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Category Archives: Spring 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”

Posted bybeachbum51May 28, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Tags:rafters, signposts, yurtLeave a comment on 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”

Posted bybeachbum51May 28, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Tags:beamsLeave a comment on 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”

Posted bybeachbum51May 27, 2023May 27, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Tags:dolphins, signLeave a comment on 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”

Posted bybeachbum51May 27, 2023May 27, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Tags:wavesLeave a comment on 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”

Posted bybeachbum51May 27, 2023May 27, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Tags:airport, cementLeave a comment on March 3, 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”

Posted bybeachbum51May 26, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Tags:beams, birdsLeave a comment on 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

Posted bybeachbum51May 26, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Leave a comment on February 28, 2023

February 20, 2023

Monday Well, I certainly am sore this morning, but I am still mobile. I slept a bit last night – probably due to the combination of advil and acetaminophin It was difficult sliding over to the edge of the bed to take off my sweat pants (the only thing close to me last night thatContinue reading “February 20, 2023”

Posted bybeachbum51May 26, 2023May 26, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Tags:aches and painsLeave a comment on February 20, 2023

February 19, 2023

Sunday Overcast but with spots where the sun peeks through. Rain for a few minutes, then it stops, the sun comes out, then it rains, then it stops, then rains again, then the clouds cover the sun, – all this on a rotating basis throughout the morning. I took the rebar I purchased yesterday overContinue reading “February 19, 2023”

Posted bybeachbum51May 24, 2023May 24, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Tags:fallen and can't get up, rainLeave a comment on February 19, 2023

February 18, 2023

Saturday Rain again all day. In the morning, there was a thick fog that I could not see further than 100 feet away. By 10 am the morning for has cleared (as if Richard Harris has made a royal decree). Light drizzle all day long. Went to OceanView to the UCart Concrete place and pickedContinue reading “February 18, 2023”

Posted bybeachbum51May 23, 2023May 23, 2023Posted inSpring 2023Tags:birds, rainLeave a comment on February 18, 2023

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