Flat Mary Day 5

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Flat Mary Day 5

Day 5 - Tuesday, March 18

Writers Group and Fort DeRussy and Waikiki Sunset

Today Auntie had a meeting with her writers group in Waikiki. Everyone was very friendly to me. They smiled when I said Aloha to them. Each person read a story they had written. Laureen’s story was about four fifth-graders who had their own mystery solving club. Vicki’s story told about a trip to a foreign land. Thea’s pet parrot had been very sick and she took it to Seattle on the plane to get fixed so she didn’t have time to write something to read. Auntie read a scene from her new mystery novel. Bob wrote about a bride and groom who must decide if they will stay living near their family or to go off on an adventure. Everyone said nice things about the stories and talked about how to make them even better. I liked all the stories. My favorite was the fifth-graders who had their own mystery solving club.

Bob, Flat Mary, Thea, Vicki, Laureen Fort DeRussy is across the street

After the meeting, Auntie and I walked through Fort DeRussy Park. I stopped to look at all the flowers and to read about the special plants.

At the end of the park is Fort DeRussy Museum. There are all kinds of tanks and statues outside. One man made all of the tiki statues. It took him five years to carve them.

Museum Ka Lehua Haleleˋi (the scattered lehua blossoms)

The kukalepa is a memorial to fallen Hawaiian warriors. It stands in front of the U.S. Army Museum at Fort DeRussy. The five tiki statues represent the different aspects of Ku (Kunuiakea), the Hawaiian god of war, that were special. The statues were carved from huge Ohiˋa logs shipped over from the Big Island. Each one weighs about two tons. The U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii is the most -visited army museum in the U.S.