Wednesday
I have been lazy. Not that I have been lazy in my work, I have been lazy in not writing in this journal! Now I have to try to catch up!
The gazebo at Ahi is complete – it is complete as a gazebo, that it. If it is to become something else, well, time will tell! There is no floor, just gravel. All the deck boards have been put in place and screwed down. A 1 x 3 trim has been installed around the perimiter of the roof to cover the ends of the deck boards, and a 1 ” square shingle strip has been added on top of this.
I have continued on the outdoor shower in the corner of the lot near the road and opposite the driveway. I have built 4 rock columns in a square pattern about 10 feet apart. Each column is about 2 foot square. In between the two away from the driveway, I have built a fifth one. This will create an opening/doorway on this side. Each of the full length sides will have woven bamboo curtain/walls between the columns as a visual barrier. The same for one half of the side away from the driveway. Each column is about 6 foot tall.
I have also begun building “doors” for around the gazebo at Holowai.
So far, I have made 4 doors 24″ wide and 7’4″ tall. I have put these on the side of the gazebo that faces Holowai Street.
Two of them are fastened in place while the other two are on an overhead track and slide past the two stationary ones.
For the other two sides, I will build 6 doors for each side, each door to be 17″ wide, and trifold them to fold open against the columns. Normally, they will be open but when the wind is blowing, or it is raining sideways, I can close them.
Today, it is raining. Totally clouded over! No sky, just gray clouds. I cannot see the ocean, just gray clouds. A light misty rain is falling continuously, and once in a while, it gets heavier, for a short time, but then returns to a misting rain.
I decide to go to Hilo. I have a list of things i would like to get in Hilo so I have decided that since I cannot do anything today, I might as well make the trip! I have been putting it off for a while, so it is actually a good thing! I left around 1:30Pm and arrived in Hilo around 3. I did my grocery shopping, got some things at the lumber/hardware store, and stopped at a plant nursery. It was after 5:30 before I headed back to Na’alehu.
It rained from Volcano until I got to MountainView, but as I came around the corner and headed down into Hilo, I saw clear skies ahead. This did not last. It rained most of the time I was in Hilo, and it rained most of the way home. I arrived backm in my driveway at Holowai at 7:55 PM. Even thoughn I had a written list of things I wanted to get, I still forgot two items! So it goes!
TTFN
TropicalCastaway 