ʻO Brian Bandle me kahi kumulāʻau Kalikimaka āna i kūʻai ai ma ka pūnaewele no $250 ma kona home ma Brunswick, NY ma ka Pōʻalima, Dec. mai New Orleans.(Will Waldron/Times Alliance)
ʻO Brian Bandle me kahi kumulāʻau Kalikimaka āna i kūʻai ai ma ka pūnaewele no $250 ma kona home ma Brunswick, NY ma ka Pōʻalima, Dec. mai New Orleans.(Will Waldron/Times Alliance)
He kumulāʻau Kalikimaka maoli i kūʻai ʻia ma ka pūnaewele no $250 e Brian Bandle ma kona home ma Brunswick, NY i ka Pōʻalima, Dekemaba 3, 2021. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e kūʻai aku ia mea ma ka pāpaho, a ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kūʻai aku, ua lilo ka lāʻau i "mea", me ka hāʻawi ʻana o kekahi kanaka iā ia i kahi papa e pale ai i ka lāʻau a ʻo kekahi e hoʻouna aku iā ia i nā mea nani mai New Orleans.(Will Waldron/Times Alliance)
Nānā ʻo Brian Bandle i ke kumulāʻau Kalikimaka āna i kūʻai ai ma ka pūnaewele no $250 ma kona home ma Brunswick, NY, Pōʻalima, Dec. 3, 2021. lilo i kanaka maoli. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e kūʻai aku ia mea ma ka pāpaho, a ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kūʻai aku, ua lilo ka lāʻau i "mea", me ka hāʻawi ʻana o kekahi kanaka iā ia i kahi papa e pale ai i ka lāʻau a hoʻouna kekahi iā ia i nā mea hoʻonani mai New Orleans/Wisll.
ʻO Brian Bandle me kahi kumulāʻau Kalikimaka āna i kūʻai ai ma ka pūnaewele no $250 ma kona home ma Brunswick, NY ma ka Pōʻalima, Dec. mai New Orleans.(Will Waldron/Times Alliance)
Ua kūʻai ʻo Brian Bandle i kahi kumulāʻau Kalikimaka ma ka pūnaewele no $250 ma kona home ma Brunswick, NY i ka Pōʻalima, Dekemaba 3, 2021, me ka manaʻo e kauoha ana ʻo ia i kahi kumulāʻau nani i hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, akā ua lilo ia i mea ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO Orleans.(Will Waldron/Times Alliance)
ʻO Branch DuBois, he Fraser fir 9 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, ua loaʻa ka kaulana a me ka nānā ʻana ma ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kona haku e pili ana i kona hōʻea ʻana.
ʻO Branch DuBois, he Fraser fir 9 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, ua loaʻa ka kaulana a me ka nānā ʻana ma ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kona haku e pili ana i kona hōʻea ʻana.
ʻO Branch DuBois, he Fraser fir 9 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, ua loaʻa ka kaulana a me ka nānā ʻana ma ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kona haku e pili ana i kona hōʻea ʻana.
ʻO Branch DuBois, he Fraser fir 9 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, ua loaʻa ka kaulana a me ka nānā ʻana ma ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kona haku e pili ana i kona hōʻea ʻana.
ʻO Branch DuBois, he Fraser fir 9 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, ua loaʻa ka kaulana a me ka nānā ʻana ma ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kona haku e pili ana i kona hōʻea ʻana.
ʻO Branch DuBois, he Fraser fir 9 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, ua loaʻa ka kaulana a me ka nānā ʻana ma ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kona haku e pili ana i kona hōʻea ʻana.
ʻO Branch DuBois, he Fraser fir 9 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, ua loaʻa ka kaulana a me ka nānā ʻana ma ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kona haku e pili ana i kona hōʻea ʻana.
ʻO Branch DuBois, he Fraser fir 9 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, ua loaʻa ka kaulana a me ka nānā ʻana ma ka pūnaewele ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kona haku e pili ana i kona hōʻea ʻana.
E hui i ka lālā ʻo DuBois. He kaikamahine lōʻihi, ʻeleʻele, uʻi ʻo ia, e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ana i mua o nā puka aniani ʻeleʻele o kahi halepule kahiko ma Brunswick.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Bandles e ʻae iā DuBois ma kāna ala. Manaʻo lākou i kahi mea hou ʻole.
Ua ʻala iki nō hoʻi ʻo ia. Ua ʻoluʻolu ka nui o ka poʻe i kona ʻala, akā naʻe kona ʻala i nā puka ihu o kekahi poʻe.
He lāʻau Kalikimaka ʻo DuBois he 9 kapuaʻi ʻo Blue Ridge Mountain.
Ua kauoha ʻo Brian, ʻae, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia ka mea āna i manaʻo ai. Ua ʻimi ʻo ia i kahi kumulāʻau kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, akā ua hoʻopio ʻia ʻo ia e ka nani o Du Bois - ʻo kāna kumu kūʻai (ʻoi aku ma mua o $200) ʻo ia ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā lāʻau hoʻopunipuni ʻē aʻe āna i ʻike ai.
I ka hōʻea ʻana o DuBois, ʻo ka wahine a Brian ʻo Tamara ka mea mua i ʻike i kahi kumu hou ma ke kumu o ka lāʻau ma kahi o kahi kumu plastik.
"Ua like au, 'Auwe,'" i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Brian, a ʻōwili aʻela ʻo Tamara i kona mau maka a hele aku."
ʻO nā Bandels, ka mea i loaʻa ʻole i kahi lāʻau maoli, ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia e ka mālama ʻana i kēia specimen pine.
ʻAʻohe hoihoi o Facebook - ʻaʻole hoʻokahi manaʻo i hana ʻia "ua loaʻa nō" i loaʻa, akā ʻaʻohe mea.
ʻO ka mea hoʻohenehene pinepine ʻia e pili ana i ke kaiāulu e hōʻike ana i ka "pehea kou manaʻo e pili ana i kēlā kaʻa ʻē i holo i ke alanui i ka pō nei" a i ʻole "Ua ʻike au i kekahi ma koʻu pā hale - ʻaʻohe hanu." Breathe - Turkey", ka lāʻau pine e hoʻopiha ai i ke ola me ka ikaika.
He mea maʻalahi ka pou mua a Brian: "Ua kūʻai au i kahi kumulāʻau Kalikimaka 8-kapuaʻi ma ka pūnaewele aʻu i manaʻo ai he hoʻopunipuni…i hāʻawi ʻia i kēia lā a ua lilo ia i kumu lāʻau maoli," kākau ʻo ia i ke ala." a ua uku au i $225.
ʻOiai ʻaʻohe mea i hōʻike i ka hoihoi i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka lāʻau (hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ʻehā mau firs hou ma ʻaneʻi no kēia kumukūʻai e lawe i ka home), nui ka poʻe i hōʻike i ka hoihoi i ka pine.
No laila, i ka wā ʻaʻole kūʻai ʻia ka lāʻau, ua hoʻopuka ʻo ia i kahi mea hou e ʻōlelo ana aia nō ʻo ia - e like me ka lede e kali ana.
"Ua piʻi ka lāʻau a kali i loko o kahi bākeke wai mehana ma Home Depot a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kumu lāʻau. ʻAʻole ia i kūpono, akā ʻaʻole kūpono ke kūlana holoʻokoʻa, "kākau ʻo ia.
Piʻi nā manaʻo a me nā pane. ʻAʻole koke, ua noi ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻomau i ka moʻolelo o nā kumulāʻau. Ua lilo kēia i poʻe hahai nāna i paipai iā Bandles e apo i nā malihini makemake ʻole.
A laila, manaʻo kekahi i ka hoʻokūkū inoa. ʻO ia paha ʻo Holly (Golightly) a i ʻole Noel a i ʻole Betty.
ʻO Branch DuBois - i hoʻouluʻia e Blanche DuBois ma "A Streetcar Named Desiree" - lanakila. A e like me ia, ua lilo ka lāʻau iā ia.
"Ua hāʻawi mākou i ka inoa a me ke kāne i ka lāʻau," wahi a Brian. I kēia manawa, ua kau ʻo ia i ʻewalu mau pou pili DuBois ma Nextdoor.
Akā, ua loaʻa i kēlā kumu lāʻau ma mua o ka inoa wale nō. Ua lanakila pū ʻo DuBois i nā puʻuwai o Brian lāua ʻo Tamara. ʻOiai ke ʻōlelo nei lākou ua hele ka kaulana i ko lākou poʻo. Ua pālahalaha ʻo ia, e lawe ana i ka "ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka pono," e like me kāna mea nona.
I kēia manawa he malihini kipa ʻo ia i nā Bandells. Ua hoʻolaha hou kahi mea hou i kahi hale wehe no nā poʻe e hui pū me Du Bois i ka Pōʻaono a me ka Lāpule. A, ʻōlelo ʻo Tamara, ua hoʻololi paha ʻo Du Bois i ka manaʻo o nā kāne e pili ana i kahi kumulāʻau Kalikimaka maoli.
"I kēia manawa, pono wau e ʻae he nani ka lāʻau a manaʻo wau he kumu lāʻau maoli kā mākou i kēlā me kēia makahiki," wahi a Tamara.
Kristi Gustafson Barlette is a feature writer who writes about trends in your life and hers.You can reach her at kbarlette@timesunion.com.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Feb-15-2022