"Hawaiian Fisherman" Wood Block Print by Charles W Bartlett, 1919

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

'Ole Pau Berry time

 A sweet and cooling high makana breeze stirred the tips of the Tall Ones, with streaks of clouds high in the sky to add to the morning dance. BEAUTIFUL!
 In the bushes beside the Quonset the reward of that rain that soaked the forest is showing up in plump golden salmonberries. (Click to see the timing of the first salmon berries.) Funny how before the rain the small and hard berries gave what they could. And then


"Hahai no ka ua ia ka ulula'au. Rains always follow the forest. The rains are attracted to forest trees. Knowing this, Hawaiian hewed only the trrees there were needed. - 'Olelo No'eau. Mahalo na kupuna! Your wisdom is never-ending ('ole pau). 
The red and ripe Elderberries! They don't usually ripen till much later in the summer.

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