Aloha! Greetings from Bill and I from beautiful, sunny, pristeen Hawaii! We are settled in our home at Waikoloa Village and we finally have DSL connection! Our house is stucco, with an asphalt roof. It has a bit of a look of the islands in that it has so many windows in it and so much sun shines in. Where we live, it only rains about seven inches a year! It is maika'i for allergy sufferers! Basically my lungs don't burn here from pollution because there isn't any!
Let me give you a little tour of our property. Our property faces west and we see the beautiful sapphire blue Pacific Ocean! Honestly! We are about 1500-2000 feet up the side of a mountain. Out our side window to the north, we see the Kohala mountains, and out the southeast we see Mauna Kea, the largest mountain in the world when measured from base to summit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea. It also houses several observatories, and you might enjoy reading about the world famous Institute for Astronomy that is housed atop Mauna Keo. http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/ifa/about_ifa.htm
Interestingly, our lawn is composed of lava rock! Yes, that's right--lava rock! We have to bring dirt in to plant grass, but we will plant a special kind of grass that was meant to grow near the sea. It grows from rhizomes that seed themselves from cuttings gathered from someone's recently cut lawn!!!! Very inexpensive and hardy for this climate!
I'll work on getting some pics out tomorrow. I have to go get a special connector for my computer to read my cam's memory card. The nearest place to get this is Waimea, which is 15 miles away! Another story for another time! Ah, life in a village! We love it!
5 comments:
How beautiful it all sounds! It must be wonderful and yet almost surreal to be surrounded by the beauty of God's creation. I never tire of looking at the ocean... its awesome and then with the added splendor of mountains ... how breathtaking!!!!!
Beautifully expressed Harriet! That's exactly how I feel! Remember you always have a place to visit here!
Wow! It sounds so wonderful and I can't wait to see the pics! I miss you terribly, but will live through the sea that you share with me.
Hugs!
I am so excited for you, I can imagine how different everything is, actually many houses back home in Azerbaijan are stucco and facing the Caspian Sea, it must be really peaceful.
I always loved houses with many big windows that allow sunshine inside your house, your heart and mind!
Take to me Hawaii! We miss you lots!--Kia
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