paul & matt visit dean in hawaii

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"the long & winding road..."

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secret missle base.

"swordfight"!!!!!

"lions & tigers & bears,oh my!"

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back to civilization.

heading on to hilo for dinner.

coverage becomes spotty.

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"it's a bit 'rustic',innit?"

i LOVE punctuation!

near the cool restaurant bo took us to.

belly.

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back at bo's for "night-time" pix.

hold on!

kerriodoxa elegans.

have you ever seen these at nite in bo's garden?

get ready cuz here it cumz...!

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"oh schnap"...

"BAM"!!!!

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"grand opening."

not a palm but still cool.

matt tried to talk me out of this picture.

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"hey,JOEY!"

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small & wiggly.

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"silence is golden".

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"it came outta the sky".

anyone know that reference?

tumescent.

look it up.

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last one for tonight.

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next morning.

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matt was happy because he found a palm.

"hurry up & take the picture!"

he's cranky in the morning.

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bo shows matt his dusting technique.

some plants from steves place,next door to bo.

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matt said "so thats where corn comes from".

back at bo's.

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the famous "close-up series" photography technique,the rights to which i won from matt in a poker game.

don't worry matt,i'll take good care of it.

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matt finally finds the pinanga aristata by nearly tripping over it.

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matt just pm'd me & said the last 2 pix were from jerry andersens garden at which point i told him he was full of crap & then i came back to the thread & actually looked & saw that he was probably right.

[Al in Kona]

Great bunch of pics  Matty and Paul  but be carefull there is such a thing as 'palm overload".  There are some that may not be able to handle so much in such a short period of time!  lol.  Well, at least you are breaking it up every now 'n then for a breather.

 

Aren't digital cameras a blessing.  Wasn't all that long ago that this Palmtalk site was just that, all talk and few pics.

[MattyB]

Yeah, it's amazing Al!  I'm glad to see the threads becoming heavier in the pictures.  It makes communicating and especially I.D.ing much easier.

So, I'm gonna go ahead and post some pics of Bo, Paul and I walking around Jerry's.  Jerry was nice enough to let Bo show us around his place even though he wasn't gonna be around for a few days.  Thanks Jerry!

One of the coolest things at Jerry's was this new step work.

The dude was still working on it, but man, was is beautiful.  I don't know how he cut the stone to be so square.

Our time got cut short at Jerry's because the sky really opened up.  This is me frantically trying to shoot a pic.....of something.

Bo said it was gonna be a beautiful day, rain unlikely.  Then within 10-15 minutes, BAM!  We forgot our umbrellas.  Bo will never make it as a forcaster.

[MattyB]

Ok, well that's it!  Here we are, held up under the eves of Jerry's pavillion looking for a dry spot.  What a sucky pictorial by me.  Sorry Jerry, no one will see the splendors of your garden in this thread.  Unless Paul comes through with some rainy shots.  But I doubt he did.  He was whining about the new camera being sesitive to rain.  Whah!  Come on Paul!  It's not even your camera, don't worry about it. :laugh:

[www.dadluvsu.com]

I concur Matt, Pinanga aristata is a sweet palm...  Why does my palm Chrsitmas list keep growing?  You two are not helping!

[Jeff in St Pete]

Matt and Paul, thanks for giving me hours of palm gazing enjoyment!  And I literally mean hours!  The internet here is kind of slow downloading pics, but I still enjoyed the hell out of this thread and waited patiently for each pic to download.  I felt like I was along for the ride.  And the commentary is a hoot!  Thanks for taking the time to post all those pictures.

[fiji jim]

Awesome thread guys.

Unbelievable gardens there.

What are the palms in post 360

Thanks for showing.

Jim

[paulgila]

thanks to everyone for the nice comments.it has been slow going since the computer i am working on has been S-L-O-W lately.

jim i looked at the palms in post 360 i to me they look like a.vestiaria & licuala "mapu."

matt will probably say something different but then he'll be wrong & never correct himself just like all the other times.

[bgl]

Paul and Matt,

Yes, lots of great pictures! Thanks for taking the time to post them all!

And Jim,

Paul is correct re post 360: Areca vestiaria "maroon" in the first photo and the other 3 are all Licuala mattanensis var. mapu.

Bo-Göran

[paulgila]

hey,i got some right :cool:

i have some pix of jerrys garden to post.

oh matt of little faith!

[amazondk]

I finally got a little time and a decent internet connection to be able to look at your trip better.  I still am not through it all.  There are some really beautiful gardens there.  I hope to be able to make one myself someday.  I think anything in the thread will grow pretty well here.  It was great for the Big Island folks to let you show there work so well.

Great job.

dk

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more from jerrys garden...

didn't get to meet any one but bo filled us in on the history.

he knows everything.

translucent!

a feast for the eyes!

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again the patented photo technique i stole,er,won from matt...

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matt was so worried about not getting rained on(he's made of SUGAR)that he didn't notice that i had the chance to get some shots...

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"lodoicea,lodoicea,wherefore art thou,lodoicea"?

"...i'd like to thank all the little pinanga."

killer.

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colors only nature can create.

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"raining at jerrys"

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what a beautiful place!

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"hilo rain"

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still raining.

"where are we?"

"mmmmmm...canopy."

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"more pictures about buildings & food"("talking heads" reference).

"mmmm--diet coke GOOD."