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February 2008

Aloha.

February has gone and you can feel and see spring here now. The evenings aren’t quite as cool and the days are getting longer and warmer.

Please enjoy our photos.

Jim and Cynthia

• Huge thundercloud over Lanai.
• Our dear friend Bonnie arrives for a two week stay.
• Eddy thinks he’s hiding.
• One of our foster puppies is wondering what is in her “going to a new home” bag.
• Jennifer is happy to get her new puppy.
• Bonnie was very happy to be able to join the Maui Humane Society in the Whale Days Parade with Cynthia. She came at this time just for the whale events.
• Bonnie loves the Spam Man.
• Bonnie is making sure that the Whale is properly inflated.
• Parade teams are getting ready.
• What is this, a dog or a gorilla???
• Maui’s own Grammy winner for Slack Key, George Kahumoku displays his Grammy.
• Bonnie is walking one of the adoptable dogs in the parade.
• One of the many beautiful trees that are starting to bloom now.
• Whalers Village in Kaanapali is a great place for shopping, Bonnie loves shopping.
• View of Lanai.
• Looking south towards Lahaina
• Looking north towards Kaanapali
• The old pier in Lahaina
• Boats are moored off Lahaina. The weather was making for very calm water.
• Bonnie’s favorite store is ABC.
• The Surfing Goat Dairy is partway up Haleakala, Bonnie loves the goats. From here there is a beautiful view of Maalaea Bay.
• Beautiful pastures and a great view.
• Little kids.
• Bonnie bought a bunch of guppies for the pond. She liked to watch them.
• Lahaina had a visit from a submarine.
• Looking down one of the main streets of Lahaina towards a cruise ship.
• Outside the airport are some nice Giant Bird of Paradise. They get up to about forty feet tall.
• Despite the smiley face Bonnie wasn’t happy to go home.
• We rode with a local Harley club up to Lahaina for breakfast. Fun.
• Riding through Oluwalu.
• We were in the middle of the group.
• Going into downtown Lahaina.
• When you get this many bikes riding through a really small town people end up taking photos of us.
• Getting ready to go in to eat.
• There were some beautiful sunsets in February.
• We have a nice sunset most everyday.
• This huge cloud was a long way off. It was almost dark for us but the cloud was still full of color.
• Eddy was dressed up and ready to go.
• Back to Whale Days. Tents are being set up in preparation.
• The park restrooms got a face lift in the form of some very nice mosaic work.
• Whale Day sign.
• This whale sculpture is about thirty feet long.
• Crowds are getting anxious for the parade to start.
• Maui County Mayor Taveres was spreading some… good cheer.
• Some classic cars in the parade.
• Some not so classic cars joined too.
• The Coast Guard.
• This bug is powered by Mickey D’s.
• Maui style equestrian team.
• School marching band.
• Maui’s State Representative, Joe Bertram joins the parade. Very nice guy.
• Fancy police truck. I’m not sure how I would feel about getting a ticket from him.
• These guys from Shaka Divers always know how to have a good time.
• They brought their mermaids.
• We weren’t sure what this was all about but it looked like it was something important.
• Snorkel truck.
• An umbrella, some bubble wrap and you have a Jellyfish costume.
• Maui Humane Society walked adoptable dogs in the parade.
• I don’t see a dog with Cynthia but I do see a poop bag. Bummer.
• Bonnie was having fun.
• That little dog didn’t look like it was too much work.
• This is a _________. ( insert what you like)
• Here comes the Whale.
• There goes the Whale.
• This dog is one of our Rosie’s puppies. He has really grown.
• We had another open house to find homes for the foster kids.
• Rosie gets to see her puppy Rusty again. Yep he’s grown.
• These guys are shopping for new parents.
• They found some.
• We had three puppies find new homes that day.
• This row of Ironwood trees across the back of our lot needed to be shortened.
• Tired puppy.
• It’s hard to see the tree dude but he is in the middle and trimming away.
• Good job Mike.
• A busy day makes for sleep pups.
• The coconut tree gets a trim too.
• If you remember from last month, this little Green Anole has been living on one of our houseplants. Her tail is still growing back, probably a cat related incident.
• Another puppy gets a new home.
• A beautiful stream in Iao valley.
• This is small planted area featuring taro plants.
• Iao needle.
• The trees and flowers are starting to bloom.
• Koi fish in one of the ponds.
• Beautiful Japanese gardens in the valley.
• In another month everything will be bloomig.
• It seems like all the plants have some sort of flower.
• This is a coffee tree, you can see the small blooms becoming future beans.
• When ready the coffee “cherries” turn red and are ready to pick.
• These flowers are from a Jade vine. We have planted six of them on an arbor. We’ll have photos later this year.
• Our Green Anole, now gray, discovered the sculpted geckos by Frogman. The Anole is usually green but can change color to blend with the background.
• Joel and Willow adopted a puppy too.
• The Anole is named Lizzy and spent an entire day investigating the colorful but still and quiet neighbors.
• Lizzy is hangin with her homies.