![Sometimes it rains all day
fine drops between mist and must
and no hurry to move to the next farm
Try to watch in a way
that its patience will be rewarded](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sometimes-It-Rains.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Sometimes It Rains
![Sometimes it rains all day
fine drops between mist and must
and no hurry to move to the next farm
Try to watch in a way
that its patience will be rewarded](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sometimes-It-Rains.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Family vacation Okanagan Lake 1972. Photo by author.
Along with the terrible loss of life and property in the Maui wildfires
the largest tree in the US, a 150 year-old Banyan, was severely damaged
Picture of Lahaina harbor in the mid-1800s. At the height of the whaling industry there could be up to 100 whaling ships at anchor in the Lahaina roadstead.
“Twin Flukes” soapstone sculpture by James Warren, purchased in a gallery in Lahaina. A wonderful memory of the humpback whales who come to the area to calve and play in the warm protected waters between the islands of Maui and Lanai.