We spent our first year after we bought our house just doing renovations. But, this year we had time to do more things. We took our ducks on a lot of great adventures, and we enjoyed the island as much as we could.
We planted a lot of flowers to help feed the bees. It was fun watching them collect their pollen and head off to make honey. I went to Mexico for some dental work. I have always wanted to see it, so it was pretty cool. We also planted milkweed and raised Monarch caterpillars. Monarchs are endangered and nearing extinction. Planting milkweed and helping protect young caterpillars is a great thing you can do to help!
No fruit on the trees yet, but we are getting closer. Of course we also still have our vegetable beds, too. We still snorkeled when we could. But, we can snorkel in the summer, so we do. We are so grateful to still be able to get out and do things. Our ducks have gotten kind of famous on Instagram , and so I try to make sure to take lots of pictures for their fans.
I hope all of you have a happy holiday season and a joyful new year! We think of you often and we are sending love. Here in Hawaii, our turtles enjoy basking in the sand and coming out of the water to eat algae on land. This behavior has never been observed before in any other sea turtle. Usually they only come on land to lay eggs. In addition, the turtles here have been observed hunting fish, and eating different kinds of foods than Green Sea Turtles in other areas.
The SeaLife Marine Park turtle breeding program is therefore very important, because without them, the population here in the islands would be in great danger. SeaLife hatches, grows, and releases hundreds of turtles every year. This supspecies was nearly extinct until the breeding program began. Now, there are an estimated 2, Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles! They also rescue and rehab endangered sea birds. If you go, you might get to see a brown-footed boobie or a Hawaiian albatross!
