i've been slowed down a bit

When I started this blog I intended to post at least once a week and even more once I started taking pictures. Well, I have been hampered by ... a broken wrist.

One month to the day of my arrival in Hilo I was struck by a car.  The bad news -  I broke my left wrist.  The good news - I am right handed.  I'm so bored out of my mind but i'm alive.  I could go on and on but I'll stop there.

Anyway, I am temporarily staying with my kids and their dad as I recover (the brake was very bad - it will take three months to heal).  They live in a town called Volcano.  Yes, they live on the top of a volcano - Kilauea one of the earth's most active!  Good news -  I am being taken care of, bad news - and this might surprise you, Volcano is cold.   As in I don't want to get out of bed in the morning cold, fleece jacket cold and even on occasion hot chocolate cold.  Of course I didn't bring ant sweaters or flannel pjs to Hawaii but boy do I wish I had!  It can be pleasantly warm during the day but in the morning and after the sun goes down the temperatures drop significantly.

I am staying on the bright side though.  Volcano is beautiful as you can see from some of the pictures I took at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park last weekend.