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Kona Historical Society

Annual Hoku Concert Series!!

 

Sunday, December 8. From 4:45 to 6:30 PM!

Where to Look?

It’s not often Nature can offer up such a spectacular sight that the sunset is upstaged. The other evening it felt like I was at a tennis match with my head swiveling back and forth between the sunset and the rainbow.

 

 

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An Out of This World Report🌔

Monday morning at Hualalai started with a beautiful sunrise. Then it was time for the eclipse to begin. Although it was a bit cloudy and we were just a little bit in the path of the eclipse , I was happy I had my Eclipse Glasses so I could see this celestial marvel.

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Eclipse Viewing: Be Sure To Wear Eclipse Glasses❣️

April 8, Monday morning: 6:33 to 7:55.

 

The Clouds Have Been Celestial at Hualalai This Week

 

 

 

 

photos by Debby Webster

 

And the next night….

 

 

 

photos by yours truly

 

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This and That! A Mixed Holiday Bag!

Good morning on this mid-December day! Filled with Hanukah latkes, I’m now taking a rest and looking forward to all the Christmas cookies I’m going to eat. I hope I won’t be mistaken for a stuffed NeNe. It’s that time of year❣️❣️

Today we have a mixed bag of seasonal goodies. Bill McDowell has shared […]

Three-Ring Ranch Visit

Hualalai Club members visited Three-Ring Ranch recently.

 

photo montage by Diane Kantor

Winter Weather Wonders!

Mauna Kea has had its share of snows as Bill McDowell’s photo shows.

 

Driving back from Kona to Hualalai: Interesting cloud formations on March 6th.

Jupiter and Venus from the Canoe Club!

Two of the brightest planets in the night sky: Kissing Cousins on March 1, 2023

⭐️The first photo is from my Sky Walk App on Wednesday night, March 1. The photo below it shows Jupiter and Venus in the sky from the Canoe Club. How lucky are we that at Hualalai we get to witness […]

Violet Vog Spectacular Sunsets!

photo by David Taran

It’s a Hawaiian White Christmas🎄❄️

Mauna Kea, covered in snow, following the Monday storm.

 

Mauna Loa’s Lava Flow:

On Wednesday night, master photographer Bill McDowell took these photos from the top of Mauna Kea.

 

 

Correction: Hawaii Artist Collaboration Auction is on Saturday, 10/29

Thanks to reader Marti Debenedetti for catching my boo-boo. The auction is on Saturday, October 29, not October 19!

 

 

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Equinox Sunset Spectacular!

Hualalai Members Step Up!!!

The Hawaii Island Humane Society has received a $1.5 million grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation, which will support the effort to complete the Anne Barasch Ryan Animal Hospital in Kona. In a news release, the HIHS reported the grant will also name The Bob & Renee Parsons Welcome Center as part of […]

Shake, Rattle and Roll!

It was shake, rattle and roll here at Hualalai late Saturday night. A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook some of us awake.

Quoting from news reports follow:

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered less than 2 miles east-northeast of Kailua-Kona at a depth of about 7 miles at […]

Fabulous Greenwell Coffee Farms Tour

As part of the Hualalai Club Discovery Series, members toured the Greenwell Coffee Farms. (The Discovery Series is two pronged: Talk, then Walk. On the first Friday of the month there is a speaker about the topic. On the last Friday, members get a hands on tour.)

Greenwell Farms maintains coffee orchards on 85 […]

Surf’s Up! Really Up!

photo by Bill McDowell

Hawaiian White Christmas!

A Crimson Tide:

photo by Bill McDowell