Sunday Spent the day cutting the grass along Holowai Road. I cleaned up the frontage of both lots. There’s gotta be a better way of doing this than using my hand clippers! Hauled the grass back to the chipper. After it dries for a few days, I’ll run it through the chipper. It was hot all day,Continue reading “August 27, 2023”
Category Archives: Day to Day Life
August 26, 2023
Saturday Peaches for breakfast – from a can. The wooden planter by the path leading from the driveway has two citrus plants growing in it – from seeds – both alive and well. I also have a hanging pot in a tree on the opposite side of the path that has a dozen small citrus plantsContinue reading “August 26, 2023”
May 16, 2023
Tuesday Today is my “pack-up” day. I put away everything that I will not need from my kitchen into the plastic tote boxes in the gazebo. Tomorrow, I will put the stove in the back of the Escape with the generator. I put away all my tools under the shed, and packed up any loose clothes. I wateredContinue reading “May 16, 2023”
May 15, 2023
Monday For the past week, I have been sorting through everything and separating what I want to take back with me to Arizona on the 17th – if not physically, at least mentally. The main things will be my journal, and the dirty sheets and pillowcases from the bed. Today, I poured the 5th section ofContinue reading “May 15, 2023”
May 14, 2023
Sunday This morning, I went down to the ocean to watch the waves. The tide was in and the waves were crashing against the lava. The water even was flowing over the initial lava at the shore into an area that typically has very little water. My wading pool was full and overflowing into theContinue reading “May 14, 2023”
November 2022
Early November called for a return to the Big Island. Changing planes in Oakland The approach to the island was much the same as usual, lots of clouds gathered around the mountains covering their mid elevations with the peaks of the volcanoes poking their heads through. Mauna Loa with the east coast of Hawaii AContinue reading “November 2022”
Thar She Blows!
Mauna Loa erupted! And I slept through it! As most of you should know by now, Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano erupted on November 27, 2022 at 11:30 PM. And I was there, on the Big Island of Hawaii, on the south slope of Mauna Loa, and I slept through it! That meansContinue reading “Thar She Blows!”
Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit!
Back in May, I posted about the poncianna trees I have planted in our front yard here in Arizona. Arizona really isn’t the correct planting zone for these trees as they thrive in hot, wet, humid, tropical locations. While Arizona is hot, and for two months it is humid, I would not say that ArizonaContinue reading “Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit!”
Vehicles
One of the things I needed to do when I was in Hawaii was to register my Ford Escape. The Registration expires at the end of October. All during the month of September, I kept checking the post office box for the renewal notice. To no avail. It finally came on September 28th, less thanContinue reading “Vehicles”
AND I MISSED IT!!!
The following quote is from the Hawaii Volcano Observatory on Friday, 10/14/22 at 2:49 PM: MAUNA LOA (VNUM #332020)19°28’30” N 155°36’29” W, Summit Elevation 13681 ft (4170 m)Current Volcano Alert Level: ADVISORYCurrent Aviation Color Code: YELLOW HAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY INFORMATION STATEMENT Two moderate earthquakes occurred beneath the southern end of the Island of Hawai‘i at 9:07Continue reading “AND I MISSED IT!!!”
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