big Island, where it arrived in 1980.
LIBERATION
This poor Ti plant is nearly lost in the weeds out front.
Here is how she looked after we gave her a little bit of aloha.
KALAMITY HILL
The day we moved to Kalama Hill on Makawao Avenue last May, our arrival was heralded by a terrible traffic accident. We immediately began referring to our location as Kalamity Hill. With every screech of tires, we expected to hear the thud of impact like on that first day. On April 25, we heard both the screech and the thud and ran outside to see a huge geyser of water. This picture found its way into the next edition of The Maui News.
The driver had crossed the center line and hit a fire hydrant on the other side of the street. The car was traveling backwards by the time it hit the hydrant. The impact caused the car to flip and amazingly, landed on it’s wheels, facing the opposite direction in the opposite lane of traffic. Here the paramedics and firemen load the woman into an ambulance.
TROPICAL BIRD
This escaped cockatoo often frequents our neighborhood. We run outside to see it when we hear its distinct call. It generally perches in this tree across the street.
OOPSY!
When Bob got into the car on April 28 to drive over to Aloha Recycling and pick me up, it wouldn’t start. Here he is repairing the fuel pump. The next door neighbor at Aloha gave me a ride to the Pacific Biodiesel parking lot and I snapped this picture of Bob playing Diesel Mechanic.
BIODIESEL BOB
Pacific Biodiesel is updating their Website and one of the new features will be photos of their employees with their diesel vehicles.
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MONTHLY QUOTES:
“If you have integrity, nothing
else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”
– Alan Simpson
“Today I bent the truth to be
kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of
what is true.” – Robert Brault
“The job
of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the
comfortable.” – Finley Peter Dunne