Quote of the day: “Learning to connect with each other, to experience empathy, to step outside our own experience, and to experience love in all its forms — these, I believe, are the experiences for which we became human.” — Martha Beck
It is a busy time here at Akiko’s as we count down to Mochi Pounding festival Saturday, December 29. Yesterday Akiko’s family and friends began arriving to help get ready for Mochi Pounding. We washed the rice and began soaking it for the 3 days needed to soften it sufficiently for steaming on the day of Mochi Pounding. Every day the rice will be rinsed.
I am headed out to hike and photograph, so today I am just posting some recent photos for fun.
Amazing Green Things Growing at Akiko’s B&B
Anthurium Garden
The View Just Behind Akiko’s B&B
More Scenery at Akiko’s B&B
Prayer Flags and Rain Forest
Sasha’s Christmas Tree
Down the Road from Akiko’s B&B
Down the Road from Akiko’s
Special Orchids – I met the grower who bred this beautiful orchid
Another View of Beautiful Orchid
Soaking 110 pounds of rice for mochi pounding in 3 days
Soaking Rice for Mochi Pounding in 3 days
Shadowy Kwan Yin
Finishing the Zen Garden
Placing Jizo statue
Filling the water area of Zen garden
Adjusting rock placement
2 Comments
Robin Scanlon · December 28, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Just read your post on Kat’s blog. I’m going to be at Akiko’s on Saturday and will look for you to say “hi”. Your photos of Laupahoehoe are gorgeous. Here’s a Flickr set of what my husband and I shot last year: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hiphotog/sets/72157628710591303/
Marilyn · December 29, 2012 at 3:24 am
Wow! Small world – I look forward to meeting you tomorrow. Your photos from last year are magnificent!