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Photo: Sunrise Hana Bay by Howard Eskildsen

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Late Bloomer

The plant struggled to rearise from roots after being frozen down to the ground during the prior winter. Now, in mid November, the first flower buds from the resurrected plant have appeared. Will they have time to bloom into flowers? I can only hope; cold–but not freezing–weather is on the way. #plumeria #flowerbuds #cold

A Veteran’s Day

As a young man, my Uncle Howard served in the South Pacific during World War II. He was stationed in Australia for a time for training before being sent to New Guinea where he went ashore with the Second Engineer Special Brigade in an amphibious troop carrier under fire at Lae in 1943 to battle…

Agouti

The shy agouti, resembling a cross between a squirrel and a rabbit, posed on the sand between the ocean and a fence near the back of the house before squeezing under the boards and disappearing into the foliage on the other side. It was a rare, magical sighting accompanied by the soft sound of waves…

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