A look at what is happening in Hawaii!

   ✿ Aloha and Hau'oli Makahiki Hou! Is everyone in the Hawaiian Life community enjoying the New Year? Hope you all had a nice holiday season! I took a little time off to spend with family, now am back & ready for 2012. Gonna check in with Kilauea & see what she was up to in December. As I'm writing, I have the music of Travis Roig in my ear. Have you heard of him? He has a new album recently realeased: Sincerely Manufactured!  One word... Awesome... ;-)

                                               *Kilauea In All Her Beauty*

   ♥ ❄ ӇƛƤƤƳ ӇƠԼƖƊƛƳ§ ❄  Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community... How are you all doing today? Christmas is right around the corner. Are you all ready for the holidays? Time to finish up on last minute shopping and holiday preparations. I thought I'd send out an important article on going green. I try to send it a couple times a year because of its importance. I will be spending the holidays with my family and be back to start off the new year! I hope if you celebrate, enjoy the holidays... Cherish the time if you can with loved ones and don't let silly arguments or past disagreements ruin what you have... Life IS short! Have a safe and Happy Holiday Season... ♥

   Aloha and Good early Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community! How are you all doing this week? Hope this finds you all well. Just past midnight on December 7th. It has been 70 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor, and what I am talking about today. I will send a couple related articles from Mike and this weeks video pick from Greg is Kelleys Island just because I wish I was there right now. A great place for some peace and quiet. Could use some of that right now... Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday season... 

                                            *Pearl Harbor~70 Years Later* 

   ♥ Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community... How are you all doing this week? Here we are on the eve of December. It is the holiday season once more. Are you looking to give a gift that will warm your heart with as much or more meaning than any gift you have given before? Why not volunteer your time at a local food pantry, or donate to one or charity of your choice... This year my family will do our part to help out feeding our hungry kids and their families... With a little help from Twitter we can spread the word with a hashtag! Thank You Dr. Oz...

                                                      ♥ #DrOzHunger ♥

   Aloha and Good Morning everybody... Hau’oli La Ho’omakika’i That is Happy Thanksgiving in Hawaiian! Yes it is time for turkey... Are you ready? I'm sending a previous article I did on the Tiki Gods... To me it is time to spend the holiday with the ones I love. I am always thankful for what I have and hope if you celebrate Thanksgiving, you can spend it with family and friends. Whether you are looking forward to a nice meal with family and friends, football or shopping, or whatever plans you have, I hope you have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving...

                                 *The Legendary Ancient Hawaiian Tiki Gods* 

   Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community... How are you all doing this week? Today I'm talking about a fierce predator found all over and in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands... the barracuda!! I will send a couple of Mikes articles as well as inspiring quotes. This week's video pick from Greg ƜƛƖƤƠƲԼƖ won't be like listening to something from Jaws...quiet the opposite. It IS very relaxing though and from Hawaii. Be good to one another and have a great week... 

                                                 *Barracuda In Hawaii*

   Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. How are we all today? Time is just flying. November already. Today's article is on the Big Island and all about Kona. If you are lucky enough to be traveling to Hawaii or taking a vacation there, you may want to check out Kona. There is plenty to do and see... I'll take the coffee!! I will send a couple interesting articles from Mike that tie into the subject. Also check out his inspiring quotes... This weeks video pick from Greg as well as other links and Hawaiian Life merchandise are all below for you to dive into... Have a safe and happy week...

                                                    *Spending Time In Kona* 

ӇƛƤƤƳ ӇƛԼԼƠƜЄЄƝ... Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. How are you all on this fine last day of October? I thought since today was Halloween, I would do things a little differently... It is time for some fun... fun for all ages... some very interesting videos that are kid friendly but will also amaze the adults with their beautiful light show... I'll add in some quotes and a couple articles from Mike too. Plus a couple Autumn videos from Greg as well.. which will put you in the Autumn mood! Sit back & enjoy this Spooktacular Day... ;-)

                                           *Ӈ░ƛ░Ƥ░Ƥ░ƳѼӇ░ƛ░Լ░Լ░Ơ░Ɯ░Є░Є░Ɲ*

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   Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaian Life community. How are you all doing today? I know most of the time the articles I write are upbeat and positive. Sometimes though not all things happening out there are happy ones... this is one of them... The story the other day in Ohio with the killing of almost 50 animals was such a tragedy, along with the loss of ones life, so today I decided to sort of vent about it. It is such a sad reality! I will send a couple more upbeat articles from Mike and an inspiring video from Greg to kind of lighten the mood. Be good to one another and have a great week...

                                          *Keeping Wild Animals In Captivity*  

   Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. Hope you are all well. October 16th is ƁƠ§§'§ ƊƛƳ! It is celebrated this year on Monday the 17th because it falls on a weekend and is honored on the closest work day after the 16th... That would be today... and today I honor my Boss, Mike Dolan, who just happens to be my best friend... and the reason I am here every week and the reason we all get to enjoy Hawaiian Life. With the Aloha Spirit residing inside him, no one person inspires me more to do what I do,.. 

                                                      *Happy Boss's Day*

   Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. How are you all doing today?  I have a few friends in Canada & with it being Thanksgiving Day there, this article is for them. I will include a couple articles from Mike and today's video pick from Greg is from Canada ƘƛƝƛƝƛ§ƘƖ§ ԼƛƘЄ§ In fact Greg & Candice are celebrating in Canada right now... I hope you all have a safe and happy week...

                                          *Happy Thanksgiving Canada* 

   Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. How are you all today? I hope you are all doing well. Today I am writing about something totally different... Spam and why it is sooo important and popular to Hawaiians? I will send a couple interesting articles from Mike and introduce you to a new video pick by Greg called §ƬЄƁƁƖƝ§ ƓƲԼƇӇ. Let the inspiration flow... 

                                     *The Fascination in Hawaii with Spam* 

   Aloha and Good Morning to everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. How are you all doing today? Believe it or not Fall/Autumn is here already. Such a beautiful time of year but it goes fast. Next thing you know, white stuff will be falling. Today I am talking about the colorful Java Sparrow. Found in Hawaii as well as many other places around the world. I will send a couple articles from Mike and because it's Fall, today's video pick from Greg is ƛƲƬƲMƝ ƦƖƔЄƦ . A great way to spend 6 relaxing minutes...

                                                  *The Java Sparrow* 

   Aloha and Good Morning to everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. How are you all today? I was a little under the weather and took a couple weeks off but am back now. We are half way through September already, wow does time fly. I'm gonna do an interesting moth today, you might have seen them and mistaken them for hummingbirds... The Hummingbird Moth... an interesting little beauty...

                                      *Hummingbird Moths In Hawaii*  

   Aloha and Good Morning  everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. How are you all doing today? I hope this finds you well. Today I am just sharing my thoughts... on this, the 6th anniversary of the arrival of Hurricane Katrina... This year sure has been one heck of a year for Mother Nature. Really doesn't matter where you live. No one place seems safe from all the snow that accumulated during the winter months with the blizzards too, and all that snow had to melt. Mixed with Spring rains, that alone made for a nasty flooding which seemed to happen all over. The Spring rains were happening all the time around me, along with the thunderstorms that latched onto the rain. Of course the sad part of all the rain that fell, there are always areas around the country that just couldn't get a drop of rain and severe drought has hit many areas, leaving many farmers forced to sell their livestock, because crops were dying and they coundn't feed them. 

   Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. How are you all doing today? I'm doing an article on another native species to the islands, the Hawaiian Crow. I will also send a couple articles from Mike.

   Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. Finally a break in the extreme heat. Today there is a high of 80. Wow, can't remember how long it has been since that happened. I'm going to talk about the only lobster that is native to the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiian Banded Spiny Lobster. I will also send a couple related articles from Michael. Also Greg and Candice just spent the weekend around here ƘЄԼԼЄƳ§ Ɩ§ԼƛƝƊ It is today's video pick... 

                                      *The Hawaiian Banded Spiny Lobster* 

   Aloha everyone in the Hawaiian Life Community! How are you all today? Here we are into August already and with many of my friends coming from and going on vacation, I thought about places you can go. So today it's all about a beautiful Zoo in Hawaii and if you are nowhere around there, we have zoos all over the states and throughout the world! I'm sending a couple articles from Mike that are quite interesting if you want to take a vacation. This week's video pick from Greg is ƜƛƖƤƠƲԼƖ  which is keeping in the Hawaiian theme... 

                                    *Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens*

   Aloha everyone in the Hawaiian Life community! How are you all today, tonight? I had trouble posting so will see how this goes. The heat continues on, so I started looking for water related topics and you know what that means? Fish! This week I decided to do the Hawaiian Trumpetfish. Uniquely shaped and quite a smart fish. Can catch its prey right in plain sight! Will send a couple of related articles from Mike.  This week's video pick from Greg is ƳЄԼԼƠƜ§ƬƠƝЄ  He and Candice are there in the area now having the time of their lives... 

                                       *The Hawaiian Trumpetfish*  

   Aloha and Good Morning everyone in the Hawaiian Life community. As I was sitting here with hot temps all around me, wondering what to write about, I thought, what about the weather. It has been too hot for too long all over the country and many places all over the world so today is all about the extreme heat and what you can do to take care of yourself and those around you including your pets! I am sending a couple summertime articles from Mike that also are related.