Ua hoʻolālā mākou i kahi pā pōhaku hae hou i kā mākou pā hale me ka ʻike ʻana he ala kūpono a maʻalahi hoʻi ia e hoʻonui ai i ka hakahaka. Ua koho mākou i ka pōhaku hae no nā kumu he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi kona lōʻihi, ka liʻiliʻi o ka mālama pono ʻana, a me ke ʻano o ko mākou home waho.
Mai ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kā mākou ʻO ka pā hale pili ʻohana, ua pōmaikaʻi nui ia i ko mākou ʻohana ma ka hana ʻana i kahi e holo ai nā keiki a pāʻani a hiki ke hoʻopaʻa maʻalahi ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā! Hauʻoli nui mākou no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i hope, a hiki iā mākou ke kono i nā malihini e noho a puni kā mākou lua ahi i ka wā e pāʻani ai nā keiki.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe i ka hardscaping hou no kāu patio a i ʻole ka pā hale? Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei e hana i ka pā pōhaku hae a i ʻole ke ala hele wāwae, e hoʻomau i ka heluhelu e aʻo i ke kumu i hoʻokomo ai mākou i ka ʻāʻī maoli a ʻoki i ka pōhaku hae ʻo Castle Grey ma ke ʻano Farani.
ʻO ka pōhaku hae ka pōhaku sedimentary i hana ʻia i ka wā e paʻa ai nā papa lepo, ma lalo o ka wai. Hoʻokumu ʻia ia me nā ʻāpana o ke one, ka pālolo, a i ʻole ka sediment organik. Ke lohe ʻoe i ka huaʻōlelo ʻo ka pōhaku hae, e noʻonoʻo ʻoe he umbrella e hoʻopuni ana i nā ʻano pōhaku like ʻole. E ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻano ʻano maʻamau o ka pōhaku hae e like me ka slate i kaulana i nā wahi o loko, ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula i ʻike pinepine ʻia i nā piʻi anuanu, a me ka ʻeleʻele kākela i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā wahi o waho. E kūkākūkā ana au i kaʻu mau ʻano punahele ʻelua ma hope aʻe: Castle Grey Flagstone a me Bluestone.
ʻO ka pōhaku hae ʻo Castle Grey, ʻaʻohe kala me ka uliuli ʻulaʻula a i ka ʻeleʻele hina hina. Loaʻa iā ia nā ʻaoʻao i ʻoki ʻia e ka lima a me kahi ʻano like ʻole, hāʻawi iā ia i kahi ʻano nani. ʻO kēia ʻano pōhaku hae he haʻahaʻa loa ka mālama ʻana a paʻa loa.
Ma mua o koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e noiʻi i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o nā pavers o hope, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike he ʻano pōhaku maoli ka bluestone. Piʻoloke loa ka manaʻo iaʻu. E hoʻomanaʻo, nui nā ʻano pōhaku hae a ʻo ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula kekahi o lākou. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka Bluestone i ka wā e hui pū ʻia ai nā ʻāpana i waiho ʻia e nā muliwai, nā moana, a me nā loko. Hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Bluestone i kahi nānā mau ʻole, ʻoi aku ma waena o nā mea kanu a me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻē aʻe.
I kēia manawa ua kūkākūkā mākou i ka pōhaku hae a me nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻo I maoli makemake ʻo bluestone no ko mākou home. I koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e paʻi i nā kiʻi hoʻouluhua, ua hoʻopaʻa au i kekahi mau hale moeʻuhane me nā patio bluestone. I kēia manawa, e noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe no ke aha mākou i koho ai i ka pōhaku hae hina ma mua o ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula. Aloha au i ka nani a me ka nānā ʻana o ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula a ua moeʻuhane mau au e loaʻa ia mea ma ko mākou kua. Eia nō naʻe, ua ʻōlelo aku kekahi poʻe loea e kūʻē i ka hoʻohana ʻana iā ia i kahi ea wela no ka mea e wela loa ia ma lalo o ka wāwae. Noho mākou ma Charleston, South Carolina, he mau mahina wela ko mākou a makemake mākou i pōhaku kūpono no ka pāʻani ʻohana. ʻAʻole mākou makemake e hopohopo e pili ana i ka pipiʻi ʻana i ka wai e hoʻomaha ai i kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e hoʻolālā e hele i waho e pāʻani a hoʻokipa paha.
Eia kekahi, i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā koho paver kaulana ʻē aʻe no kā mākou papahana patio, ua ʻike mākou he paheʻe kekahi i ka wā pulu ʻaʻole ia he koho maikaʻi loa me nā keiki. ʻO ke ʻano kūlohelohe o pōhaku hae hina e emi iho ka pahee a he koho palekana no ko makou ohana.