Late January

(And getting later…)  Well I almost forgot about this draft so let’s see if I have the guts to post a collection of loose ideas & fragments.  Speaking of birthdays,  sweet sister Ann will be celebration her ?th birthday here on the Big Island!  “It’s about time” is all I can say.   More family pictures soon;

Happy Birthday Tihani

  

  Unimproved mandolin hanging on the wall.. 

  (What is this?)   

This is my mother’s loon..     Painting by Maori artist Bub  

(on display at Surf Break Cafe)    Waipio Valley 

painting by Ken’s late waitress Rita (on display in our living room!) 

  Angel in our window 

(a gift from the Revs Jayne & Tag)   

 Curandero weaving from Sue  

 Singer on the sill 

Airi getting a drink

 New orchids in our lighthouse garden.. Kaipo’i comes to town.. Tihani (now she’s 12) & here’s proof:    Jamal @ Nanawale    Wilma wondering what’s up..      Jamal & Brandon.. (My writing is reduced to labeling photographs but @ least I am writing) (& a picture’s worth a thousand…) 

/.wWords are all we have, pictures pass & words remain, as faith, hope ^ love/ 

   This is the didgerydoo

but I didgery-don’t      –Mexican hat dance, anyone?   

Kiakahi & Tihani

Jamal

       

 

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

January

HERE’S TO THE NEW YEAR!

Here’s to the unknown life ahead & the awesome adventure of each passing day… 

The Big Island is blessed with wondrous beauty

& we are blessed by the light in our grandchildren’s eyes…

         Kaia is now in kindergarten & Airi is already an orchestra conductor..

Here’s Wilma making lau-laus for everyone on New Year’s Day.. 

(This is just the beginning of January) 

Aloha to All!

 A few more photos of some of the other grandkids, cousins of Kaia & Airi–

First, Iron Chef Jamal!       & again with hina-hina (false Pele’s hair)

Here’s basketball pro Tihani–      (She’ll be 12 next week – Wilma’s oldest granddaughter) 

And here’s her little brother Lawakua, famous for clothespins & clownery–     

Now a towel dance by one of Bradley’s twins (which one?)         With 13 grandchildren we won’t try to get them all into every post…  Let’s see who else I find in the recent files–  

Brandon

Brianna

For those of you who have never been to Hilo I like to include a few of my favorite photos of downtown.  This one actually centers on the building we used to live in.  I started with one room (with my first check from Ken’s House of Pancakes) & 5 years later we ended up with the whole top floor, before moving toKeaukaha.       (St. Joseph’s & Haili Church steeples)    (Hilo Bay Moonwalk)    

For my universal New Year’s greeting & lots more local scenery I highly recommend my 2nd weblog, Hilo Shore Lines (hiloshorelines.wordpress.com)

I say, let’s get more people on to WordPress

& away from (whatever holds them down)!

My dear brothers & sisters–

I Love You

 

 

 

A Day of Thanks

Today is Thanksgiving

We count our blessings

“This is the day that all good things happen..”

& for a change

today’s post will include only pictures actually taken today!

except for a few from last night..

             First,  the mystical majesty of Mauna Kea.  Can’t pick a favorite so here is a whole series.. The snow will be back soon..            

Haili Church

  In the heart of Hilo…

Cruise Ship

Here’s the King and his reflection– (which is which?) 

November

ALOHA

Yesterday was Veteran’s Day

Here is Gabe in a Blackhawk

And a flag collage

     

  

This too is Hilo

King Kamehameha watched the parade:    

Kaia & Airi got a visit from Japanese Grandpa…    

Last week’s piano lessons…    And other family fun… including Japanese Grandma!      

There will be more.  Here’s one more right now..       Yours truly 

October

Last year I wanted to post weekly;  now I’d be glad to make a monthly contribution.

Last year i launched several weblogs;  now i can barely keep track of them.

This year i changed from dreamer to writer & back to dreamer again.

Next year I’ll turn back to writer & make restitution…

In  the full moon again I see the possibilities

(reflected sunlight into everything)

Do I dare share this Madness?

Why not, my friend, why not?

Well, there went October. 

Things got a little spooky on Halloween.

(Post it late or change the title?)

Ghost ship?

 

      

 

October

Maybe a monthly entry will be more practical than trying to post every week.

Seems like a blink of the eye & another month is over.

Rainy season is here with daily flash flood warnings.  Good for growing things in the garden but we need some sunshine too.

        More soon…

Aloha to all of you!

September

                         

Jamal Bluewater

Fall falls into place suddenly here now

Nostalgia is calling but a new world beckons even brighter

Let us share the past & the future together

    Bird of Paradise (or is it Roadrunner?)

in our yard…   & yes, this is the Orchid Isle…   

  And a Bromeliad, the flower named after our family.  (ha ha) … 

     (Moorings at Reed’s Bay…a few canoes…) 

And let me clear something up:

The Mauna Kea photos are not current — that’s last winter.

Maybe I’ll find a few more you haven’t seen yet!

 

 

  The rainbows are slipping in again.  I cannot stop them now.  They’re everywhere…

Grandchildren Growing

    Since this, my first weblog on WordPress

is dedicated to the grandchildren

(2 girls on my side, 7 boys & 4 girls on Wilma’s side)

it’s about time to add some as-yet-unseen photos..

It’s summer already but most of these are from earlier in the spring.   Starting with the oldest & the youngest of the Schneider children: Brian, Jr. & Brianna          And his middle two, Broxcen & Brandon  

Now Bradley’s twins, Kele & Alika —    

 

Here are some pairs of cousins:  Jamal & Lawakua

     

Tihani & Brianna

 This was supposed to be an organized page of family groupings & legible labels, but you know me, whatever works. 

Been working on a new project of unknown-surfer-videos for friends on facebook

but an upload malfuntion has stalled me.  So i remember my 1st weblog & its unfinished family portraits & lack of any substantial news.

Yes, i post plenty pics to keep from having to write so much yet in a way i’m evading my primary purpose…

And of course i rarely know whether anyone out there sees or reads any of it anyway

(These little problems can be remedied & i’m confident that the future holds a more creative communication current

for all of us!)

Meanwhile i’ll share more images of grand children          This is Kiakahi of course & we discovered a shortage of  her beautiful face in these files so will remedy that misfortune starting now…

Jamal still lives with us so there are plenty photos of him…

  Lawa is a perpetual clown…

And a few more while we’re at it…      

 

 

Kuamoo Sisters

At the Brown Ohana Reunion

July 4th weekend

 

          

Wilma leaves me speechless

so give me a few days to add some words

{&more faces}

to this entry

The date is now 07-08-09!

Here are a few photos from our Monday picnic @ Pohoiki–

       

A few more family photos from the reunion…                       Soon there’ll be another post with more flowers and a collection of lighthouses.  Also look for waterfalls on Hilo Shore Lines.  And my heronSong yola-site finally has pictures!  And facebook has a couple of my unknown surfer videos, as well as more reunion & family photos…  

Looks like it’s time to add something to “Strong Currents & Tributaries”… Thanks again to all the old-timers who still inspire us.  “Here’s to the Pioneers!” 

Kaia & Airi

June  2009

Airi turns 2

 

We had a small party for Airi last week

because she will be in Japan

on her actual birthday.

 

Cousin Kiakahi on the left

  

Kaia & Airi

      

  Kaia graduated from Hongwanji pre-school.  She displayed her energetic talents with singing & dancing during the program.          Little sister congratulates her.

Papa is proud.    Fun with a friend.   

      A few more shots from earlier in the spring

to round out this post for the beginning of summer…

   

And here’s to the parents of these wonderful girls!   Mikiko & Gabriel–