Moanalua Garden Feathered Friends

Art and I had a day of errands today driving into Waikiki to bring some things for my son-in-law who is here on business and then a bunch of this and thats. In between the morning this and the afternoon thats we decided to have a little picnic lunch at the Moanalua Gardens.

The monkeypod trees there are absolutely beautiful and we were glad we took the time to stroll about the park and just enjoy the respite.


That's when we noticed the beautiful koi pond with a flock of ducks swimming and meandering about. I hadn't seen ducks in Hawaii much so I couldn't help but take a bunch of pictures.



I was crouched down taking a photo when suddenly this little cherub came up behind me and actually stood on my feet and pressed her cheek almost against mine to see what I was taking a photo of. She chattered away asking and telling me what was on her mind. It reminded me so much of KC that I wanted to give her a hug but instead I just spoke to her as a teacher and made sure her parents knew where she was.


I loved watching the ducks swimming lazily over the gigantic, colorful koi right beneath them. They seemed completely oblivious to the huge fish directly below them.


After a while the ducks got into a row and marched about before climbing right back into the pond again at which time we had to continue on our way...

The Hitachi Tree at the Moanalua Gardens

We had visitors from Japan today who had a list of places they wanted to visit. One of the places they asked to see was the Hitachi Tree at Moanalua Gardens. We were rather puzzled by that since we've passed Moanalua Gardens countless times and never considered stopping there. We also had no idea what the Hitatchi Tree was. Checking on the Internet, we found out that the huge monkeypod tree had been used in a Hitachi commercial for several decades in Japan.



When we got there we were very glad they asked to see it because it was quite impressive. I guess we'd taken it for granted all these years and all that grandeur was right under our nose.



The garden right beside it was also worth the stop to enjoy and appreciate.