So much happens in summertime........................

I don't know that I have the time to write all about it! Ron bought a tomato plant last week from a vendor next to us at the market because tomatoes are hard to grow here----huh!! Well it's in a container and it has doubled in size already. It's like we have a conveyor belt of fruit pouring in. It's a shame to waste it but we are overwhelmed. After spending the spring and summer months in Michigan praying and tenderly coaxing our greenery to grow and ripen before frost, it's amazing to watch it grow here. In fact, try to stop it! Ron calls me the wicked witch of Hawaii as I tend to grab, pull, cut and stomp on foliage and plants I don't want and they 'just come back'. One good thing, all this 'extra'(so they say)rain is producing a bumper crop of coffee. Ron is spastic over all the coffee trees that are falling over, heavy with cherry.
I did get him to take a day off and go to the 'Two Step' snorkel/swimming area with me. He even got out on a body board and floated awhile while I did my jogging exercises in the bay. Then Tues I went to the Honounou NP area with some neighbors. A lava area that Ron & I were able to walk across last winter was filled with water and a nice pool and waterfall area was created because of the extra high tide occurring. We were having a blast when a huge surge came in and swept quite a ways inland and I was enjoying the ride until I realized that I was being carried out into the open sea. I immediately tried to swim back and the force was too great. A young boy was right next to me and we grabbed on to each other until the surge let up. It was actually shallow enough to stand when we grabbed onto some rocks to steady us. Meanwhile my friend had been pulled out much farther and her husband was trying to pull her in. I was luckier than Marci & Chuck who were scraped up a bit from being bounced into the rocks by the huge incoming tide.
Later that evening Marci and I and 4 other friends met for dinner and a movie. Mama Mia is showing and I remembered how much I liked the live version, so we made it a girls night out. Let me tell you we thought the movie was as funny and raucous as the live show. We shared many belly laughs and James Bond "007" singing in Elvis style bell bottoms was a hoot!!
Ron took a bike ride yesterday and he makes a loop which takes him down to the bay and back up to the highway. He saw some friends heading down to the bay to swim and watched as dozens of dolphins were swimming and spinning around. Today he ran with Mark, his friend from Michigan, who has been here for a few weeks. They came for dinner one night and told us they are thinking about moving here. In fact Wendy has taken a teaching job here to try it out. She'll be teaching at Kealakehe Middle School. See, it's possible, y'all can just move here too!!!