Showing posts with label pikaki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pikaki. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

lei pikaki


The rain and heat have given me a bumper crop of pikaki blooms. Two days worth was enough to make a single strand. I wish I could post the scent ,so fragrant and beguiling that dozens of songs have been written about it. Pikaki is the traditional lei for lovers and weddings.