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We’ve got a tiki space in progress at our tiny seaside cottage in South Kona. We like to mix indoors and drink outdoors on the lanai. The heavily carved post-war teak bar was a lucky find on FB marketplace. Taking over a collection of mugs we bought from an East Bay tiki enthusiast this trip. Hope to hang more solar lanterns too for a more ethereal, magical equality at night.

I worked this set during the pandemic for my online SPED classroom, but they fell and broke at some point and I just shoved all the pieces I could locate into a box with the original instruction booklet. Last weekend I rebuilt the ones for which I had the complete parts and placed them in my great grandmother’s pitcher. They are lovely in my kitchen.

There’s just nothing better than waking up in a gently soaked forest after a night of thunder, lightening, and light rain showers. This is our cabin of 20+ years in the southern OR cascades. Laid out our first fire in the wood stove and I’m completely re-set for fall.

Are these some of the most loving dogs ever or what?

Yes, I bought brown bananas on purpose. We live part time in HI and bananas here on the mainland make us sad. But I do still have a few recipes that call for them. These will become part of a buckwheat groats pancake recipe.

The app is infuriating. I think 25% of what they advertise from week to week is ‘unavailable.’ But if you stick to the loss leaders like all this rather expensive produce for $1/per piece it ultimately pays off. I do not buy prepared food; I buy ingredients. Anyway, on this shop they claim I saved $18.00. I’ll take it.

Only needed two food items, but they were essential.

A lot of beautiful local fruits and vegetables for very little money. (I shopped here years ago when my kids were young, but they close everyday @ 3:30 PM and I just couldn’t get there as a teacher these past 15 years. Now they’re back on my personal grocery circuit. Well worth it financially.) They don’t grow every last thing they sell, but they tell you exactly where everything comes from. Gorgeous heirloom tomatoes, pale green figs, & torpedo onions, plus more. I’m glad they caught the rather amusing mistake in the receipt; otherwise I might have needed a second mortgage! lol

Yes those are some expensive melons, but worth it. The Crane melon is a locally grown heirloom we only see @ market for 5-6 weeks in late summer. It’s utterly delicious.