03-26-2010, 01:08 AM
I moved to Hawaii Island because it was rural. I moved to Makai Puna because it was affordable. I am not a gardener. While my grandmother could toss a cigarette butt into her garden and tobacco plant would grow, I could gingerly plant a tobacco plant and in days it would look like a thoroughly burnt cigarette butt! I would love to have the touch of life, toss a plant up grows beauty. I love flowers; I love growing herbs and veggies; well, in my dreams anyway. My husband, knowing my lament about unsuccessful generation of edibles, has begun collecting books and reading up on becoming Mr. Greenjeans! I cracked up when he proudly showed me his first purchase. Who knows, with his determination to always make me happy we will have a self sustaining garden. I told him my garden wish list: Tomatoes, all kids; Romaine, cucumbers, corn, brussel sprouts, asparagus, cauliflower, broccoli and the fruits...too many to list.
But, I did not move to Hawaii Island to be my grandparents and grow food and raise animals for consumption. Or my parents, whose flower garden was always the talk of our neighborhood. I moved here because I loved the natural motion of this island. I am in awe of the Volcano, despite the life threatening emissions, and I love that your spirit intrinsically connects with the spirit of the island. I am okay just being in a 'burb' commuting for entertainment, goods and services, and with the sites and sounds of nature. I prefer the coqui to gun shots and hovering helicopters or sirens. I prefer the albizia to the towering concrete condos, or cookie cutter town homes. I would prefer to have really neat neighbors all around me like the ones who live next door and down 2 lots. Our home sits up off the street and faces away from the community and because we have carefully planted natural hedges as a measure of privacy, I can sit in my home and pretend the drunk who lives across the street from me does not exist; and when his wife starts screaming, I can close my window and turn up my music and drown out the f bombs and other expletives that shatters the peace that was. I don't want the 3 undeveloped lots that touch ours to be leveled and inhabited. I figure if there is a bright spot to a down turned economy it is the sale of the lots or development of them will not happen for a few more years. By then, who knows where we will be, if even here. I guess this would be option 5?
“A penny saved is a government oversight.”
But, I did not move to Hawaii Island to be my grandparents and grow food and raise animals for consumption. Or my parents, whose flower garden was always the talk of our neighborhood. I moved here because I loved the natural motion of this island. I am in awe of the Volcano, despite the life threatening emissions, and I love that your spirit intrinsically connects with the spirit of the island. I am okay just being in a 'burb' commuting for entertainment, goods and services, and with the sites and sounds of nature. I prefer the coqui to gun shots and hovering helicopters or sirens. I prefer the albizia to the towering concrete condos, or cookie cutter town homes. I would prefer to have really neat neighbors all around me like the ones who live next door and down 2 lots. Our home sits up off the street and faces away from the community and because we have carefully planted natural hedges as a measure of privacy, I can sit in my home and pretend the drunk who lives across the street from me does not exist; and when his wife starts screaming, I can close my window and turn up my music and drown out the f bombs and other expletives that shatters the peace that was. I don't want the 3 undeveloped lots that touch ours to be leveled and inhabited. I figure if there is a bright spot to a down turned economy it is the sale of the lots or development of them will not happen for a few more years. By then, who knows where we will be, if even here. I guess this would be option 5?
“A penny saved is a government oversight.”
"Q might have done the right thing for the wrong reason, perhaps we need a good kick in our complacency to get us ready for what's ahead" -- Captain Picard, to Guinan (Q Who?)