I thought that I would do something a little different today. I decided to go a wanderin with no particular destination. The biggest decision of the day was whether to take a left or a right at the end of the driveway.
Left onto the Red Road it was
Eventually, I came across Secret Beach.
There are chest deep pools in those rocks over there, where it is safe to sit and have the waves break on top of you. I was the only soul here for over three hours. Me and the little fishies.
Coral noun on Secret beach
Doris, a financial adviser from Germany, who also has a secret healing talent that she kept secret from her friends and family most of her life, because talk of spirits scared them. She invited three of us to go snorkeling in this tidal pool, some 15 miles from Kalani
Ted takes a shot of Teri taking a shot of Abby, a new volunteer and landscape architect from Austin. There was lots of tropical coral formations and reef fish here.
and Teri, from Manitoba, a high school guidance councilor, great conversationalist and yoga instructor, is on an extended world trip. Gentle readers,Teri now refers her Facebook friends to this website for stories about Puna. Says I take better pictures and likes the stuff I plagiarize from Hawaii books.
So I continued walking and here are some of the things I stumbled upon, both on Red Road and around the property. Everyone needs a sitting Buddha
That flat area is where people go to use cell phones. The reception is ok if you sit here and use ATT
Noni plant that has traditional Hawaiian medicinal properties.The fruit as a digestive, the leaves as a poultice
Monkey Pod tree
Agave, the sap is used at Kalani as a refined sugar substitute
Breadfruit, which we serve as a starch at dinnertime. Basically sucks
Missionary graveyard near Secret Beach
Pineapple and Basil plants growing near the dining lanai. Come back in two years for fresh pineapple
The Hawaiian state flower, Hibiscus, both red and yellow abound. It is the flower you see people putting in their hair in Hawaiian postcards and movies
Thai pepper plants
Prayer flag on the lanai of Brother Jimi RIP; move over Rover and let Jimi take over...tire tracks all up and down your back
This farmer's market is hippie central. It offers all manner of fresh vegetables and fruits, dozens of different kinds of honey, homemade tinctures, medicines, creams, toothpastes, as well as tarot card readings, cranium massages, free range omelets, fresh coconut water and of course deep ocean seawater as a mineral supplement
Starfruit
How this flower grows on nothing but lava is beyond me...evolution for real, up close and personal
Mr.Gecko doing some snooping
Avocados for the taking....if you can get up there.
Many people here are into alternative/traditional healing practices. Some have amazing knowledge of the plants that can be found everywhere.Here is our Aloe bush, that gets quite a bit of use for scrapes and insect bites
Path to my hale; can be sort of spooky at night.
The path leads to upper Tentland
An offering to some god or spirit that somebody left along Red road. It is very common to see shrines like this. Thanks for stopping by
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