Tuesday Bright and sunny today. Spent the morning at Holowai painting the deck boards for Ahi gazebo. In the afternoon I went to the Ahi lot and installed more solid blocking between the ceiling joist. I now have a row of solid blocking over each of the center beams. Kind of a slow, take itContinue reading “March 14, 2023”
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March 13, 2023
Monday Painted some of the 2 x 6 decking boards for the Ahi gazebo in my “workshop” at Holowai. Took a shower at a little after 11 AM using the water from my solar water heater. It was quite warm. There was no breeze to make me cold while I showered! Drove to Hilo toContinue reading “March 13, 2023”
March 12, 2023
Sunday During the past week, I have dug footings at the top of the driveway at the Ahi lot for “gateposts” – one on each side of the driveway. As they will only be 2 feet tall, there will be no “gates”. These are only for markers to the driveway. Basically, they are a rockContinue reading “March 12, 2023”
March 6, 2023
Monday We went to the Ahi lot. Alanah painted 8 of the 2 x 6 rafters/ceiling/floor joists while I adjusted the heights of the posts under the beams. I picked up a 4 x 4 post that was 1″ short of what I needed. Rather than put a 1″ block under this post, I decidedContinue reading “March 6, 2023”
March 5, 2023
Sunday Bright and sunny today. After breakfast, Alanah started to paint the letters for Ahi Road on the address sign for the Ahi road lot. I went over to the Ahi Road lot and dug footings at the top of the driveway on each side. I want to build a rock column at each sideContinue reading “March 5, 2023”
March 4, 2023
Saturday I unloaded the rebar and the cement at the Ahi lot while Alanah cut some of the tall grass at the property line on Ahi Road. I hauled the cut grass to the bottom of the driveway. Then we went out to the shore line at Honu’apo. We soaked in the small wading poolsContinue reading “March 4, 2023”
March 3, 2023
Friday Alanah is coming to Hawaii for the weekend. I will need to pick her up at the airport in Kona around 3:30 PM this afternoon. So, I cleaned out the car. I even took my little hand broom and swept the sand and dirt out of the back and raised the back seats intoContinue reading “March 3, 2023”
March 2, 2023
Thursday Overcast and a fine misting rain along with a steady wind. This trip has been that way so far! For a week, I have had almost steady rain, and when the rain dies out, the wind picks up. I have had a steady wind for the past week. Not strong enough to knock youContinue reading “March 2, 2023”
March 1, 2023
Wednesday I used the last of the propane last night fixing dinner and had none this morning for breakfast. I was also down to one pair of clean socks, so I decided to do laundry this morning first. As I was washing some shirts, something caught my eye up in the branches just above myContinue reading “March 1, 2023”
February 28, 2023
Tuesday I have removed the forms from the last two column caps, installed the 4 x 4 post bases, and acid washed all 6 columns to remove the excess mortar and stains. I also hauled some pallets from the Holowai lot and painted the 4 x 4 posts and 4 x 10 beams. TTFN
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