Just back from Portland, where I had to relearn what it’s like to walk outside when the temperatures are below freezing. It’s a useful reminder of one of those most basic advantages to living here.
Two mornings. One morning, dawn. The other, dogs. Something for everyone!
Is this a good sign? On the one hand, a rainbow means it’s raining somewhere near you, just rained where you are, or the rain is coming soon. On the other hand, a rainbow is a thing of awesome beauty. So is it a good way to start the week?
This was the scene as we walked past the Kahala Beach Apartments this morning (Monday, Feb. 25).
I’m afraid I lack the word skills to describe this scene that in any way compares to the visual impact.
Perhaps a more skilled writer out there would like to demonstrate how it’s done?
This is a question for readers who happen to live in Hawaii.
I’m hoping to find someone who cleans and restores paintings at a reasonable cost. We have a 1952 oil painting by a Hawaii artist, Sunao Hironaka. The painting is of Swanzy Beach Park in Kaaawa, just down the hill from where we used to live. It’s not museum quality, and so I’m hoping not to have to spend a fortune to get it worked on, but it certainly does need cleaning, and a little restoration. It looks like it was owned by a smoker, which left its colors dull and yellowed. And the years have added to its problems.
Any suggestions? Don’t hold back!
* Biography Sunao Hironaka
“Born in Honolulu, Hironaka attended President William McKinley High School. For his training as an artist, he attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from which he graduated in 1927. He then returned to Hawaii celebrating the landscapes of the islands in his paintings and photographs. In 1970, he illustrated the book, Haiku of Hawaii, by Annette Schaeffer Morrow. He was closely associated with the Honolulu Academy of Arts and Association of Honolulu Artists” (DRG Fine ART).