Hello, hello and goodbye, goodbye!

This week we said goodbye to one of our "Hale Sistahs." Sister Cecily Nelson left to go back to the great state of Utah. She will be missed but in her place we welcomed Sister Judy Knord. We had many good times with Sister Nelson. She was across the hall and shared a bathroom with me. I think she is glad to get back to Utah with her family and friends. You can see by the many Lei's that she was well thought of.

We went to Pounder's Restaurant for a goodbye celebration and coming out into the evening air we thought we had been transported to another planet. It was a beautiful evening. I always knew that Hawaii was a special place. 😯

P-day happened again this week and so off we went to visit Queen Emma's Summer Palace. We did all of our homework, time, day place. It is open everyday 9 to 4. "Shurley" my google person said that we were all ready to go so we went, we arrived. Yes we did! We pulled in the drive and the sign said open everyday 9 to 4. The sign next to it said closed. HUH! We got out and walked around and found a Daughter of Hawaii Pioneers walking around. She said they were closed today because of tree trimming and they were not to let us in. Well it wasn't crowded but we didn't get to see the inside. She gave us free tickets to come back another time. We took a tour of the grounds. They were very beautiful.


Sister Knord is on the right. She is our new "Hale Sister." This was her welcome to Hawaii, tour.

This is the ultimate tree house. If you closely in back of me the tree limbs wind around and around. If I were 60 years younger I would have lived in this fairy land.





























I thought I had seen every type of flower in Hawaii by now. Guess what? I found several that I have never seen before and I saw my first orchid's in the wild. They were so beautiful and I am sorry that these pictures don't do them justice.
           

This is the biggest hibiscus that I have ever seen.

More beautiful flowers: These were growing out of the trunk of a tree.      

Some pretty orchids:

    

       

        

       

Next on our agenda was "The Bishop's Museum"  It was amazing to learn more of the history of Hawaii but it is so big it will take us two or three visits to see it all.

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And after a day of traveling to the big city where is the best place to end up?

HOME!!!!!!!