Friday, August 16, 2024
Sunshine when I got up this morning, and then around 11:00 AM the clouds moved in and it rained most all afternoon. Nothing heavy, just a slow steady drizzle.
In the morning, I set up the solar panels on the roof of the shed at Holowai. Then I went to the post office in Naalehu to collect the packages I had ordered!
Christmas in August!
Ahi Road does not seem to be too badly overgrown.
And the top of the driveway is still recognizable.
The driveway is still too steep, and with not a lot of grass/weeds.
The Hilo side of the driveway will require a bit of work,
As will the Kona side. I am pleased to see that the Ulu tree (breadfruit), the mango tree, and the macademia nut tree [all still small saplings] are still alive!
The outhouse is still standing, so that is a big advantage!
Then I set up the solar panels on the bungalow at Ahi between rain showers!
A walk around the Holowai property found my bell peppers in the one gallon pot were basically sticks, but there were a few leaves on them.
The tomato in the pot on the lanai was dead, as were any tomato plants in the tomato planter at the back of the lot. But in my other wooden planter, there were some carrots and green onions struggling to stay alive!
The hibiscus was reduced to the size when I first bought it, and my two citrus plants (I think they are tangerenes) in the small wooden planter by the path from the driveway were doing good!
Everything was as I had left it, except that the neighbor’s feral cats had gotten into the kitchen area. They had opened a cardboard box with a dozen packets of ramen noodles and eaten all the ramen noodles and scattered the remains of the flavor packets all over!
I had a bunch of empty water bottles, so I loaded them into the truck and did a water run to the park in Waiohinu.
TTFN
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