About Haiku's Kailua

This has absolutely nothing to do with Maui real estate, or buying a home in Maui Hawaii.

Sometimes I put pictures into the BLOG FILE - you probably have one too - to be used in a post in the near future. Yeah right.

So here's one I dredged up and dusted off - and NO it's not a recipe.

But I'll tell you what it is....

Malayasian prawns harvested from the fresh water streams of Kailua Maui and cooked up in some butter and garlic, salt and pepper. With some locally grown veggies.

The prawns were introduced to the streams decades ago, and they have done well. It's fun to catch the quick and wily Hawaiian crustaceans with a 3-pronged spear, in the shallow pools atop the ocean-side cliffs. This summer during the drought, the pools were way low and it was pretty easy filling up the catch bag with supper fixins, while slipping around in the spring fed water.

Anyway, the prawns were really good to eat.

Since then the rains have refilled the mountain pools somewhat and it's about time for the new batch of hatchlings to emerge from the ocean... yes they hatch in the ocean and migrate to the fresh water.

Prawns on Maui - That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Georgina M. Hunter R(S) e-Pro 808 283-0635

Dear Diary,

This morning we had a chance to preview our new vacant land listing in Kailua - past Huelo. What a beautiful spot! Gorgeous views of the ocean.

Sellers have cleared a nice prime homesite, and will include some building plans for a 3BD/2BA single story home.

It's almost 3 acres, for $485,000. This would be a great place to build a Maui dream home, very quiet and private. No road noise. There's even a really cute storage building, with views too! EZ to show - just go!

* Send some pictures to buyer prospects looking for privacy, acreage, views. This is a good one.

There sure are some good deals on Haiku land for sale right now - prices have come way down from a few years ago. I don't know why buyers aren't snapping up these deals. How long can it last? I remember when we bought ours - it seemed SO high at the time, but now we just laugh! I guess it always feels expensive when you're buying and it's hard to make that decision. I'm sure glad we did what we did though. Living here on the north shore is so great....

I showed off my garden to PJ on the way home - sent him home with a few token veggies. I think he was impressed.

* Remember to go into the office on Sunday - meet with GB and pick up check.

Checked out the Animoto website - might be useful - try it some more.

It's aloha Friday today.... woo hoo!