After spending the holidays on the mainland, I went through the typical travel exercise and flew to Kona!
After waiting at the gate in Phoenix,
I flew to Las Vegas, where I waited again so that I could fly to Kona. There was snow on the moutain to the west of Las Vegas. This is how I like to experience snow . . . from a distance!
The usual welcoming committee was there at the airport to greet me with a lei.
I don’t think they have aged a bit since I was here last!
I have arrived during a rainy spell. As expected, everything is overgrown
Especially out on Holowai Road in front of the gates.
I brought with me an old electric lawnmower. I took it apart and packed it into one of my checked bags. – Two bags fly free! – Using my generator, I mowed the grass in front of the Holowai property in the rain, on my first full day back.
Everything was much the same as I left them. The yucca type plant I had rescued from the dump didn’t seem to have grown any, but yet it also hadn’t died!
It must have rained quite a bit because the wheelbarrow has quite a bit of water in it! The poincianas in the planter seem to have stopped growing and are losing their leaves.
The tarp I had put up over the car was still hanging in place. That was surprising that it had not been blown down,
The rain has helped my hibiscus, as it is flowering!
The next day, the rain had stopped, so I ventured over to the Ahi property.
It too was overgrown with tall grass.
Using the lawnmower and the generator, I mowed the grass on Ahi Road and in the driveway.
Unfortunately, as I tried to mow more of Ahi Road as it approached my property, the lawnmower quit.
The Ahi lot had lots of tall grass.
On both sides of the driveway, as well as over near the shower.
There were also mushrooms growing on the driveway at Ahi.
I don’t think I’ll try to eat them!
The macademia nut tree in the garden against the front hill is doing well,
As is the breadfruit tree.
The two Norfolk pines at the top of the driveway seem to be surviving.
So, for the next few days, I returned to the tried and true method of cutting the grass by hand.
At least, I trimmed the grass on both sides of the driveway. Now it looks a bit more civilized!
I even cut all the grass at the top of the hill where the lawnmower would not go.
I’ll tackle the rest of the property and the weeds at Holowai later. For now, I have more pressing things to take care of!
TTFN
TropicalCastaway 