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”
Category Archives: Fall of 2024
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”
Vehicle Maintenance
August 18, 2024 I changed out the sway bar links on the Ford Explorer Sport Track. It was quite easy to do. The rubber bushings on one of them were all worn out so it was making a “clunk” sound every time I went over a bump – and I go over alot of bumpsContinue reading “Vehicle Maintenance”
Getting Back in the Groove
August 17, 2024 – Saturday It was sunny this morning, and overcast and humid in the afternoon. Using my weedeater, I trimmed the weeds and tall grass between the kitchen gazebo and the shed. Then I turned to trimming the weeds that create the pesky little burrs from the area arond the tire garden andContinue reading “Getting Back in the Groove”
The First Day Back
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 theContinue reading “The First Day Back”
August 2024
August 15, 2024 5:00 AM – Wake up 6:00 AM – Arrive at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport 7:00 AM – Board plane bound for Las Vegas TSA had to inspect the inside of both of my bags. Their curiosity satisfied, I went to my gate and still had time to buy a breakfast burrito! TheContinue reading “August 2024”
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