April has arrived upon our brilliant green hills. The soft afternoon mists now cloak the high reaches of the rain forest, and over the winter months the rusty, dusty trails that weave through the pastures have turned a rich chocolate brown and have softened underfoot. Rainbows have become frequent companions to the hikers with their [...]
For those of us lucky enough to live in Big Island ranch country there is an anticipation that arrives with the end of February. It is more than just looking forward to a new month, and it is entirely different than, say, the feeling you get between July and August or October and November. It [...]
December in Waimea is like no other place on earth. The soaring mountain peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa become laden with snow, while tall stands of stately Norfolk pines compete with weather worn eucalyptus trees to contain the dark green rain forest high above our vivid green pastures which cascade around lovely Hoku’ula. [...]
Real Estate agents are highly trained professionals, and thank goodness they are! However, when the agent represents the Seller, you have to think twice about what you can safely tell them without weakening your negotiating position. The sales agent is required by law to let the Seller know everything they can find out about you, [...]
Sometimes falling in love with a house happens with so much emotion that you really aren’t in control of your thoughts. The attraction feels gravitational, and it almost seems like your spirit is trying to move to a place it recognizes although you have never been there before. When you see “home” instead of “house” [...]
What do you do when the nice real estate agent is telling you that you'd better hurry up? Is it just a sales tool to make you jump while you are still thinking things through? Well ... it could be, depends on your agent and whether that agent works for you or for the Seller, [...]
January in Waimea is always an interesting month to write about, since it is the beginning of a new year, and I am a big fan of new beginnings! As I get my morning coffee in town friends will sometimes ask me how my day is going. I am tempted to say “Great! Nothing’s gone [...]
Here at the foot of the soft Kohala hills we can look out across the verdant saddle lands that stretch out toward the soaring shoulders of Mauna Kea. A gang of clouds escapes the cliff tops of Hamakua and now jostle in the sweet ocean breeze, with blades of sunlight defining their shadows drifting across [...]
"November is one of the best months of the year. It is the harvest in the northern hemisphere, the crops are in, the dead limbs have been cut into firewood, the alarm clock goes off in the dark, and for the first time all year people actually consider wearing orange. Can you arrive at the [...]
October in Waimea always has the feeling of being an intermission after the traveling summer months, full of spectacles and long, long days. There is a shift happening that subtly fills the senses and encourages us to hold our breaths a bit as we wait for the first hints of the new season. In Hawaii [...]
