Aloha Papayas

Sure will miss the fresh papaya for breakfast the past few mornings. I just got back from Hawaii to attend a wedding. In this case I knew neither the bride or groom nor was I doing the flowers for them.

Pause for a little shout out:
My husband, Jon is the pedal steel player (and truly amazing) in the equally amazing Danny Click and the Hell Yeah's http://dannyclick.com . Danny's sound is SouthernRockCountryBlues- pretty rocking, but more recently he was much more mellow as an Acoustic Orchestra with cello, violins, and grand piano. The band was my ticket to ride.  The bride and groom, both loyal DC fans, hired the band to play at the reception on Oahu at the Pacific Club. I got to come along. No problem!

 

It was a short jaunt. I spent my time gawking  at all the flowers and plants  growing by the roadside and yards as we drove back and forth from big city, Honolulu over the mountains to the small town of Kailua to swim, swim, swim in the irresistible turquoise water.

  But wait; there's more

  Here is a picture of the table arrangements at wedding made by the bride's uncle. They are made from native Hawaiian plants with the exception of the non- native pink protea. He grew the plants himself as it is all but impossible to find them in the wild. They are fairly non-showy and have been all but replaced on the islands by the bolder looking more vigorous varieties from other tropical climates. During our chat he told me it was unusual for use these materials to be used at a wedding. The wild, loose look has not quite caught on there though native plant nurseries are beginning to pop-up. All the native plants he used were integrated into the hula dance as the Hawaiians have no written language.