"my sweet pikake lei..."

imagine my surprise and delight when last week a someone gave me a string of pikake! i was so excited. it was strung sideways, but the flowers were about an inch apart. i smushed them together and voila...rope pikake! here's what my mini-lei looked like:














it was so fragrant! "kaulana ke onaona 'o ia lei..." ah, it brought back the pangs of homesickness for just a moment. since tomorrow is lei day, my mission today is to gather all the little strings of pikake i can find and make a lei to wear. i can't wait!!!