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HCR1 Box 5740, Kea'au, HI 96749
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© 2000-2003 by Orchid Land Publications
This web was begun in mid-1996;
this introductory page was last
updated on 20080713
THIS ISLAND, "THE ORCHID ISLE," SOUTHERNMOST OF THE HAWAI'IAN ISLANDS, HAS THE EARTH'S MOST ACTIVE (LONGEST-FLOWING) VOLCANO, ONE OF WHOSE CRATERS IS SAID TO BE THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD; BUT THE OCCASIONAL EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY IT ARE UNLIKE THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES DUE TO THE VIOLENT CLASHING OF EARTH PLATES THAT OCCUR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE EARTH
This
website was begun as a linguistics/grammar site in January, 1995; Part Two on
Orthodoxy was added in 1996.
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Click HERE for three amazing coïncidences
CLICK HERE FOR
THE WEBPAGE OF
THE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN
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JAPANESE GARDEN IN HILO NEAR THE HOTELS
BLACK SAND BEACH WITH HULA MAIDEN
This beautiful beach at Kalapana
has since
been covered over with lava
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE ORLAPUBS HOMEPAGE
As far above the power lines as
below them are bougainvillæs. Those in front of
the house are more spectacular (see below), On the lower part
of the
following left-hand
picture are gardenias and a the
tulip tree;
whose colored leaves can be seen above the big mango occupying
most of the picture. A date palm is in front of it.
Flowers on dining table; on right: Bougainvillæs;
leftmost: veil hanging
from a sacred icon from Hellas in the Eastern corner (barely visible)
Rightmost picture: see on living room wall behind sideboard the
Tibetan hanging composed of prayer cloths with gold embrodery
Left: Driveway with houses visible ahead;
Right: warszewiczia in my māla, viewable from my grill room
Red jade vine covering the pool fence
(Blue jade in trees on opposite side of pool)
Waterfall at far end of the tilapia pond
with well over a hundred red tilapias
One the left above: What one first sees on entering the jungalow; the dogs and cat
can go outside without leaving the house. On the right: Orchids and
a blue
flower that the Arabs call yasmin―on the makai
outside of the jungalow.
Some of the Orchids in the māla (garden) inside of the jungalow
Above left: bougainvillæa. Above right: giant red yxora.
SEE
HERE FOR
A SUNRISE SUCH AS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE;
AND SEE MORE
PICTURES HERE
Another view of the māla Matey, beloved Dalmatian (above)
In back of jungalow
Bubba and Benjy
Please teach children to lower fingers when going to pat a pet and not
to pick them up the way I am holding Benjy in the photograph;
picking a pet up that way can cause dysplasia of the shoulders!
Some of the sedinilla magnificas on the place
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