Pineapple at the KCC Farmer's Market, Oahu, May 2010. Image © Karina Chapman, 2010
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” —Aristotle
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As always, the Friday edition combines a quote with a favorite photo. Coincidentally, today’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge theme is “Simple”. Mindfulness to those simple details is exactly what we’ve focused on all week. Don’t you love serendipity?
Yum! Pineapples are simply wonderful to eat too! Great entry!
Posted by Sunshine | January 20, 2012, 6:52 pmThank you! I agree about eating them. I bought one of these, and it was delicious!
Posted by AlohaKarina | January 20, 2012, 7:02 pmYummy, it makes me want some pineapple.
Posted by Caroline | January 20, 2012, 7:22 pmThanks! Me too…we don’t ever ones that look like this in Maine!!
Posted by AlohaKarina | January 20, 2012, 9:59 pmGreat post my friend
Posted by jakesprinter | January 20, 2012, 7:47 pmThank you so much!
Posted by AlohaKarina | January 20, 2012, 9:59 pmWow! Nice looking pineapples. They certainly don’t look like that over here in the lower 48.
Posted by Cris | January 20, 2012, 9:20 pmCris, I’m with ya–I live in Maine. Ours are absolutely dark green. It’s horrifying! They are so different when you get them right at the source, so to speak.
Posted by AlohaKarina | January 20, 2012, 10:00 pmLove this photo, that little pineapple on the right has such a cute shape.
Posted by Angeline M | January 20, 2012, 10:27 pmI think so too. They were all kinda cute. The one I chose was almost too cute to eat. Almost…
Posted by AlohaKarina | January 20, 2012, 10:33 pmsimply full of memories of trips to Hawaii and shopping at the local market at home. a story comes to mind of seeing some wonderfully fresh pineapples many years ago, and noticing the price $2.98 which seemed very reasonable (=inexpensive) for such large, fresh-looking fruit, so I selected the biggest and best one i could find in order to get the best bang for my buck.
when i got to the cashier with the item i originally went shopping for and the pineapple, i was in for a surprise. in my excitement and memories of trips to Hawaii in the past, i had overlooked that the price was $2.98 – per pound. so my grocery bill came to about $15, much more than anticipated. but i held my head up high and paid nonchalantly as i didn’t want to go through the embarrassment of having the charge reversed etc.
at home i told one of my roomies, “we are going to enjoy this or else!” and we laughed about my mistake. i have since learned that there is no point saving face if you feel something is overpriced. but that was then. and for the record, the pineapple really was delicious. we all did enjoy.
Posted by pix & kardz | January 20, 2012, 11:39 pmGoodness! What a story! I would have done the same thing when I was younger…but yes, these days, I have NO problem telling someone that I decided against an item after all!
Isn’t Hawaii a wonderful place? I grew up there; we had an apartment in Aiea, on Oahu, near Pearlridge. It’s a magical place. I hope to live there again some day.
Posted by AlohaKarina | January 20, 2012, 11:44 pmYes please to those!
Posted by Gilly Goldsworthy | January 21, 2012, 1:58 pmGorgeous capture and simply sweet! : )
Posted by Just Ramblin' Pier | January 22, 2012, 8:09 pmsimply yummy-yummy
Posted by Madman | January 24, 2012, 6:28 am