Boulevard of Bumps

A late post for Bunny's 9th Birthday. We had arrived back from Hawaii the day before and Bunny decided he wanted to go to Hideaway Resort. A beach resort with a constructed tidal pool, which includes a rolling log and water slides. It was fun and the band in the fale above the rolling log played all the classics. Bunny's friends were all dealing with a variety of viruses when we arrived back, so it was just us. The boys duelled....... wrestled....... propelled.... lounged....... and toasted our future. Since Bunny got his ears fixed life has been excellent, he is back to his robust self, with improved balance. I was warned that 9 was difficult but so far he is proving to remain our beautiful boy.   Even if occasionally he answers us with the word "fine". He really is fine.

The 17th Wedding Anniversary has the modern theme of Furniture as a gift.  Living overseas furniture is not a priority, but I did manage to meet a master carver named Moses and he created this for us. We planned to escape to Savaii, but it was not to be, so we headed over the mountain, into the mist and over to the South Side of Upolu. The mountains of Upolu are high, cool and wet and mould grows on the power lines. On the South Side of the island we stayed at BRoss' place at Salamumu .   Where the lava met the sea and hardened into licorice coloured patterns of swirls and squares.  The lava rock provides treasure above and below the ocean. Just off the rocks is a paradise of coral and brightly coloured fish.  Baked on the rocks are the shed exoskeleton of crabs. Out of the lava rock, grows a butterfly attracting tree. BRoss has a few new additions to the family, Salt, the kitten was born the last time ...