Tuesday
I picked some guavas today.
Gathered the limbs that I had cut in the southwest section of the Ahi property and stacked them at the bottom of the driveway. Then, using the clippers, I cut them into short pieces less than 6 inches long. The portions that were too large to be cut with the clippers were placed on the pile of larger branches next to the driveway on the Hilo side.
I called the local gravel quarry and ordered a load of 2 1/2″ minus material to be delivered to Ahi. It arrived in the early afternoon and I started to spread it down the driveway. I had it dumped in the upper part of the driveway so the truck would not have to go up the steep driveway made of loose fill.
I was concerned that the truck would not be able to get back up the driveway to the road.
Then I ordered a second load to be delivered to the Holowai property. They could not deliver today, but they could tomorrow morning at 7:30 AM. The neighbors also ordered a load to be delivered to them. Tomorrow morning. Their driveway is not as steep as mine and they have more cleared area with a longer driveway. This gives more room to build up a little speed before going up the hill. . . giving a better chance of getting back out. Other trucks have delivered to them at the bottom of their driveway and had no problem getting out, so they should have no problem.
Back at Holowai, my little flock has grown. Now there are six additional red headed cardinals. All of these have the dirty brown heads instead of the dark solid red of Bert and Ernie. They seem to come in pairs. A little research on the internet and I learned that these are just younger birds. The darker red feathers on their head, the cleaner white feathers on their bodies and the black feathers on the wings will develop as they get older. I can’t keep track of who is who, so I have kind of given up on giving them names.
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