August Theme Day--Typical Breakfast

This month's theme day for the Daily Photobloggers of the world (see all of the photoblogs participating below) is Typical Breakfast. I decided to feature the typical breakfast for my partner and me.

Mine is more spartan than his, and my breakfast is the top photo. His breakfast is the bottom photo. As I've showcased our fabulous mangoes from our mango tree many a time on this blog, what else would we eat but our scrumptious mangoes?!

Here's how our typical breakfast works: my partner prepares the breakfast. First, he brews natural organic Kona coffee in a French Press and adds a dollop of chocolate almond milk in my mug with the fresh brewed coffee. We avoid dairy for the most part as dairy isn't very healthy. Then he slices a fresh mango on top of his health-food cereal which quite often is Bob's All Natural Red Mill Extra Thick Rolled Oats. He prefers to eat raw oatmeal rather than cooked oatmeal. In the photo above, the cereal is some other brand of health food cereal.

After slicing up the cold mango for his cereal, he serves me the extra juicy core of the mango! As far as I'm concerned, this is the BEST part of the mango. It's messy to eat, and you have to pick it up with both hands and slurp away to experience the outrageous juicy goodness. The breakfast photo was taken on our outdoor table on our back deck which is totally private and surrounded by greenery so there is no one to witness me slurping my breakfast! :Smile:


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Trumpet Vine Flowers

The trumpet vine is seen all over Maui, and it's great for hanging baskets and fences. It thrives on the hot sun.

Such A Deal--Not!

Maui has some of the highest prices in the nation for produce and food. So I decided to snap a few photos inside the local South Maui Safeway store to give you a sampling of these prices. It's really hilarious to take our Mainland guests to a grocery store on Maui and watch their faces as they see what little they get for their money--and the same goes for restaurants. The high costs of food and oil are the price we pay for living in Paradise.

Where Once Were Beautiful Trees

First came the gall wasps which decimated the once flourishing, beautiful coral trees which served as a windbreak along the Mokulele Highway. Then came road construction to turn this highway into four lanes. I took this photo last week of the remains of these once beautiful trees.

Generic Maui Cat

We adopted our Maui cat, Ms. Anela (anela means angel in Hawaiian) when she was a tiny baby, and she's led a very spoiled, privileged life with us. However, if you drive around Maui, you will see many a cat with similar markings--many of them feral cats without a large home to protect. Anela likes to perch on our back deck railing and survey her territory from on high.

Hot Stones!

This is a photo of hot stones in their heated container. I love these stones! My Maui masseuse of 12 years uses them to roll over my body during a massage, and they feel sooooo good! If you've never had a hot stone massage, you're in for a real treat when you receive one because the smooth, heated stones make your muscles relax faster. By the time she's finished giving me an hour and half session with these stones, any stress I walked in with has completely vanished!

Full Bloom

Our orchid plant is once again in full bloom. This plant was given to us three years ago, and is now blooming again for the fifth time. This is what the website Maui Orchids writes:

"When do orchids bloom?

The most popular types bloom in winter and spring, but orchids may be found that bloom in any month of the year. Keep in mind that many plants that bloom for their first time may be flowering out of their normal season, and in many cases, our flowering season may be sooner or later than yours due to our temperature and cultural differences."