Introduce yourself

[mella l]

Boy is this great or what. More new neighbors to welcome! LOL, we're not there yet, getting there as fast as we can,
but thrilled to read there are other adventurers with feet on terra firma, with the trades in their hair, and Anna's bird song and rainbows!

So hallo to taildrag, and to Anna and family. Pretty soon those of us on island will need to have a meet your neighbors party for the Punatics who enjoy the Punaweb so much. A monthly or semi monthly to do, where we can all meet Rob and Pam, and so many others who have offered encouragement, advise, food for thought, and we can express our gratitude. There must be enough of you there now to get this launched!!!

Yes taildrag, each place we live, or come from has it's challenges and as we all know or read Florida has been particularly hard hit of late. Perhaps life on a living volcano will be more predictable. If not we can enjoy watching the earth recreate itself and hope for the best.

In Northern California we live in fire and earthquake country, and our neighborhood has been quarantined twice for fire the past two years. Some people moving here do not have the experience living a rural life, do not understand the dangers and heed the precautions about fire. The learning curve is very steep. Hopefully when we relocate to the BI we will have some of the knowledge to be an asset to our new home and neighborhood.

Anna you mentioned SW Ohio being a more modest market than California. Well unfortunately all of CA is not in the hot market area. Here in No Ca the market is very modest, and does not compare with areas like Malibu, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, and such that people read about. So when you meet with contractors and they hear CA they see $ signs. Wish it were so.

So modest in Paradise is hands down better than grandiose, or even middelen in over crowded and hurried metro, that's what we are hoping.

Good luck with the pigs. A friend who has lived on and off the island since the early 70's tells of taking a good sized metal barrel, tilting it at an angle and leaning it on a wood frame, putting some pig treats in it. The pig walks up the wooden ramp smells the goodies in the large barrel and walks in for the treats. Well the can then tips up and you have caught yourself a pig. Then some one needs to do the deed. Locals claim this is better than chasing them around per my friend. Then there is the neighborhood BBQ, and Mai Tai's!

Good luck and Aloha, Mella L







mella l