Ronbroomell's Weblog http://ronbroomell.wordpress.com Glimpses of grandchildren & life on the Big Island Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/8660139e453d46bc27b556f3822aab1a?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Ronbroomell's Weblog http://ronbroomell.wordpress.com October http://ronbroomell.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/october-2/ http://ronbroomell.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/october-2/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:11:20 +0000 ronbroomell http://ronbroomell.wordpress.com/?p=694 ]]>

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?)

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Ghost ship?

 

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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.

5-28 006  5-28 013  5-11 065  trees 020  More soon…

Aloha to all of you!

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                          Mauna Kea 006King K 020
Jamal blue water
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  bird of paradise ii  Bird of Paradise (or is it Roadrunner?)

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

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

Reed's Bay 5-28 023 5-28 029 RR&boats 032 TwBd,rb&snow 037 (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!

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

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reunion 001    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  4-16 032 4-16 021  pics 7 022 pics six 018 3-30 015 3-30 036  And his middle two, Broxcen & Brandon 4-16 022 3-30 046 4-16 0293-30 0373-30 014

Now Bradley’s twins, Kele & Alika — 3-30 033  4-16 041 

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Here are some pairs of cousins:  Jamal & Lawakua

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Tihani & Brianna3-14 021

 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 family 001family 021family 037family 064  family 008  family 086  family 017  family 009 This is Kiakahi of course & we discovered a shortage of  her beautiful face in these files so will remedy that misfortune starting now… 4-16 026family 082family 073family 012

Jamal still lives with us so there are plenty photos of him… family 054family 055family 056

family 036family 002  Lawa is a perpetual clown… family 006family 053reunion 005

family 007

reunion 002

And a few more while we’re at it…  family 013 family 076 family 078 family 077 

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At the Brown Ohana Reunion

July 4th weekend

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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–

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A few more family photos from the reunion…  J4ohana 003  reunion 054J4ohana 022  trees 055  J4ohana 008 flowers,waves 011 reunion 024 pohoiki picnic 015 reunion 027 J4ohana 010J4ohana 012 family 079  family 085  family 066  flowers,waves 018   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!”  J4ohana 076

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June  2009

Airi turns 2

 

5-28 032We had a small party for Airi last week

because she will be in Japan

on her actual birthday.

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Cousin Kiakahi on the left
Cousin Kiakahi on the left

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Kaia & Airi
Kaia & Airi

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5-28 084  Kaia graduated from Hongwanji pre-school.  She displayed her energetic talents with singing & dancing during the program.  5-26 023  5-26 022  5-26 025  5-26 024  Little sister congratulates her.

Papa is proud.  5-26 010  Fun with a friend.  5-26 0135-26 0115-26 012 

5-26 021  5-26 017  5-26 020  A few more shots from earlier in the spring

to round out this post for the beginning of summer…

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And here’s to the parents of these wonderful girls!  3-30 029 Mikiko & Gabriel–

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5-11 047   Don’t know what happened to global warming, but we still have snow on Mauna Kea & it’s the middle of May!

Finally got moved into the new house in Hawaiian beaches (lower rent, better house, longer drive).  Transplanted lots of orchids, anthuriums etc. from the old garden.  Hoping to buy a house in our new area before year ends…  Grandson Jamal & his mom (Brenda) moved with us;  the others  stayed in town. 

Let’s save the news for a newsletter & get on with the pictures & poetry (?) w/ which i try to fill these logs…  

Jamal
Jamal

3-30 034 (Throw-net lessons w/ Uncle Bradley)

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We’ll miss the beach parks (Onekahakaha, 4-Mile, Richardson, & especially Leleiwi)

where we spent many weekends & afternoons w/ children, grandchildren & friends…

   But we have another rocky shoreline & a very rustic park

only half a mile from the new house!

Kaia graduated from preschool

(Pictures not loaded yet so here are some previously unposted

of her & sister Airi)

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“And He wouldn’t take away the column of cloud by day,

& He wouldn’t take away the pillar of fire by night!”

Ever since I moved to Maui in 1982

there has been a continuous flow of lava from Kilauea.

It enters the ocean near the now-buried village of Kalapana,

an impressive reminder of the mighty power of nature:

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“Mountain flows to the Sea…

Ocean feeds the Sky & becomes a Cloud

& Thunder returns to Water, & feeds the Rock!”  5-11 019

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ALOHA

& greetings to everyone!

Forgive the long silences between my posts

& please forgive the haphazard nature of my creativity.

Discipline has never been one of my strong points, nor has organization.

“One of These Days” –we’ll surely be able to translate ideas & visions into reality…

So I finally started a 3rd weblog, according to plan, dedicated to Music.  I think it’s called “Strong Currents & Tributaries”

& it can be reached at:  heronsong.wordpress.com

(Song lists from old masters, occasional original lyrics, miscellaneous comments about inspiration, whatever occurs to me…)

Please visit;  hope you enjoy!4-16-014  4-16-013  4-16-045  4-16-019

To celebrate spring let’s start with some pictures from our Garden of Wonder

Some new orchids just bloomed last week

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And of course we had an Easter egg hunt…  

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4-16-050  4-16-049  & lots of grandchildren playing in the yard…4-16-051

 

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Lawakua
LawakuaJamal I suppose that during this time of Merrie Monarch Festival I could be sending out photos of hula dancing & Hawaiian culture, but for me right now it’s all about family & new beginnings.  It’s been a long, wet winter;  we still had snow on Mauna Kea on Easter!  Now the spring sun is a welcome sight & we are moving to a new place in it…    WilmaMe

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Note:  Been disconnected for awhile because of the move… This entry became a little disjointed but let’s send it out while it’s still April.  Love you all, more soon!!

 May is almost here. 

May you all feel the joy of change & new growth. 
Love always
More soon 
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rrboats-004My Dear Readers

        Faithful & Few

                                                                                   Let us start anew

My intentions are to show you

More of myself & more of the family i married

& especially more of our 13 grandchildren

who are the light of our eyes & the future of the islands

One (the fisherman) is planting a ti leaf plant in the garden

& one is skateboarding back from his friend’s house…

Gabe’s two girls are beautiful & energetic as ever.  Here they are on Christmas day: 

   christmas-018  christmas-009(& on New Year’s:)  nymixvids-010  nymixvids-011  nymixvids-012

My 2nd log,  hiloshorelines.com,  is dedicated to a more universal view of the local land/sea-scape…

please visit for current views of our area.   The theme for today is “reflections, refractions & boats” ;   a mixed batch for both logs. 

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(oops!

How about some kayak fun on a windy day?         rrb2-017      rrb2-018

 Here we are weeks later, many rainy days & lots of wind, many boats have come & gone, many stay & sail almost daily… 

One of the many cruise ships
One of the many cruise ships

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yes
yes

rrboats-025rrboats-032rrb2-021 So finally here come the reflections & maybe a few refractions…

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Kaia & Airi
Kaia & Airi
Gabriel
Gabriel

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ALOHA
The Guava Sisters
The Guava Sisters

( Note:  this is a resurrected version of a post  that should have appeared in November.  It’s incomplete, maybe incoherent, but includes some pictures I hope you find interesting  or inspiring.)

Dear Friends,

     After pausing awhile @ 12 posts & launching a 2nd weblog (called Hilo Shore Lines), I am pondering whether this should be another seasonal entry, an addition to the pumkin party page, or “just another wordpress post”… opting for the latter.  First, the leftover Halloween pictures:  pumkins-072pumkins-071 pumkins-063Broxcen glowing-eyes Brianna pumkins-0701  K & twins  pumkins-0831 

Kaia

Kaia(Love this one of Kaia!)Brandon?Glowing-eyed Broxcen Some of the Kupuna who particated in the Hilo Hattie-inspired Hootenanny fundraiser for the Food Basket. (Wilma has been on the committee for 4 years.) And some of the grandchildren who came for the comic hula competition. Brianna & the twins Kaia & the twins Airi likes to fly

 

 

Cyril Pahinui

Cyril Pahinui

 (a little obsolete but here it is anyway)

Wilma
Wilma

 Well, friends, it’s December already & I’m still working on a post from November…This one’s giving me some trouble so if it doesn’t work soon I’ll move on to another November post:  Kaia’s 4th Birthday Party.   Maybe I can squeeze in some news or otherwords between all the fun photos…

An attempt to insert Veteran’s Day parade video failed & this post slipped between the cracks due to technical difficulties, so it resurfaces as a special page.

Gabe is in one of the helicopters

Gabe is in one of the helicoptersVet's Day parade (local bikers) Here's to the New Year& the new erawe are enteringNo end of singing"All Love Surroung You"Together we can hearTHE WORLD AS ONE! Mauna Kea

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