Every morning one of us walks up the drive to the road where our newspaper box is located to get the paper.
For the last couple of years we have been finding avocados laying on the ground along a little stretch of the driveway. We have looked and hunted for the tree but haven't been able to locate it no matter how hard we search.
We usually find at least one avo and sometimes several. Some have been eaten by little critters and we dispose of those by throwing them down the little gulch on one side of the drive - hopefully, from the seeds, there will be more mystery avo trees coming up in years to come.
This morning I walked to get the paper and decided to bring the camera along on the chance that there would be at least one avo.
I found two together
.....and then found one a bit further up and several liliko'i (passionfruit) laying around it.
We don't know what variety of avos they are, but they are roundish and usually about 6 inches in diameter. Green with reddish tones when unripe and they turn a deep purple as they ripen.
Today I also found two more liliko'i by the side of the highway just beyond the paper box. The vine growing from the trees overhead has been quite prolific this year.
We are both puzzled by the mystery avo tree, but certainly grateful for the mana from heaven!
Mahalo Claudia..... Isn't Mama Nature wonderful?
I would love to try my hand at making guava BBQ sauce! Do you mind sharing the recipe?
Posted by: Sonia | October 10, 2008 at 09:07 AM
I've got an avocado on the other side of our fence that I only recently noticed because of the fruit up high. There's also lilikoi and guavas growing around it. Found your sites in my search for more recipes using guavas. Have made jam and wine, even catsup and now BBQ sauce, but wanted something more dessert-like. Thanks also for the lilikoi vinegrette idea.
Posted by: Claudia | October 09, 2008 at 10:20 AM
Mahalo Mokihana....I enjoyed visiting your blog also... Mahalo nui for visiting and commenting!
Posted by: Sonia | September 22, 2008 at 07:25 PM
Just found your blog from Napua's.... I can tell I'm gonna love it. Love da photos,,, sure miss da liliko'i though... I miss my home!!
Posted by: Mokihana | September 22, 2008 at 05:11 PM
Aloha Marsha!
I can imagine the feeling of homesickness you might get once in a while.... I wish you avo and mango trees! Mahalo for reading and commenting.......
Posted by: Sonia | September 22, 2008 at 05:03 PM
Hi Sonia!
Saw your comment last night at Gather and stopped by but didn't have time to comment. I wish I lived where avocados were even possible! I remember the avocado tree in my grandmother's yard. When my parents and I lived with her I remember waking up early with my grandmother and going out to pick an avocado and coming in to make sandwiches with them. LOL
As usual, your photos are making me homesick. :-)
Posted by: Marsha | September 22, 2008 at 03:53 PM
Mahalo nui, Napua! We do stay lucky.....and lucky live Hawaii, eh?
Posted by: Sonia | September 22, 2008 at 05:19 AM
Oh wow! Interesting. And to have lilikoi just laying around like that too!? Amazing!!! You guys stay lucky.
Posted by: Napua | September 21, 2008 at 04:55 PM
But, Mo..............we have no squirrels in Hawaii! .........and where is the tree? Even tho we have searched for this tree, we cannot find it. True, the foliage is quite thick in just that area, but avocado trees have distinctive shiny leaves and we cannot find it. ;-)
Hey, Dorie, thanks! It is keeping us entertained....In a way, I guess I really don't want to know where that tree is....it is more fun just to wonder and find our 'little gifts' each morning.
Posted by: Sonia | September 21, 2008 at 06:08 AM
What a fun little mystery Sonia! I enjoyed reading this story this morning!
Posted by: Dorie Barras | September 21, 2008 at 05:42 AM