September 9, 2024 In the morning, after breakfast, I mixed concrete and poured two of the squares in the bathroom floor. I set up the mixer in the driveway about 20 feet inside the gate and used the smaller material I had separated when I moved one of the gravel piles from outsde the gate..Continue reading “Playing in the Mud”
Category Archives: Construction
A Pebble in my Shoe
September 8, 2024 After struggling with trying to come up with a clever pattern for the floor of the bathroom, I decided to just keep it simple. Just four sections. So, I set up forms to be able to pour two of the four sections. When I had the gravel/sand mix delivered to Holowai, IContinue reading “A Pebble in my Shoe”
One Small Step . . .
September 7, 2024 The birds were all waiting for me at the lanai when I got up this morning. So, I crushed up a couple of crackers and put the crumbs into the feeder. If you look closely at the picture above, you will see a Northern Red Cardinal, and a couple of honeycreepers waitingContinue reading “One Small Step . . .”
Meeting a Menehune
September 6, 2024 I was greeted by two of my feathered friends this morning as they came by to get something to eat from the bird feeder. The Hawaiian Honeycreeper paitently waited its turn as the Red Headed Cardinal pecked away at the cracker crumbs in the feeder. After breakfast, I removed the forms fromContinue reading “Meeting a Menehune”
A New Bathroom
September 5, 2024 Excerpt from prervious post: I took pictures of all this using my phone. I download the photos to a thumb drive so I can attach them here later. When I create these postings, I use the pictures to help me remember what I did each day. Well, I cannot find the thumbContinue reading “A New Bathroom”
Last Week of May
Sunday May 26, 2024 I have decided on a pattern for the floor in the bathroom at Ahi. “X” marks the spot!” I will pour a big “X” from corner to corner. So I poured one leg of the “X”. I set up the mixer at the bottom of the driveway where I have createdContinue reading “Last Week of May”
Another Week in May
Sunday May 19, 2024 Below the kitchen gazebo, there are two rock lined gardens – three including the one at the edge of the lanai. In two of these, I had placed some cucumber seeds. They have sprouted. Above the garden where the cucumber seeds have sprouted, is another tier of garden that has anContinue reading “Another Week in May”
May Continues
May 12, 2024 Spraying my vegetable plants with insect repellant wasn’t such a good idea. It seems that the insect repellant is having more effect on the young plants than on the insects. They have all turned brown and are whithering up! I grabbed some water and put it into my garden sprayer and triedContinue reading “May Continues”
Second Week of May
Tuesday May 7, 2024 A little over a week ago, I had ordered some lumber and block and rebar from a building materials supply company in Kona. It was delivered today. It was the same delivery company, but a different driver. He told me that the other driver no longer worked for them. The companyContinue reading “Second Week of May”
Beginning of May
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 It was sunny when I got up – around 7 AM. While fixing breakfast (french toast) I glanced down at the bird feeder on the Lanai. There was one of those green/yellow/orange birds (I wish I knew what they were) licking out the bottom of the bird feeder. OK, . .Continue reading “Beginning of May”
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