Category Archives: Kaaawa

A brief return to Kaaawa

We spent Friday night with friends in Kaaawa, and walked the beach (and through the neighborhood) on Saturday morning. It was a pleasure to see the dogs, and the people, who we’ve been missing since moving to town.

Murphy, on the left in this photo, was very happy to see us but let us know he was unhappy about the long absence. And Ms. Ipo, who barked and ran away the last time the last time we were in Kaaawa, ran excitedly around us in greeting. But all the dogs we saw were very cute.

Kaaawa is certainly different than Kahala. One huge difference. While walking in Kaaawa, we don’t pass a single unoccupied mansion, while that is almost the norm along Kahala beach. And while walls aren’t absent, they probably surround only a minority of Kaaawa homes.

One friend we talked to said he and his wife are now looking to move into a Kakaako condo to be close to his new job and reduce the frustrating time spent in traffic. They hope to rent out their Kaaawa beachfront home so that they can return “someday.”

They are the second of our friends to be initiating plans for a move. But, at the same time, it seems that lots of young families with children are moving into Kaaawa. That makes sense, as it would be a great place for a kid (or so it seems to this adult).

–> In any case, click here to see the other images from our brief return to Kaaawa!

Cats, Dogs, and Dawn: The 2016 calendars are here

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That’s the big news on this Feline Friday–The 2016 calendars are already ready!

As usual, one features our cats, formerly of Kaaawa and now living in Kahala, along with the two cats that didn’t live through the year.

But this year there’s also a “Kahala Dogs 2016” calendar, featuring the friends we’ve been making on our early morning walks to the beach in our new locale.

And then there’s also a Dawn calendar, this year split between Kaaawa and Kahala, reflecting the split in our lives that happened this summer.

I’ve been making calendars like this for about ten years. I make them to give away as holiday gifts to friends and neighbors. I also make them publicly available for purchase, because it’s simple and doesn’t cost me anything. A handful of them are purchased each year. They are much more collectors items than part of a mass market, for sure.

I managed to push through this week and get the calendars finished much earlier than in recent years.

I just tried to figure out when I started doing these calendars. It’s been at least ten years, I think. With a bit more digging, I may be able to find the definitive answer.

In any case, just click on the cats calendar cover at the top of this post for details on how to order, or to preview the calendar photos.

A glimpse of Halloween in Kaaawa

Heading back to Kaaawa for Halloween

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We’re getting ready for Halloween, which includes trying on my witch’s hat. We’re going to spend Halloween this year back in Kaaawa. It’s a great place to watch the Trick or Treaters, as it’s small, and it’s still a community where, by and large, people know each other personally, or at least by sight. And there are lots of kids, who have the best time.

I should confess that this isn’t a new photo. Instead, it’s one that I found digging around for pictures from Halloweens past. It was taken in the Kaaawa 7-11 store a decade ago. According to the caption, my Sprint Treo 650 was the top of the line cell phone with camera that I was carrying at the time, and which recorded the moment. I have to admit that it did the job just fine.

In any case, if you would like to browse some of the Halloweens past, click on any of the photos below, which will display a gallery of pictures from that year. The kids are now grown, some now with kids of their own, so looking back is fun.