I still like it here - grouchy sharks and all!

The sharks are grumpy. In my book, the best sharks are the ones you never run across in the ocean. But for some reason, the shark activity on Maui is ramped up. Maybe Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" got 'em going - I dunno but we've had two shark attacks, one resulting in a twenty year old woman losing an arm and a retired school teacher from California getting chomped. Then a shark bit an unmanned kite board over at Kanaha. Both of the people shark bites happened over on the Wailea/Makena side. The lost arm incident happened at a beach near where we were swimming. (Shiver)

Last Sunday this was up at Lahaina:

What da???? They're supposed to begin a study next month on Tiger Sharks to see if they behave differently on Maui. Like, what are they looking for? Those subtle differences like hula from island to island? Do they flip their fins? Do they swim counter clockwise when hunting?
Here's a study they can do ...why people insist on swimming when the water is murky. Why people insist on swimming at the mouth of rivers. If we were meant to swim with sharks, God wouldn't have made swimming pools. All of us who saw "Jaws" have been forever scarred. I've never seen a shark while swimming or windsurfing. Let's keep it that way, k?

Other Maui news....

It's great here. No, I mean it - it's REALLY great here. I don't have a day go by that I don't count my blessings for every moment I spend in Maui. It was warm today with not too much wind and tonight the scent of the puakenikeni trees are wafting through my windows filling the house with the deliciously sweet aroma. I love mowing the lawn. Seriously, I wait impatiently for the grass to get tall enough that I can get out on that red mower and just cut, cut, cut, cut! I get to see every nook and cranny of our lovely 2 acres. And guess what! My tuberose I planted has a flower spike on it now!! I am so excited, you can't even imagine. Tuberose is my very favorite flower scent - even beating out my beloved gardenias, who are just blooming up a storm.
And did I mention the coconut palms? Our friends gave us 3 coconut palms and two fish tail palms all of which are putting out new leaves. I talk to them in the morning when I walk the dogs encouraging them to grow and become big, lovely tropical trees. I think they like me - at least I like to think so.
Oh! And the red ginger! Another friend gave me some ginger roots and I planted them and some of them are knee high now! I love our plants.

I love Maui.