Tuesday
Spent the morning at the Ahi lot clearing the grass on the Kona side of the driveway. Also cleared a little on the Hilo side at the bottom of the drive.
The gravel on the driveway is loose and difficult to drive up the driveway. I’m convinced that a two wheel drive vehicle would not be able to get up the driveway without getting stuck. So, I piled all the grass clippings on the driveway in the areas where the loose gravel is at in order to get more traction in the loose gravel.
Went to the post office (nothing there) and stopped off at the water fill station to fill my empty water bottles. I have about 20 gallon milk jugs and other assorted gallon size jugs, about a dozen two or three gallon jugs, and 30 to 40 2 liter soda bottles. I use the water on the plants at both lots.
Cleared more grass on the Hilo side of the Ahi driveway. For now, it is clear from the driveway to the property line (about 20 feet) and from the bottom of the drive way to where the pile of logs start (about 50 feet). Resumed clearing on the Kona side. There has got to be a better way than doing this by hand with a pair of clippers! I took a shower at about 4 PM using water from my “water heater”.
There are a new set of red headed cardinals at the feeder. They came in with Grover.
They are a bit different.
One of them has a dirty yellow colored head instead of being dark bright red, and the other has a mottled colored head with a mixture of red and brown and dirty yellow feathers on it’s head.
They are a little more assertive than Bert and Ernie (the original red-headed cardinals), and have made themselves quite at home at the feeder; even to the point of challenging the larger full cardinal – something Bert and Ernie never did!
The sky is clear tonight and there is a full moon. I walked over to the Ahi lot (a seven minute walk) to see if the solar lights I had put on the address sign were working. One of the three was lit, and it was real dim. Tomorrow I will change them out and I’ll add 3 to the Galleon’s Lap sign.
TTFN
TropicalCastaway 