The Lava Tube Hale #10

The Lava Tube Hale #10

“What is the musical note of the pop of a champagne cork? If I wrote a song, it would be in that key.”

“BMW design flaw. Chanel thinks my case of beer needs a seatbelt. Does that beeping turn off at some point?”

Dear Verna,

It’s another wonderful day at home and I’m in full Garden-ista mode: planting and watering, and cutting. With all that rain we had last night, my new plantings are soooo happy! Hamilton was not quite as happy as he was getting ‘watered’ through a drip in the roof in the middle of the night… hahah!!! But we have one of those waterproof picnic blankets from my girlfriend Candace that sits right next to the bed for big rains and humans that don’t want to be ‘watered’. 😀 It only happens during really big rains. Even Vincent came back home in the middle of the night and slept with us on the bed. Leaving Buggie to sleep with one eye open just in case she needs to complain that he may have TOUCHED HER!!! ;D

Our bunnies on the other hand have perhaps been given a bit too much freedom. They’ve gone completely OV on us in a way that we may also become if we have too many days at the house without social contact. The bunnies still live in the kipuka, but Theo has decided he’s old enough to move out and just come home when he’s hungry and needs to do laundry. He’s been allowed to because he’s so good at getting out and we never see him do it.             

We did make some alterations to the kipuka wall so he and Easel couldn’t get out but now we look like a bunny penitentiary with chicken wire overhangs! Soooo ghetto. 😀 Easel is more chill than Theo and doesn’t seem to mind staying in his territory. But if he DOES get infected with the ideas of his runaway Bro, Hamilton said he’s inventing Bunny ankle weights and that’ll be the end of it. Classic!! And what a visual.

I’m starting a new Blog section for you called Overheard @ The Butcher Shoppe~

Quotes and conversations I’ve overheard while cleaning, or dropping off or picking up Lover. You have to imagine each of these quotes being said over the counter while customers are there or listening in. Here’s a few that still make me smile!

“They’re giving out free lobotomies for service industry folks tonight. I’m gonna be home late.”

“Sorry it’s taking so long. I’m trying to get fired.”

“We’re the first Gen X company to partner up with Millennials and the whole country is watching this experiment” (on Sundog bread moving into the butcher shop. Two businesses operating in the same space as two different companies)

This one is the best because depending on his customer, sometimes the whole day will become a conversation about Millennials; how many naps they need, and how the new company policy is to always be ON your phone rather than off. Especially when Lover has a sandwich named ‘Push a Millennial’ to get everyone going. Insisting that they try it because the same thing happens every time- they cry and then call their Mom. Oh man. Good times. The funny thing is, I’m pretty sure I’M a millennial? I’m born in ’83. Lover says I’m a Grandma Millennial so that makes tons of sense. I can scrutinize my own generation because I’m a Tutu Millennial and you must listen to the Kupuna! Ahahahh!!!!

And lastly:

“You know the difference between a Millennial worker & Gen X worker? A millennial’s boss knows they work best at a coffee shop. A Gen X’s boss knows they work best at a bar.”

As I’ve gotten into succulents recently, I’ve started them a garden of their own. They are under roof and though that’s precious space around here as we still must make more out-buildings and living spaces, the little built up wall on the pathway into the house is working. They’re occupying all those beautiful glass containers that are our expired candles! We go through so many candles such that I’ve considered doing the math on what a part time job at Ross would cover in the expenses (where they’re already 60% off), and now my purchasing style has completely altered, knowing that it will be a candle for 1-2 weeks, but a succulent jar for life. So much fun!

All else at the Hale is GREAT. I’ve had many friends asking if the romance has worn off, and how we feel about the ‘shanti’ now, and the distance, the drive, the area, etc. I’m still wearing my rose colored contact lenses and am still so very in love with our property. And Lover too :D. One thing that makes me smile every day is when I go into the fridge at night and even though I know the dang thing isn’t plugged in, I think to myself, ‘Hey! The light isn’t working!’ We’ve been using it as an ‘ice box’ for weeks now with block ice in the bottom and even after all this time, my reaction is to always wonder what the heck is wrong with the light when I open the door. I must be at the age where learning new things takes waaaay longer now!

One thing I’ve noticed about our little family is how we are such a unique family of ears. Such a weird thing to notice, BUT (finger pointing at myself) Portraiture artist here! Have I ever told you I have a thing for ears? Ever since I was little I’ve had an ear fetish- I love to kiss them and rub lobes with my fingers. Super weird I know… but look at the amazing ones I’m currently surrounded by!

Ear Portraits:

Currently working on our next art event- we’ve gone quiet on the art dinners for the summer but I’m so excited for the next ones because I’m already planning them! Because of YOU, we wanna do Elton John, and we have a couple of vinyl records of his that we could play at the dinner too. And the next one would be Gary Larson. Peeps could bring copies of their favorite comic- my favorite still makes me laugh every time I think of that little cave man stuck to the bottom of the mammoth’s foot!!!!

So our summer event is The Eyes of the Artist Show. Which every one of our events is really just an excuse for the artists to get together and party.

We’re gonna have a live painting exhibition on the seawall where artists are paired up and each paints one eye of the designated Master’s eyes that they’re given. The fun part is that the pairs will have a partition between them and so they aren’t able to see their partner’s work even though they’re working on the same canvas. The one eye they are painting will be in their own style and in their own medium. It’s a cool exercise because at the end, when the partition is taken away, it all does look like the eyes of Dali, or Frida, etc. but different in the most unexpected ways. So those will be done down on the seawall in the afternoon so people can watch, and then they will be on display up at Gerties during the art market 6-9 where all other artists are invited to bring their art for sale. Should be a good time for everyone to get together again like we did for the Heartist Valentines show.

Got some other ‘catchup’ stuff done today too- I had a big hole in my boot. You know how we have toe joints that allows us to squat down and the heels rise? Well boots don’t have those joints…. and so it cracked and I got a puka right in that very spot. You could say it made it’s own ‘joint’. But now I have a cute heart leather patch on it. I do need some new boots but these have been EVERYWHERE with me!! Have experienced EVERYTHING with me. Even if I did every get new ones (and stopped glueing these ones back together) I’d have to hang these around my neck… or something withe equal reverence.

And Woman!!! I can’t WAIT for you to start your blog! I’ll totally help you set it up. But it’s so easy. The templates are already set up for us to just drag and drop and type- no coding. Reading your blogs will be like getting watered and I’m front and center in a cross legged position, hands in my lap, leaning forward with a smile like a third grader, waiting for my first watering.

With greatest Aloha,

KK