Bluegrass festival

Bluegrass in Alohaland, there seems to be quite a lot of it. This weekend there is a festival at the beautiful Ho'omaluhia Botanical Gardens at Kaneohe. It's a beautiful tropical park set on 400 acres, so close to the Ko'olau mountains that you can almost touch them. Ho'omaluhia means "to make a place of peace and tranquillity", and they certainly have done that. 

We arrived in time to do a harmonies workshop, but first we met up with Lesley, the violinist, who introduced us to a few people. One of the things I so love about Alohaland is how friendly and welcoming people are. A number of people came and introduced themselves to us. The workshop was fun, and reminds me how much I love singing and how much I would love to learn more.

In the afternoon, I prepared for our dinner party with Laurie and Ron. And what a success! I made a vegetable curry, dhal, rice, and a grated carrot salad. It really did turn out really well. We might have been at a vegan restaurant ha ha. A lovely evening, I feel a really warm and close affinity with Laurie and we all talked about interesting subjects. 

Tiziano is so much more at home in small groups. He can understand and participate.