To be perfectly clear

There are some interesting people in our small town. A large number of the population believe in displaying the 10 commandments. Why this is so important to them, I am not sure, but it's a big deal. These pictures go along with the eternal question from college, "Who does that?"

Here is one classy lady's front yard.

Look closely, during the Christmas season, this contains Mary, Joseph and a baby Jesus. But during the rest of the year we have a large wooden Bible.

On the other side of her yard, we have the 10 commandments. Two things I love about this sign. 1) The commands get smaller as you go down and 2) the "thou"s start to appear at command 6.

Now my neighbor has a bit more money and her son bought her a real granite sign. Got to love the bald eagle on either side.

While I am not a big fan of putting up 10 commandment signs, you have to admire the creativity that goes into some of these things.

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Here we are parked on the east coast of the island, looking west.

And if you turn around and look east, you see it was a really windy day.
You also see Chinaman's hat.
And you might see me later that day making fun of models.
Now I have superpowers and I can fly.

Driving Along the North Shore

Ahhh, some more pictures to make us feel warm, wait it's the heating vent I am sitting next to that makes me feel warm. But, hey, pictures are nice too. Especially when they are of the North Shore. I don't own photoshop (I am to poor) so these are the real deal.

Mom and Dad testing the water.

Trying not to get nailed by the body boarders.

The Dole Plantation!

I promised some Hawaii pictures to make you feel warm and cozy inside, and here is part I.

First, just take a look at the veiw from our balcony.

Mr. M is checking out the pineapple plant.Just in case you didn't believe that we were at the REAL Dole plantation here it is spelled out in plants.
Acres and acres of pineapples. I have to tell a story on myself. When I was in Papua New Guinea a few years back, I came across a lone pineapple plant growing a pineapple. I thought it was a joke. See, I always thought they grew in the ground like a potato and the green on top was the plant. I felt a bit foolish.And these are some coffee plants, in case you were wondering.

Education is the key.

Today Mr. M and I went to try out a new little Mexican food joint. The food is OK and we will probably go again, even if they think that an enchilada is a tortilla placed on a grill with cheese, put the fillings in, roll, top with sauce and never sees the inside of an oven.

However the kicker is how the employees answer questions:

Girl: Do you want the hot or mild sauce?

Me (looking at a red enchilada sauce and a green one): What is in the different sauces?

Girl: One is hot and one is mild.

Girl: Do you want Mexican rice or sweet rice?

Me (I should have known better): Well, what's the difference?

Girl: One is sweet and one is Mexican.

I give up.

Cold

I am back in the frozen tundra after a lovely vacation to a place where I actually understand why the housing market is sky high as opposed to wear I live. I don't understand why people are willing to pay so much to live here. Some of my friends from down south have asked me questions such as: "Do you have snow up there yet?" Ahem, yes. Here are a few examples.

This is the street I live on. Do you see that car? Our mailbox is behind it. I have to walk over a lake of ice every day to check the mail.

This is the back of my little red pickup.

This is our yard.

This is our balcony. Look at the snow, it is trying to get in. It is right up against the window trying to get me, but I won't open the door.

I will post some pictures of our trip, but I am still trying to sort through them. If you have a facebook account, you can look at some I put up there.