The Decompression of a Boomer

“Move on from Kauai already!” you say. “You’ve been back from your trip more than month!” I know, I know. So which would you choose, more photos of ‘Idaho’s seemingly endless winter so far’, or this:

A Princeville, Kauai sunrise! We took a walk along the Princeville golf course later that morning, after a thunderstorm waned into a Kauai mist

Followed by a rainbow.

We had several blustery days. I enjoyed the sound and movement of the wind through the towering palms

You can be there too, imagine yourself standing next to me, in this video

A couple more photos to share… this tree on Ke’e beach near the Kalalau Trail

How does it stay up? Its root system appears to be completely above ground. Shouldn’t they post warning signs for tourists? “Do not nap under tree.”

The Kauai garden spider – I didn’t see as many on this trip as usual, but who nowadays ever sees a garden spider?

Top view of the spider first, then a view of its yellow underbelly:

Farmer’s market produce provides fabulous organic garden-to-table ingredients for our personal chef, Victor:

And a marvelous spread for breakfast – Mango, pineapple, rambutan! Rambutan? Yes, those red hairy balls.

Here, Eric will model them for you:

Okay so the photo is a bit of brain overload. Where do you focus? On the red hairy balls, the astronaut kitty floating in outer space, or what Eric might be concealing in his mouth?

Did I mention we bought several delicious organic grapefruit?

I modeled those:

I cherished this moment to showcase my boobs, the sheer size, voluptuousness, form, erectness! I couldn’t have imagined myself with such a set even in my wildest, most unfathomable dreams.

My moment was quickly out shadowed by Eric sporting his swimsuit on the back patio.

Okay, Eric, so the pineapples might be tolerable. Please warn me the next time you plan to take a swim. I’ll meet you when you’re in the pool. Although who can’t admire your physique?

A physique shaped by decades of hauling antique furniture to and from your store, delivering to customers and singlehandedly loading and unloading truckloads of antique furniture to and from weekend furniture shows across the west.

Okay, so vacation is about over. One last shot of the Kauai landscape, as the sun is about to set …

and several more shots of rum in our last round of Mai Tais at the airport in Lihue before we board our plane

You know, to help us sleep on the 6-hour red-eye.

12 noon Sunday, January 29 – Flying over Utah now, nearing our descent into Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City is under a blanket of smog held in by a temperature inversion

We’ve hit the road toward home – It’s a 3-hour drive from Salt Lake through northern Utah …

into southeast Idaho… Here we are near Downey, Idaho, about 3PM, Sunday, January 29:

Oh joy! We’re home now. I see the plows have been through the neighborhood.

And the people we hired to shovel our driveway did their job too

We have cleared the sidewalk to the street.

Megan stayed back home in Idaho with companions, instead of going with us to Kauai. She kept us abreast of news from home, in particular, this one issue, through text messaging:

“Hi Mom. Titan and Einstein are in the back yard again. Rudy keeps barking”

To enlighten you, here’s the photos I took of the situation we met in our back yard upon our return home:

Here you see the source of the problem: David’s last fix for the hole in the fence along our back yard held up about, uh, two days?:

He engineered another fix right away. The snow’s been so deep in the back yard, I didn’t take a close look at it till yesterday –

Huh. So is that going to suffice as the permanent fix? Come spring I could set some vibrant blooming flower pots around it, – heck, submit a photo of this unique yard art/floral arrangement for publication in House and Garden Magazine.

BTW – Which neighbor is responsible for repairing or replacing a fence establishing the boundary for both properties? Should I get an opinion from Mexico on this?

Tags: 2017 idaho winter, Kauai garden spider, Ke' e Beach- Kauai, Princeville Kauai, Salt Lake City temperature inversion Jan 2017

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