Standing Into Danger: The Hideout at the Laylow

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Friday, January 30, 2026

Out and About In Waikiki

I remembered at the last minute I had to do a portrait for my friend Nicole's challenge.

There went any chance for a written post, because I'm meeting a good friend

at an informal jam session of music and hula at the Royal Grove.

I'm looking forward to seeing a lot of familiar faces and friends!

Kanikapila Night at the Royal Grove Hotel

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

March 26, 2018

So I'm sharing some photos from this past week in Waikiki:

A Woman Sculling in a Single-Person Racing Shell

Ala Wai Canal

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24, 2026

Pink Ginger at Hale Koa

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 28, 2026

A Fun Event at Our Favorite Hideout

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24, 2026

Three Golden Retrievers Enjoying Happy Hour

The Hideout at the Laylow

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24, 2026

Aloha Ambassadors Clean Up an Abandoned Homeless Shopping Cart

The Ala Wai Canal

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24, 2026

An Egret Near Hale Koa

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 28, 2026

A Kitty Enjoys the Morning

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24, 2026

A Delicious Pineapple Margarita

Margaritas

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 27, 2026

Beautiful Lines

Hale Koa Grounds

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 28, 2026

A Calm Pacific Ocean

Outrigger Breakwater

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 28, 2026

John and Kerry Celebrate Their Birthdays while Ted Looks On

Margaritas

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 27, 2026

Enjoying the Morning

Fort DeRussy Beach

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 28, 2026

I'm linking to Gillena's Lunch Break, Nicole's Friday Face Off, and Tom's Aloha Friday.

For Gillena ~ A Great Meal ~ Tuesday Taco Special at Margaritas ~ chicken, steak, and pork belly ~ so delicious!

Yummy Tacos!

Margaritas

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 27, 2026

For Nicole ~ Birthday Celebration Faces

Terry's Pickleball Friends Celebrate John and Kerrie's Birthdays

Ted (front left), John, Kerrie, Me, Val, Jim, Terry, and Emily

Margaritas

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 27, 2026

My portrait of G. W. F. Hegel based on a photo in Philosophy Now: The Ultimate Guide Issue 7, Ancient Greek Philosophy. For some reason Hegel's portrait spoke to me. No mapping grid this time. I only had 40 minutes of which 20 I spent erasing. 😂

My Portrait of GFW Hegel

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 28, 2026

For Tom ~ A Beautiful Mural ~ It is painted in the parking lot of Margaritas where we celebrated our friends' birthdays at 808 Sheridan Street. I could not find any reliable information about the mural or who the artist was. The neighborhood around Sheridan Street and nearby Kaka‘ako has become known for vibrant street art and murals. Business owners will sometimes commission artists to paint murals on their properties. The meaning of the information in the lower left is unknown, except the mural may be called "Blume."

A Street Mural in Margaritas' Parking Lot

Honolulu, ⁨Hawaii⁩, ⁨United States⁩

January 27, 2026

My evening at the Royal Grove with my friends was wonderful.

The songs and dances are not professional, only spontaneous presentations.

One week a few musicians and dancers may come, or, like last night, many.

Each person in turn chooses a song, and everyone plays, sings, or dances.

They all participate for the love of Hawaiian language, music, and dance.

Here is one video I took. The link will take you to the video on YouTube,

if the play button doesn't work.

Royal Grove 1/28/26 Jam Session

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBlmOOHKu3k

Note: My computer still needs some serious repair work, and I may be without it this week.

Have a great weekend!

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

Standing Into Danger https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com

My next post will be

Wednesday, February 4, IWSG Day. 🤞

On the Bay of Fundy
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All Rights Reserved

Friday, January 23, 2026

Seven Questions

My friend Jeanie, at The Marmalade Gypsy, shared an interesting post on January 8th:

Seven Reflection Questions that Made Me Think!

Jeanie is a bubbly, optimistic person whose blog lifts my spirits. She writes about her creativity, travel, art, food, wine, and the people and animals she loves. Despite a challenging 2025, she is moving into 2026 with hope, purpose, and fun. Her reflections were insightful and inspiring, so I thought I would tackle them myself.

Jeanie found the questions in an article “7 Reflection Questions

to Ask Yourself for a Happier New Year,"

in The New York Times, December 26, 2025 issue (Well Section).

So here go my answers:

1. When did you feel the most joyful and carefree?

Definitely it was during our stay in Waikiki last year. Friendship. beauty, flowers, and cultural experiences made it a time of healing and rest.

Taylor, Me, Terry, Daniel, and Jeremy ~ at our Favorite Hideout at the Laylow

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

March 25, 2025

Waikiki from the Top of Diamond Head

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

March 19 2025

I Particularly Love Yellow Hibiscus Flowers

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

March 24, 2025

I Really Love Hula

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

February 12, 2025

2. What gave you energy — and what drained it?

Music gave me energy and stress drained it. This was a highly stressful year for me. One song I played many, many times was Jellyroll's "I am not okay." It was always comforting, and when I think of how Jellyroll transformed his life, I'm blown away. Besides turning around his early life that included a stint in prison, he has recently lost almost 250 pounds.

"I Am Not Okay" by Jellyroll

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3. What seemed impossible — but you did it anyway?

I climbed Diamond Head the day after my 75th birthday ~ alone. Terry went with me to the start of the trail. It's not the trail, it's the stairs that include a set of 99 steep steps where people much younger than I am turn around. There's another 74-step stairway, a 54-step metal staircase, and after a 225-foot tunnel, a spiral stairway that emerges into a WWII bunker. Just watch me go this year!

The 99-Step Steep Staircase ~ Diamond Head Trail

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

March 19, 2025

Hikers Greet Me as I emerge into the Bunker

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

May 19, 2025

At the Summit

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

March 19, 2025

4. What habit, if you did it more consistently, would have a positive effect on your life?

Stretching daily. Groan. I hate the time it takes, but it makes everything else better.

😂😱😂

5. What did you try to control that was actually outside your control?

I tried to control my life during our renovation. Silly me! No matter how great the craftsmen are, something will go awry. We had some of the best in the industry, and unexpected things delayed the finish. Our renovation was the source of so much stress for Terry and me this year.

Steven Works on Our Stairwell Railing

Aurora, Colorado, USA

May 23, 2025

6. Is there anyone you need to forgive in 2026?

Me ~ I was so harsh with myself for not meeting my expectations for myself last year. I need to forgive myself and to be kinder and more compassionate toward myself.

Yours Truly at The Butcher Bar

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 20, 2025

7. What will you carry forward into the new year? (implied question)

Being alive is an incredible gift. It's amazing to know that we are stardust ~ literally. The atoms that make up our bodies, like carbon, oxygen, and iron, were forged in ancient stars and scattered across the universe by supernova explosions. If even one event from the beginning of time was different, I wouldn't exist. And perplexingly, all the cells that make up my body have changed at least once, maybe more, during my life, but I persist as a conscious being. I'm a river that flows continually. Terry, me, each of you, humans, are walking miracles. I will carry this, buoyed by gratitude, into 2026.

Photo by Andrea Stöckel

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I'm linking to Gillena's Lunch Break, Nicole's Friday Face Off, and Tom's Aloha Friday.

For Gillena ~ A Great Meal ~ bone marrow burger with a side of fries at The Butcher Bar. We always split orders.

The Butcher Bar ~ Bone Marrow Burger Special

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 20, 2025

My Half ~ YUMMY!

For Nicole ~ My Favorite Face

Terry at The Butcher Bar

For Tom ~ An Iconic Scene ~ The early morning Ala Wai Canal in Waikiki. This 2-mile/3.2-kilometer long, man-made, tidal waterway was constructed between 1921 and 1928 to drain wetlands for the development of Waikiki. Teams of outrigger canoes train on it, and walkers and joggers run on both sides. It looks idyllic, but it is highly polluted, hypereutropic, and poses a flood risk.

The Ala Wai Canal

Honolulu, ⁨Hawaii⁩, ⁨United States⁩

January 22, 2026

And some Aloha ~. Terry and I share a meal with good friends Emily and Ted at the Cheesecake Factory.

Aloha is Sharing a Good Meal with Good Friends!

Cheesecake Factory, Honolulu, ⁨Hawaii⁩, ⁨United States⁩

January 21, 2026

Note: My computer needs some serious repair work, and I may be without it this next week.

Have a great weekend!

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

Standing Into Danger https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com

My next post will be

Friday, January 30th. 🤞

On the Bay of Fundy
© M. Louise (MacBeath) Barbour/Fundy Blue
All Rights Reserved

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Escaping from Winter!

Time is flying by. We arrived in Honolulu, turned around, and ten days had passed.

We've been busy visiting good friends and favorite places.

It's wonderful to have escaped the bone-chilling cold

that has hit Colorado and much of the Mainland.

Waikiki never gets old.

Here are some photos I've taken since we arrived:

A Timeless Sight

Diamond Head from Fort DeRussy Beach

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 16, 2025

Ubiquitous Pigeons

by Pickleball Courts at Fort DeRussy Beach

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 16, 2025

Terry and I

Fort DeRussy Beach

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 16, 2025

Bougainvillea spectabilis

Along Lewers Street

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 16, 2025

Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Bronze Statue by Sean K.L. Browne

Royal Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 17, 2025

Princess Bernice Pauahi Pākī Bishop, was a Hawaiian philanthropist, ali'i,

and the great-granddaughter of King Kamehameha I and last surviving heir.

"Kamehameha Landing"

by Sean K.L. Browne

Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 17, 2025

Herb Kane was working on this painting shortly before he died.

It shows King Kamehameha I and his warriors in canoes preparing to land on the shores of Waikiki.

Traditional Chinese Lanterns

Royal Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 17, 2025

Mallard Ducklings

Royal Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 17, 2025

Fireworks ~ As Seen from Our Lanai

Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 17, 2025

Terry waits for the bus after stocking up on groceries at Walmart.

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 18, 2025

Laki eyes Lulu in her comfortable perch.

Cat Cafe MOFF, International Market Place

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 18, 2025

Wave Erosion Undercutting #1

by Barefoot Beach Cafe

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 22, 2025

Wave Erosion Undercutting #2

by Barefoot Beach Cafe

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 22, 2025

One, Two, Three ~ Can You See?

On Queen's Walkway into the Ocean

Queen's Surf Beach, Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 22, 2025

Crabs

Military Jets

‎⁨Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Beach Park

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 23, 2025

A Man and His Birds Delight Passersby

‎⁨Hawaiian Hilton Village

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 23, 2025

Banyan Trees near the Waikiki Aquarium

Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 22, 2025

Painting on the Back of a Truck

Ala Wai Boat Harbour

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 23, 2025

A Very Skinny Guy

Ala Wai Boat Harbour

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 23, 2025

Māmala Bay and Fort DeRussy Beach

from the rock jetty by the Outrigger Hotel

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 23, 2025

Māmala Bay is the near-shore area of the Pacific Ocean

between Barbers Point and Diamond Head.

The bay contains the entrance to Pearl Harbor and Honolulu Harbor.

A Peaceful Sunset from Our Lanai

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 23, 2025

A Mother and Chicks

‎⁨Kapiʻolani Park

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 23, 2025

Makua and Kila by Holly Young

My Favorite Sculpture

Kuhio Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 23, 2025

The sculpture portrays the characters in a children's story by Fred Van Dyke

and a young boy's friendship with a Monk seal.

Starburst Bush at the Honolulu Zoo

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24 2025

Enjoying the Honolulu Zoo

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24 2025

Giraffes at the Honolulu Zoo

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24 2025

Aaron, One of the Great Bartenders at My Favorite Bar and Restaurant

The Hideout at the Laylow

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24 2025

We've been coming here for years, and because there is little turnover in the staff,

we know the Hideout's people. They always welcome us back.

Great people. Great food. Delicious Mai Tais. Great music.

I'm linking to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date, Tom's Aloha Friday, and Nicole's Friday Face Off.

For Rain: Pyjamas ~ One of my favorite photos ever, and I'm not sure who took it ~ likely my youngest sister Bertie. My sister Donnie is reading to her three children and Bertie's two children (over 25 years ago).

Krista, Sara, Lisa, Donnie, Natalie, and Gavin

Baker's Creek, Alberta, Canada

circa 2000

For Tom: Aloha Spirit ~ A display of children's art greets arriving passengers at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu.

Aloha Spirit by Daniel Latu, Kindergarten, Queen Ka'ahumanu Elementary

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 15, 20

For Nicole: Quite a Face ~ I was literally face to face with this hippo at the Honolulu Zoo today.

A Hippo Up Close and Personal

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

January 24 2025

I haven't settled into a routine yet. I'll get there!

Till next time ~

Fundy Blue

Standing Into Danger https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com

My next post will be

Friday, January 31st. 🤞

Books Read in 2026

"18 Days in Heaven" by Gale Poirot
"A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Hope, Love, and Overcoming" by Kerrie Rawson
"Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life" by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD.
"Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics Deepest Truths" by Eugenia Cheng
"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir
"Tell Me Everything" by Elizabeth Strout
"The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese
"The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity" by David Graeber and David Wengrow
"The Life Impossible" by Matthew Haig
"The Lord go the Rings" by JRR Tolkien
"The Match" by Harlan Corben
"The Night the Path Disappeared" by Terri Bergen
"The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper" by Roland Allen
"Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi
"Think Twice" by Harlan Corben
"Why Christianity Must Change Or Die" by John Shelby Spong

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Out and About In Waikiki

Friday, January 23, 2026

Seven Questions

Saturday, January 25, 2025

Escaping from Winter!

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