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Summer 2009 and we had fun!
Ezra and Jonah lying in the clear water at Honaunau Beach, making seaweed hair
Elisabeth with her boys at Puuhonua
At Kua Bay- hard to keep them out of the water during their summer visits!
On their way back to MO after 3 weeks in Kona
2009 Flora, Fauna and Family - we love them all May Trip to see our Kids and Grandkids
Bob with Tracy, Hiromi, Lono, Liko and Maylea in Maryland
Toby, Luke and me in MO
Luke's older sisters, Katie and Maile in MO
Bob, Kevin and Dave in WA
Elisabeth in Seattle
Ezra and Jonah end of May 2009 Trip
Sylvester Smith on 11.23.08- Miracle Story On August 6th, Sylvie ran away and did not come home again. I knew he was dead. Sparkles (our little terrier mix) was fierce on chasing him away. In mid November, Sparkles with his terrier brain decided he did not want to live with us, so he was given away. 2 weeks to the day Sparkles left, we were driving out of our yard and we thought we spotted Sylvie, but he slinked into the bushes. I could hardly believe it was him! It was more than 105 days since we had last seen him. We don't live in suburbia where kind people would feed him. No chance. The next day after spotting him, I went down with smelly tuna cat food. I called and called. No Sylvie:(. Then I went down 2 hours later and I called and a miracle!!! Sylvie came screeching out of the bushes. He had probably lost 12 of his 18 pounds but he is home, happy and healthy and we are absolutely thrilled to have the guy back at home. He lived, I figure, on catching birds and mice but he loves cat food too and we think he is happy to be home. Just an unbelievable story but absolutely true! Sylvester, (below)February 2009, after being home just 13 weeks has certainly plumped up and is back to his spoiled & happy self!
Bob holding a Hawaiian Bat that I found while running one morning.
recognized expert, Ben Okimoto, DVM, Zoo Veterinarian at the Honolulu Zoo on Oahu, "Historically the Hoary bat was the only land mammal here when the Hawaiians came. The Monk Seal is the only marine mammal. There is fossil evidence of another species of prehistoric bat. No one knows why it went extinct and the Hoary bat didn't. However the Hoary bat is a large (for an insectivorous bat) and strong bat. It is perhaps the most widely spread insectivorous bat on the mainland and it is also found on other oceanic islands, so undoubtedly it is a very hardy bat and a strong flyer. The Hawaiian Hoary bat is a subspecies of the Hoary bat of the US southwest, but one recent UH grad student thought that there were enough anatomical differences to classify the Hawaiian bat as a separate species. That will probably not happen without much more substantiating research." Thank you, Dr.Okimoto! FYI, this April 2008, I found another dead bat on my walking road and kept it. The Bishop Museum on Oahu asked for Hawaiian Bats and mine was chosen to reside in its austere halls. The bat has a "second " life.
Mollie is our very sweet Border Collie. She is always cheerful, almost laughing- if dogs can do that! She is a joy to have although she does have food-aholic tendencies and we always have to put blocks of butter far away. I lost 2 mysteriously this year! (Notice her dirty paws from running like crazy around the farm!) She's a lovable nut. |
