Happy Aloha Friday

[DeniseM]

Happy Aloha 4th of July! We are in the middle of spending 2 weeks at our home in Reno. Here at 5,000 feet, it's always 10-15º cooler than our home in Northern, CA, so we enjoy coming here in the summer. We had some excitement a couple of days ago when a grass & brush fire ignited in some hills on the south east side of the city. Amazingly, a thunder storm rolled through at exactly the right time, and drenched the 290 acre fire. We are at the top of a hill, so we could see the fire clearly on the opposite side of the valley.

Here's today's view from our patio - windy today. Although the mountains in the picture look black, they are actually dark green pine forests.

 

[slip]

Happy Aloha Friday!!! So far it's been a great summer. Not too hot and strong trade winds. Thursday was all rain and water at the dip was high and flowing pretty quick for a while. Let's see what the rest of the summer will be like.

This week's picture keeps us here on Molokai. I took this picture of the Halawa Valley from our last trip to Maui. Passing by Kalaupapa and Halawa are always highlights to that flight.

Enjoy and have an Awesome Aloha Friday and a Great Weekend!!!

 

[artringwald]

Aloha Friday!

A bike trail from our house goes up to Stillwater, MN on the St. Croix River. On a nice day I'll ride up to enjoy the scenery.

 

[pedro47]

Wishing everyone a Happy Aloha Friday, from a another hot and humid day from Coastal Virginia.

 

[Rolltydr]

Happy Aloha Friday from The First Coast! I just got comfortable at my little piece of heaven on earh! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

 

[NiteMaire]

Happy Aloha Friday. We live close to Heeia State Park so we take the dogs there. It's very close to the marina. You get good views of the sandbar, Chinaman's Hat, MCBH, and Coconut Island. Here are a few pics from our last visit to the park. Weather was the usual this week. It's currently 74 with a high of 83 today.

 

[geist1223]

Happy Aloha Friday from Salem, Oregon. We are starting a week of 90°+ daily Highs. Today is a day of Rest. On Monday I walked Dogs at the Oregon Humane Society for 2 Hours in the Max Heat for the day. Tuesday Patti had her 4 Hours of Gardening in Bush Park (across the street) and change of colour for her Finger Nails. The Group is The Mission Street Parks Conservancy. It has a formal Agreement/Contract with the City of Salem. Then we went to a friend's House for Dinner. On Wednesday the BOD for the Gardening Group met at our House for 4 Hours starting at 9am. Which means I vacuumed the House and cleaned the Bathroom early that morning. Then Wednesday evening I again walked Dogs for 2 Hours. On Wednesday Evening Patti had her SCAN (South Central Area Neighborhood) Meeting. She represents Mission Street Parks at SCAN. SCAN keeps asking her to join their BOD. She declines and tells them she has more than enough on her plate to keep her busy. On Thursday morning Patti had her 2+ Hours cleaning Cat Kennels in the morning at the Humane Society. Also on Thursday Patti's Sorority (BETA [Any BETA Sister's out there]) had their Summer Evening Barbecue at our House. Which means I spent many hours Wednesday and Thursday getting the Backyard and Patio ready. Also I was the Cook for the Barbecue. I am the only Husband/SO left in the Group. This is not a normal week.

 

[easyrider]

It's kind of a happy and sad week for us. We decided about 6 months ago to try to find our dog Roxy a good home. Actually, it's been about a year. The main reason is she is not a little kid dog for some reason. It isn't that people don't want Roxy. There have been several that we didn't think would be a good fit. This week we found two families. The family we decided on is a multi-generational family that is currently without a pet.

In the last 6 months I've been able to train her to stay in the yard and come when she doesn't want to with a shock collar. This was a big frustration for us but has been solved.

She is one of the smartest dogs we ever owned and I think maybe the last.

Bill