I got up early again (yaay, me!) for my writing assignment.  Had fun describing the mother in my little imaginary family as she hung up the laundry and worried about the implications of events since the declaration of war (12/8/1942).  Before I knew what was happening, I had gone for nearly five pages.  The grand total now is 18, 442 words.

Lynne and I headed off about 7:15 for our morning snorkel.  Today was a mellow day snorkeling...we only saw a couple of honu, lots of tang, a couple of gorgeous sailfin tang (they're fun because when you scare them they put up their sail fins to look bigger), a juvenile yellowtail coris...which I'd never sighted before, and Lynne spotted a peacock flounder.  That finished off the snorkel in great style for me because it's only the second time I've seen one.  I spent a little time harassing the flounder to get it to swim...they're so cool swimming sideways.  For the fish activists out there, you'll be somewhat relieved to know I only shooed it along twice.

After some inventory work and general organizing, we were off to have lunch with Paul Maddox.  Paul is a commercial artist based in Kona (up in Holualoa actually) whom I met through the internet when I was looking for a designer to do some art for my mainland lanai cover.  We'd never met in person but he was such a joy to work with I wanted to get together while I was here.  We ate some amazing food at the Holua Koa Gardens and Cafe and then browsed through the art galleries in Holualoa.

Then we headed farther south on the Mamalahoa Highway to a fabric store (Kimura Fabric) where Shari, Lynne and I picked out fabrics for a quilt Shari's going to make for me.  A brief drive home, some spa-side libations, steak dinner on the bbq and we're all settled in for the night.

There's been some question about the calorie count of a certain tin of cookies.  Suffice it to say that we threw the calorie count part of the package away (Shari says calories don't count on vacation), we have frozen some of the cookies and we'll be freezing the rest tomorrow for future Hale Honu guests.  In the meantime, we're snacking VERY occasionally on Erik's delicious gift.

Aloha from the Big Island!

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