Join British Museum lead exhibition curator Alice Christophe for a tour of 'Hawaiʻi: a kingdom crossing oceans', exploring how an alliance formed over 200 years ago continues to shape our understanding of this Pacific island nation.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/introduction-hawaii-kingdom-crossing-oceans #globalmuseum #BritishMuseum #Hawaii
Bereaved relatives, students, teachers and others gathered to mark 25 years since an incident in which a Japanese fisheries high school training vessel was struck by a U.S. nuclear submarine off Hawaii in 2001. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/japan/ehime-maru-tragedy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ehimemaru #ehime #highschools #us #hawaii
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It's vanilla bean harvest day! After growing vanilla vines in various places for various years and finally getting some flowers in a place I could reach (as opposed to high up in a tree), then hand-pollinating them with the right technique, then waiting for the pods to reach full size over a couple months, then letting the pods ripen on the vine for 9 months, they're finally ready to harvest!
I'll be using this thread to track the rest of the process.
So, how did I know when to harvest? According to this blog post: https://vanillery.com/ripe-green-vanilla-pods/ they are ready to harvest when the bottoms are yellow and just starting to crack. I've included pics below showing my pods this morning when I decided to harvest.
Pic 1: yellow on the bottom
Pic 2: yellow on bottom and just starting to split
Pic 3: further splitting, with seeds visible inside. I smelled this one at the place where it was opening, and it smelled fantastic - like vanilla.
Next steps described in next posts...
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It's vanilla bean harvest day! After growing vanilla vines in various places for various years and finally getting some flowers in a place I could reach (as opposed to high up in a tree), then hand-pollinating them with the right technique, then waiting for the pods to reach full size over a couple months, then letting the pods ripen on the vine for 9 months, they're finally ready to harvest!
I'll be using this thread to track the rest of the process.
So, how did I know when to harvest? According to this blog post: https://vanillery.com/ripe-green-vanilla-pods/ they are ready to harvest when the bottoms are yellow and just starting to crack. I've included pics below showing my pods this morning when I decided to harvest.
Pic 1: yellow on the bottom
Pic 2: yellow on bottom and just starting to split
Pic 3: further splitting, with seeds visible inside. I smelled this one at the place where it was opening, and it smelled fantastic - like vanilla.
Next steps described in next posts...
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#OtD 4 Feb 1938 a wave of strikes began by dock workers in #Hawaii demanding equal pay with dockers on the West Coast of the United States, and a union shop. The strike ended with police shooting 50 unarmed workers in the Hilo massacre https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10424/hawaii-longshore-worker-strikes
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Hawai’i at the British Museum review: dazzling display of royal razzmatazz.
The relationship between Hawaii and Britain is explored in an exhibition that is heavy on history but equally packed with marvelously flamboyant artefacts
https://archive.ph/MLFGs #globalmuseum #museums #Hawaii #exhibitions
Two events in Mexico and stops in Japan and Bermuda highlight the U.S. PGA Tour's eight-tournament fall schedule announced on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/10/more-sports/pga/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #pgatour #hawaii #yokohama
A 26-year-old Japanese tourist has died after jumping from a cliff into the ocean in the southern part of the Island of Hawaii. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/japan/japanese-tourist-death-hawaii/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hawaii #tourism #marineaccidents