@BigDub The cat is purring and today I had a pair of bald eagles circling overhead. I have a very diverse audience here: three horses, two dogs, a cat, half a dozen black tail deer and the eagles which I see have a nest in a tall cedar just to the North of the house.
Nice place. Real "Alaska" style. I couldn't afford the maintenance. We are care-taking while the owner is out commercial fishing.
I've been "Out of pocket" for a while, returning to find one of my favorite hangouts has disappeared. So here I am, nodding and making eye contact with a few familiar faces, saying nothing (Because I have nothing to say) checking out the place and looking for a comfortable seat where I can have a view of the whole room and a clear line for the door.
As for my qualifications, let me just say that the horses seem to like my playing, the dogs not so much. The wildlife just ignores me, which I count as a good thing given the predominant local species. But I am improving. I will listen to advice from anyone, young or old. I don't hate anyone and I don't bother with screen names.
@Chuck-Rose I wonder why the second video didn't show up? Try again
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I haven't tried playing for bears yet. Maybe later this summer.
We moved back aboard the boat last week and the next day at about 4PM I pulled out my cornet to practice. About fifteen minutes in I heard @#$%^&*( from the next boat over. My wife came into the cabin and said that my neighbor had "requested" I not pay just then. It seems he was not feeling well.
Then yesterday I had to call an ambulance for him. It turns out he drinks rather more than is healthful; on a regular basis.
Departing tomorrow on the afternoon tide. There won't be any neighbors close by for the next week at least.
We moved back aboard the boat last week and the next day at about 4PM I pulled out my cornet to practice. About fifteen minutes in I heard @#$%^&*( from the next boat over. My wife came into the cabin and said that my neighbor had "requested" I not pay just then. It seems he was not feeling well.
Then yesterday I had to call an ambulance for him. It turns out he drinks rather more than is healthful; on a regular basis.
Departing tomorrow on the afternoon tide. There won't be any neighbors close by for the next week at least.
@Chuck-Rose I wonder why the second video didn't show up? Try again
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I haven't tried playing for bears yet. Maybe later this summer.
@Kehaulani said in Another one slides in, quietly taking a seat at the end of the bar...:
I think Anna's is still there. Is that associated with Anna O'Brien's?
Trading Hawai'i for Alaska? Jeez.
Although I go back regularly, I started touring in 1966, so haven't resided there since then. I go back to when our mail didn't have zip codes but "TH". The days of Lucky Luck, Lippy Espinda and Prince Neff Maiava :-). The band uniform in my avatar, BTW, is from McKinley H.S.
Anyway, Aloha luna.
New owners renamed Anna Bannanas because Gary, the previous owner, tried to get too much money from them for the name. It's the same place with better management and everyone still just calls it "Anna's"
As for moving to Alaska, I honestly wish I had come here forty years ago instead of going to Hawaii. But then, Hawaii forty years ago was very different from Hawaii today. I went back last April for a reunion with some friends and it is even worse than I remembered it. The transition from an economy based primarily on agriculture to one based on tourism is not pretty. The weather is still nice though.
As for Alaska, well it's just awesome. That's all.
Aloha no ka'kou!
@Kehaulani I lived on Oahu from 1977 to 2007 in Wahiawa, Pearl City, Palolo, Waikiki and, from 1990, on my boat either in Ke'ehi Lagoon or in the Ala Wai. Sailed back for a year-long visit in 2011/12, then sailed up here to Alaska. BTW, she worked at Anna Bannana's on Beretania Street, just off University.
@BigDub The cat is purring and today I had a pair of bald eagles circling overhead. I have a very diverse audience here: three horses, two dogs, a cat, half a dozen black tail deer and the eagles which I see have a nest in a tall cedar just to the North of the house.
Nice place. Real "Alaska" style. I couldn't afford the maintenance. We are care-taking while the owner is out commercial fishing.
@Kehaulani Same number of sylables. I knew a bartender named Kehaulani in Honolulu. She had the most intriguing eyes...
I've been "Out of pocket" for a while, returning to find one of my favorite hangouts has disappeared. So here I am, nodding and making eye contact with a few familiar faces, saying nothing (Because I have nothing to say) checking out the place and looking for a comfortable seat where I can have a view of the whole room and a clear line for the door.
As for my qualifications, let me just say that the horses seem to like my playing, the dogs not so much. The wildlife just ignores me, which I count as a good thing given the predominant local species. But I am improving. I will listen to advice from anyone, young or old. I don't hate anyone and I don't bother with screen names.