We watched Skunky claw, kill, and eat a lizard. The entire process took approximately 15 seconds.

We came home last night from an awesome dinner with our part-time Chicago gal, part-time Maui gal-friend Carol at Sansei, and noticed our little cat-friend Skunky at the bottom of the driveway. We parked, and naturally she came running over for a good petting.  As we were getting the keys to get inside, we spotted a good-sized anole lizard sprinting down the walkway. Skunky noticed too. Within seconds her thumbed paw was able to catch and kill the little guy. She picked him up in her mouth, carried him off to the lanai and ate him in approximately two bites.

Oh Skunky. Does she know that I used to have an anole lizard for a pet? Oh well, she’s a wild cat and I shouldn’t expect her to seek out canned cat food.

Fortunately I do not have footage of this, but did take a couple of pictures from our hour of drinking before dinner.

Darlene and I decided to drive to Kihei, the town we will be moving to in a couple weeks, and watch the sunset. We pulled into a little park that I have been wanting to check out because it has a great skate park that I have been eyeballing from the road. As we parked the car we discovered that a small group of drummers and hula dancers were there to celebrate the sunset. As the sun dipped behind Lanai, they walked to the shore and began to quietly sing together. When the sun finally disappeared the men blew giant conch shells. It was a great way to say goodnight to the sun.

We have heard form many people who have lived here a long time that Maui will either embrace you or spit you out. So far Maui has embraced us with open arms and we have been very lucky every step of the way. Today we scored again and found a beautiful heavy, hand-carved, solid teak bed frame for a VERY good price, especially for the island. Furniture is very expensive here so we were super happy to be in the right place at the right time, again. We are also discovering how genuinely friendly and social people are on the island. The woman we bought the bed frame from was really nice and has offered to take us surfing at the beach near her house. When I say “near” I mean it’s literally her backyard.

Darlene also had her first job interview today. She put on her fancy clothes and interviewed for a part-time position at a big technology company. I’m sure she did very well.

We had to rent a truck because the bed is HUGE!

The new bed. I wanted to keep the truck, it was brand new and drove like a spaceship.

Darlene prepares a home cooked meal for us. Oh wait, it’s actually for our new friend…

Meow, I’m back.

Lightly seared Ahi tuna for Skunky. P.S. We ate frozen pizza this night.

Dinner is served Skunky!

We have seen this friendly little kitty around the neighborhood a few times but tonight Darlene made a real connection. Apparently all it takes to make a cat love you for the rest of your life is a little leftover fish. Who would have ever guessed? We named her Skunky. She’s very friendly and meowy.