Thursday
Very windy today. All day, the wind blew from the south.
Worked on the columns for the gazebo at the Ahi lot. Four of the six columns are up to the 4’8″ height I want. This is a deceiving figure, as some of the columns are six foot tall from the footing level. The 4’8″ height is above finished grade. I hauled more block – enough to finish the other two columns. Not sure if I have enough sand and mortar cement.
Also worked on the pile of disgarded limbs and branches that were dumped here many years ago. Used the chainsaw to cut some of the larger ones (some as large as three feet in diameter) into pieces I could carry. Of course, in order to do this, I had to put on a new chainsaw chain. I only hope there are no rocks imbedded in this wood.
I am still stacking them on the Hilo side (south? East?) of the driveway. Gathered some of the downed branches from along the fence line towards the ocean (rhe makai side). These, I piled at the base of the driveway slope and used the chainsaw to cut into 4″ pieces.
Back at the Holowai lot, I heated water on the stove to add to the water from my soda bottle solar water heater and took a shower.
TTFN
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