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5 min read 2021-12-06 00:29:49

Hawaii’s Avocado Farmers Are Bracing For A New Threat

One day in March, Big Island avocado farmer David Cox discovered colonies of tiny, black bugs on some of the trees in his orchard. About the size

1 min read 2021-11-03 22:50:48

Aloha, all! Oops! This was supposed to go live two weeks ago! But since I’m busy getting ready to move from Hawai’i to Florida (more on that

1 min read 2021-10-18 18:00:23

Aloha, all! In a few of my latest articles, I’ve mentioned my “stamp collection” or my “stamp cache.” Today I thought I’d digress from

1 min read 2021-10-15 18:00:35

Aloha, all! When I see a stamp set in a Stampin’ Up! holiday season catalog and its name is, “Festive & Bright,” I think “Christmas.”

1 min read 2021-10-12 18:00:27

Aloha, all! When I was playing around with Pinwheel Tower Cards a few weeks ago, I found dozens of great samples. In a few posts last week, I showed

1 min read 2021-10-07 18:00:29

Aloha, all! Last month I had two special birthday cards to make. Today I’d like to share the card that I made for my now 13-year old grandson. I

1 min read 2021-09-29 18:00:13

Aloha, all! And welcome to another fun – but spooky! – edition of Island Hopping. I’ve been chatting about my Island Hopping friend, Cheryl

1 min read 2021-09-27 18:00:15

Aloha, all! OK, I’ve mentioned several times about how wonderful it was to have been at the Island Style Stampers Annual Retreat in Maui earlier

1 min read 2021-09-24 18:00:43

Aloha, all! In my last article, I mentioned that I’d traveled to the island of Maui to attend a stamping retreat. The retreat lasted two FULL days

1 min read 2021-09-22 18:00:07

Aloha, all! Where has September gone???? Well, to begin, I spent several days on the island of Maui crafting with my friend, Cheryl Hamilton’s,

1 min read 2021-09-01 18:00:05

Aloha, all! I know that, technically, in the northern hemisphere, the only thing that changed as of today was the month of the year. But, for as

1 min read 2021-08-27 14:03:39

Aloha, all! A week ago today, I had the absolute pleasure of winging my way to my neighbor island of Maui to join my sister Stampin’ Up!

1 min read 2021-08-25 18:00:36

Aloha, all! If you are anything like me, when I opened the new Sale-a-bration brochure and saw the Penguin Playmates paper set, my first reaction

1 min read 2021-08-22 23:38:55

Aloha, all! Once again it’s time for a new Paper Pumpkin Kit. The fall kits have always been among my favorites and this year’s Haunts and

1 min read 2021-08-22 20:31:00

Here's a blast from the past as ukulele brands go for Got A Ukulele. A return to the reviews bench for Big Island with their Hono Series KT-TR