King Kamehameha Birthday Parade

6/10 was King Kamehameha's Birthday.
There was a parade in Kapaau near Hawi. Northern part of Big Island in Kohala.

It is very small town, and was a small parade, but very cozy little parade.
First, when we arrived before parade, Lei donated from some organizations were being hung on King Kamehameha Statue.
In the end, the statue looked almost completely covered in Lei.

It was sunny and warm, but never too hot. there was always nice breeze blowing.

Parade was nice too. It followed the Lei hanging.
I expected a little bit longer since the town closed the main and only road, blocking the traffic so I felt like we had to stay for the day, but it only lasted only about an hour or so.

I wasn't quite listening who these people were, but it seems like some special people. Perhaps related to King's family.
Princess? Looking gorgeous in their colorful dress.

Kimberly-san in front of King Kamehameha Statue covered in Lei after the parade.

One Year since China trip

It's been a year already since Kimberly and I went to China last year.
I haven't studied much Chinese although I learned a lot of Chinese pop songs, or C-POP, that I can sing along without looking at anything.

Just reflecting back on what I have accomplished.
Hmmm, I don't have anything that I feel accomplished,
but we moved to Hawaii, started our own farm, learned much about tea,
and now we are looking to buy a horse.
This is much bigger than what I imagined.
Especially, getting a horse. I've never thought about being able to have a horse.
This is the farm lifestyle....
Wife is excited. She even says to ride the horse to work.
Well, it's a neighborhood farm work after all, so there is no worry about parking a horse or feeding grass, or taking care of manure.

For me, it is manure that matters. Horse makes an excellent source of manure.
Compared to chicken, horse has low Phosphorus and good for green plants like tea.

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It's also been a few years since we got married first in Japan.
We went climbing Mt. Hakusan just for us.
June 3?

I'm not sure.
Probably Kimberly remembers.
She is good at that.