Daikon and carrots gently steamed with crunchy daikon stems
seasoned with shiso pesto and tomatillo salsa
on a bed of baby bok choy
seasoned with shiso pesto and tomatillo salsa
on a bed of baby bok choy
 Finding treasures at Popo's house in the playroom of their dad's small kid time. Colin makes smoothies with his stephanotis blossom he picked as he watches it swirl in Aunty Ann's mixer.
Sophia plays another 35 year old toy, a hand held water tank game of ring toss. Les watches Andrew play with Uncle Stu's basketball water tank hand held toy of yesteryears also! Les, their dad, tells them, we didn't have iPads to play video games.  Sweet fragrant gardenia filters through our home as this year is the biggest crop ever! An interesting note...ken tells me Aunty Eleanor Ching gave him 3 gardenia plants from her yard on Green Street about 50 years ago. She and cousin, Annette Lee would be happy to know there are 2 still growing in our yard, today!   Ken air layered this lemon tree from the original one from his Paula Drive family home. We have a better appreciation of these plumb juicy citrus.  Roasting turkey throughout the year has been something we've always done for over 50 years!  Ken's garden gives us the focus on how to improve our lifestyle in trying to be more self subsistent.  Herb pasta: whole wheat pasta gently pan fried with olive oil with homemade cilantro and basil pesto. Fresh herbs of thyme and tarragon as well as okra, Vidalia onions, and baby daikon... surrounded by a lei of young Manoa, arugula, and mustard cabbage baby greens.    and now off to give private tai chi lessons!
 7:15AM Time to "smell the roses" as I am home from a nice morning walk, before it gets too hot!  ken's bush beans is everyone's favorite.  Daikon and bok choy coming along nicely, too.  It's taken us a while to figure out how to cook and enjoy kale but there is definite progress!  Usually our plate of food always has fresh garden greens as the biggest portion of the items on it.  10:15 AM
Cooking family style is appreciated when it's WFPB and low fat. 9:00 Kenneth Koike, Lipyeow Lim, Rick Chao Co-Emcee 節目主持: Welcome and announcements 致歡迎詞及宣佈 1 Palama Tai Chi Class (A) HunYuan Qigong 混元氣功 2 Hawaii Taiji Health & Sports Assn (A) Chen’s and Yang’s Double Eight 陳、楊雙八式太極拳 3 Hawaii Taiji Health & Sports Assn (A) Yang’s 16-Form 楊家16 式太極拳 4 Kukui Tai Chi Association Chen’s Laojia Erlu 陳式老架二路 5 Healthy Tai Chi Hawaii (A) Sun’s 41-Form Taijiquan 孫氏41 式太極拳 6 Palama Tai Chi Yang’s 24-Form 楊家24 式太極拳 7 Kukui Tai Chi Association Chen’s 18-Form 陳式 18-式太極拳 8 Kukui Tai Chi Association (A) Yang’s 24-, 40 楊家24-、40式太極拳 9 Master Man Yee Ho (A) Wu Style taijiquan 吳家太極拳 10 ** Various Small Groups and Individuals (A) (Tentatively reserved for formative evaluation) 公開表演 11 Announcement: CD sale 光碟義賣宣佈 12 Master Jason Aric Jansen Bagua moon sword form 八卦月劍 13 Hawaii Taiji Health & Sports Assn (A) Wudang 18-Form 武當三豐18式 14 Xia Xing Martial Arts Assn Hua Wu Tai Chi Fan 華武太極扇 15 AmyFung (A) Yang’sTraditional28-Form(Zhao)楊家傳統28式趙幼斌版 16 Sallie Lee (A) Yang’s Traditional 28-Form (Fu, with Instructions )楊家傳統28式傅清泉版 17 Healthy Tai Chi Hawaii Tai Chi Fan, 18-Form 太極扇18式 18 Xia Xing Martial Arts Assn Chen’s Taijiquan 56-Form 陳家56式太極拳 19 Master Huaicheng Lu (A) Chen’s Taijiquan 18-Form 陳家18式太極拳 20 Kukui Tai Chi Association Yang’s Fan 36, Chen’s Sword 49 楊家36式太極扇、陳家49式太極劍 21** Lipyeow Lim & Class (A) I Liq Quan/ Push Hands 意力拳 (Pending) 22 All Groups or Individuals (A) Combination 42-Form 太極五派混合競賽套路42式 23 Sallie Lee (A) Qigong YiJinJing with Instructions 氣功易筋經，歡迎觀眾參與 24 Kenneth Koike, Lipyeow Lim, Rick Chao Closing 結束  Grace, our neighborhood walker pal, lugged this chair from the bulky items from curbside to our home. Ken gladly recycled it by refinishing the frame and washing the fabric. It is now enjoyed by baby Colin... Here, I ask him to "give me your best smile" and this is the response!  Baby's on cue...he decides to show off his toys as he sees my cell phone out to take pictures of him!    Andrew at age 9, is learning the ins and outs of setting up the Olelo camera for tomorrow's shoot .  Finding time to blog while Sophia practices her dance with baby Colin...  Our nice rosewood dining room takes on a new twist for this new generation with Popo and baby playing "chugga chugga choo choo ..."  The picture below becomes crucial as his stay at Popo's gets long and he wants his Mama...he watches her car come up the road to pass the time away!  An early dinner for Andrew and Sophia while Gungie takes baby outdoors to check out flowers and herbs.  Popo spots Gungie ( talking on phone to Stu) and Colin outdoors! Baby eats his corn on the cob while his sibs have the last of the ice cream cake, without him knowing!  Winding down? as it cools off in the backyard.    More than once a day while at Popo's, Colin plucks not only flowers but his favorite herbs..basil, rosemary, onion, mint and watercress, too.    Brown rice fried with kale and green beans.  Eggplant, daikon and daikon greens stir fried in garlic black bean sauce.  Garden fresh baby arugula, Manoa lettuce and other young leafy greens surround young baby bak choy steamed topped with oyster sauce.  Ken harvested our veggies at 7am.
Lucy came home from walking and prepped them. We both left for tai chi practice. After running errands, got home at 1130. And, lunch ready by 1230. Mahalo to Victor for sharing his sticky rice...m-m-GOOD and his pineapple! |
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