The 4th Annual Peace Day Parade & Festival will take place in Honoka’a, Hawaii on Sept 19, 2010. The parade and festival take place to demonstrate unity in support of peace, compassion and awareness of interdependence. The parade with start at 11:00am on Sunday Sept. 19th with over 30 groups participating in the parade. The festival will follow the parade at noon, and host 40 vendors and exhibitors.

Visit the Peace Day Parade & Festival website for more details.

I was bad about updating yesterday. It was a busy day with a sunset photo shoot in Kona. It took awhile to work my way home, and I ended up falling asleep before I completed my post. Today, I got up and headed straight to the beach. This was my first time actually getting in the water, since I’ve been here. It’s not that I was afraid to get in the water, but more I always seemed to be going somewhere after visiting the beach leaving no time to change or really have fun. Today, we specifically headed out to get in. It allow me the chance to play with the underwater camera and get used to being in the water.

I originally headed into the water with some tiny goggles, that really mess with my vision. I freaked out every time I stuck my head under. I decided I should get a really snorkel set-up to benefit fully from the day outing. We quickly headed over to Espace Plongee to pick up a mask and snorkel. I had been in there a few months ago to try on masks, and was able to get a nice mask. Sadly, they didn’t have fin to fit me. So, up to Kona Boys we went for fins. Luckily, they had a nice pair to fit, and it was back to Ho’okena for more snorkeling.

Now, I’m beat, and I have to try to get the sand out of all these weird places.

The Na’alehu Library is a small outpost in the village, but it offers internet access as well as access to the entire state library system.

You can search the Hawai’i State Public Library System to locate books and media of interest. You can then request items to be sent to your local library. It’s great to have access to so many media items.

Admittedly, the Hawai’i Library System is limited in some items, but it still has many items I’m searching for. If only, I had to time to read all the books I’m interested in.

The house is slowly coming a long. Kitty is helping John install tile. We now have the tile grouted, and should be able to seal it on Friday. Then, the bathroom tile, and molding are all that’s left of the inside projects.

‘Auku’u, the Black-Crowned Night Heron, typically stands 26 inches tall with a wing span of 45inches. This bird is showing the brown and white speckled plumage of a juvenile bird. It was found hunting at the fish ponds at Honaunau. It was missing one foot up to the first joint, but appeared to be successfully hunting in the fishponds. I’m on the look out for an adult Black-Crowned Night-Heron. I’ve seen them often by the large pond next to the King Shops in Waikoloa, but I’ve never a camera with me when I see them.