Kaʻahele lāʻau cherry
Ma ka huakaʻi lāʻau cherry, hiki iā ʻoe ke mahalo i ka nani o nā kumulāʻau cherry o Kerava i kou wikiwiki ma ka wāwae a ma ke kaʻa. ʻEkolu kilomika ka lōʻihi o ke ala hele, a ke hele nei ke ala a puni ke kikowaena o Kerava. ʻO ke ala kaʻa kaʻa he 11 mau kilomita ka lōʻihi, a hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohui i 4,5 kilomika holo i laila. Aia nā mākaʻikaʻi ma nā ala āpau, no ka mahalo ʻana i nā pua cherry a no kahi pīniki.
Hiki iāʻoe ke koho i ka hoʻomaka a me ka hopena o ka lāʻau cherry e kaʻahele iāʻoe iho ma ka huakaʻi. I ka wā o ka huakaʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke kū ma nā wahi āu e koho ai a hoʻolohe i nā moʻolelo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e pili ana i ka hanami, ka moʻomeheu Iapana a me nā kuʻuna cherry blossom. Ma waena o nā moʻolelo, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolohe i nā mele Kepani i ka wā huakaʻi hele a kaʻa kaʻa a i ʻole he ʻāpana o kahi pīniki ma lalo o nā kumulāʻau cherry.
No ka pīniki, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻaiʻē i kahi pākeʻe a me kahi hīnaʻi no nā meaʻai mai ka waihona Kerava. Hiki ke hōʻaiʻē ʻia nā pākeʻe a me nā hīnaʻi ma ke ʻano he hōʻaiʻē wikiwiki me ka manawa hōʻaiʻē ʻehiku lā. Eia naʻe, e ʻoluʻolu e hoʻihoʻi koke i nā hīnaʻi a me nā pākeke i ka waihona i hiki ke ʻaiʻē ʻia e nā poʻe he nui.
Ma Kerava, e mohala ana ka cherry Lūkini a me ka cherry ao
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kumulāʻau cherry i kanu ʻia ma Kerava he cherry ʻulaʻula. ʻO ka pua ʻulaʻula Russian cherry pua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pūnāwai me ka ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe lau, akā naʻe, hoʻokipa ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona mahalo me kāna mau pua nui. I ka hāʻule, pua nā lau o ka cherry ʻulaʻula i ka ʻalani-ʻulaʻula, a i ka hoʻoilo ke kū nei kona kino ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula e kūʻē i nā wahi keʻokeʻo hau.
Ma waho aʻe o ka cherry ʻulaʻula, pua pū nā lāʻau cherry cloud ma Kerava, e like me nā ao keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo i ko lākou nani pua. I ka pau ʻana o ke kauwela, ulu nā pua i ʻulaʻula, hua like ka nui o ka pī e ʻono ai i ka momona a me ka ʻawaʻawa. I ka hāʻule, ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula a ʻulaʻula melemele nā lau o ka cherry, a i ka hoʻoilo ke kū nei ke kino ʻulaʻula-ʻulaʻula e kūʻē i ka papahana keʻokeʻo.