This Is Where I'm From

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

OhmyGosh!

Let's talk about Fish Canneries!
I use to ride TheBus, the city bus on Oahu,
seriously that's what it's called!
I took this one route that stopped in front of the
Cannery and you didn't want to be on that bus
when they let out work!
GEEZ!!!
All the little old ladies would PACK that bus going to
Kalihi and MAN! You had literally hold your nose!

WAIT!
They would let the ladies take home all of the
FISH HEADS! Wrapped in newspaper, I remember, yikes!

 

[buckytom]

I think I've posted this here before, but here's a nice, rainy summer day on my front porch: (actually, I got locked out when the battery in the garage door opener died, and it started to pour)

 

[buckytom]

Although the neighborhood kids area little hairier than I'm used to:

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Although the neighborhood kids area little hairier than I'm used to:

I'm thinking that kid should have some more weight. Great vid Bucky!

 

[Just Cooking]

+1...

Ross

 

[cjmmytunes]

I look forward to sharing some pics of the land of my people when I return in October. Hoping that these storm systems hanging in the Atlantic don't throw things off.

Hopefully your family and friends on the islands will fare well. Sending prayers up for them all.

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

Tat, I look forward to seeing your photos too!
BT, that's an awfully hair kid!

I wanted to post another video of an artist friend of mine,
I've know Robert for a very long time (I use to dance in his halau-hula troop)
I get chicken skin every time he sings, beautiful voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lQAY6sHa3U

ALOHA!
#LetHawaiiHappen

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

Oh btw, I forgot to mention,
^^^ this was filmed right up the street from my
home in Kaneohe at the Koolau Golf Club
at the base of the Koolau Mountain Range,
GORGEOUS!!

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

Please indulge me one more video...
this is the direction that music has been
going in the past, oh, maybe 4-5 years or so,
love it! We saw this little girl the last time we
went home. Local bars have artists playing
at no charge to the patron, just buy drinks
and pupus and listen to some great stuff
for as long as you like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF36mUJjwwQ


*notice the same locale?

 

[Just Cooking]

Lovely videos... Thank you for sharing...

Ross

 

[buckytom]

K-girl, I've always wondered where Hawaiians go on vacation. I mean, you already live in paradise, so...

 

[taxlady]

Lovely videos... Thank you for sharing...

Ross

What Ross wrote.

 

[Cheryl J]

Love the videos, bucky and kgirl! Thank you for sharing.

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

K-girl, I've always wondered where Hawaiians go on vacation. I mean, you already live in paradise, so...

Bucky, most folks in Hawaii will vacation either/or in Las Vegas
(they LOVE to gamble), or
DisneyLand. Although a few folks we know go to Alaska to go
Salmon Fishing. Never had such fantastic Salmon in my life!
One friend would invite us all over (a go 25 folks easy)
for a fresh fish dinner. We'd potluck the sides and he would
bust open his huge cooler full of just caught Salmon,
throw those babies on the grill and GRIND!

For we two, we would go once a year to our home in Arizona that
we rented out and make sure everything was hunky-dory and then
our second trip for the year would be back East to visit with
my husband's family. They are all clustered in the DC/Baltimore area.
Saw my first ever snow though of all place
in the middle of the desert in our backyard in Arizona

 

[TATTRAT]

Finally, some BDA shots worth sharing!

 

[Addie]

Bucky, most folks in Hawaii will vacation either/or in Las Vegas
(they LOVE to gamble), or
DisneyLand. Although a few folks we know go to Alaska to go
Salmon Fishing. Never had such fantastic Salmon in my life!
One friend would invite us all over (a go 25 folks easy)
for a fresh fish dinner. We'd potluck the sides and he would
bust open his huge cooler full of just caught Salmon,
throw those babies on the grill and GRIND!

For we two, we would go once a year to our home in Arizona that
we rented out and make sure everything was hunky-dory and then
our second trip for the year would be back East to visit with
my husband's family. They are all clustered in the DC/Baltimore area.
Saw my first ever snow though of all place
in the middle of the desert in our backyard in Arizona

I had come back stateside and had a native Hawaiian come over to visit me in February. He had never been off Oahu. He certainly wasn't dressed for our weather. One morning it was snowing and he took his shirt and sandals off and ran outside. He started to do an Hawaiian dance and sing in his native language. Some neighbors heard and saw him and called the police. Needless to say, they were amused. They stayed to watch him for a few minutes. They left shaking their heads in disbelief. All of a sudden he realized it was cold outside and decided to come back inside.

The next day I took him out in the backyard and showed him how to make snowballs and a very small snowman. He wanted to know if he could take the snowman home. We had a snowball fight before we went back inside. He was just so enthralled with that snow. Two days later homesickness hit really hard and he headed back to Hawaii. Minus the snowman. By then it had all melted away.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Finally, some BDA shots worth sharing!...

TAT, those are strikingly beautiful! This is "home" to you, right? I especially love the landscape shot of the houses and buildings on the hillside. The colors of the houses are so cheerful.

 

[Just Cooking]

+1... Beautiful photos..

Ross

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

:Bump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLccAiLIwvk

I was thinking about this thread a few days ago and went looking for it …
With more new folks here at DC, I'd love to see/hear about where folks are from.

Above is one of my videos I took from the apartment that DH and I stay at when we go back home to Oahu, Hawaii, USA.
We like to stay for a month and don't really want to bother family or friends, so … there you are.

 

[Farmer Jon]

I do t know if I comented before but I will now anyway. Northeastern Nebraska. Work and play.