BOT:

Aloha UFOhana,

Ok, this is going to be another short one, tired from chopping up my Scrub Oak brush (actually fit in the Green Can), cutting up the card boards for the sheds and filling in the “Koi Pond” (if you have any extra dirt to spare we could sure use some).

Hope you all enjoyed yourselves watching the Super Bowl and still enjoying the Winter Olympics.

I know that Nohea, Jake and I certainly enjoyed your company this past Saturday as evident from the photos below.

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No Elks this Week . . .

We won’t be meeting at the Elks this Friday because of a special event they’re having. But we will be there on the 20th. More details to come next week.

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In the meantime we’ll just have to bear with yet another Vanikapila, number 7 actually.

Click here if you’ll be joining us IRL or click below on Saturday if you’ll be beaming us up virtually.

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ukeku

the fight continues,
as our dark past encroaches,
shadows with no face,

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e mālama pono i nā mea a pau (be safe everyone),

-=SqL+Nohea+JaiKE=-

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Have a great week everyone and a . . .

Hauoli la Aloha!

:EOT

BOT:

Aloha UFOhana,

Hauʻoli Lā Ukulele Lahui (Happy National Ukulele Day)!

Yes, there is such a thing, which started on February 2, 2011. Not sure how these “Holidays” are proclaimed, but I’m glad they’re out there.

Of course we all knew about the bonding and happiness that this little instrument can bring into one’s life and ‘Ohana. Like Jake Shimabukuro said, ” You can help but smile when you hold one in your hand.”

You can check out some of that happiness by clicking in the image below.

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Speaking of happiness. You may have heard me whining about my backyard shed(s) project for my son. Thanks to Ralph, my son, Lucas and a ton of sweat equity we finished the project last night at 6pm.

Interesting fact from Ralph:

So each paver weighs 15.2 lbs times 140 pavers = 2128 lbs and if we handle them three times, that is around 6384 lbs over two days or maybe 3192 lbs per day . My forearms now look like Popeye’s!

Images from that project below.

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Below, the link to this week’s Vanikapila. Click here to register for IRL or click below this Saturday to join us in Cyber Space.

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Finally, I want to share this with those of you that wish to express their Civil Disobedience against the current regime. Click the image below for details.

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Uke-Ku

and slowly we drift,
an uncertain horizon,
dark waters ahead.

e malama i ka manaoio (keep the faith alive),

Aloha a hui hou,

-=SqL+Nohea+Jake=-

:EOT