Mahina ʻolepau
@Kēōkea ma Keauʻohana a me Kehena ahupuaʻa "It was a beautiful day today. A short hike through some ironwood trees revealed the shoreline. The cliffs are much smaller here, you can easily identify the Limu growing on the pink boulders. There were sand pockets along the cliffs where the ocean waves could reach and ʻaʻama crabs everywhere, too many little legs to count before they retreated out of sight. Waves crashed against the cliff side, spraying a mist of salt water that blankets the hot pāhoehoe that has been absorbing heat from the summer sun all day. Then, in almost an instant rain clouds gathered and it started to rain lightly. With the rain and clouds, came the wind, and the waves began to change." -M.K. "The ʻOle moon phases are said to be times of terrible fishing, as well as poor harvesting of crops. These moon phases represent the final lunar phases of the month. Kahuna dedicated these three days (ʻOlekūkahi, ʻOlekūlua, ʻOlepau) to Kanaloa. However, Kanaloa is more than akua of the ocean. He is the deep dark spaces that don't necessarily deal with just the ocean. Usually associated with Kāne, his ʻawa drinking partner, Kanaloa is the dark to Kāne, the light. On this ʻolepau while we were walking the papa, you could really see that remarkable darkness Kanaloa can portray in the ocean. The overcast skies with held the shine of Kāne really exaggerating this feeling. Considering these moons are dedicated to the praise of Kanaloa it is spell-binding seeing him in this state. It is times like this that remind me of my humility as a mere kanaka in the presence of a great energy like Kanaloa. The lesson for me today is not see dark things as threatening, but to remember what these energies are and who inhabits these realms." -K.G. "This is the first spot that I have noticed Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death in along this stretch of coastline." -G.M
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