On my way up I drove past Steph as she was starting up Wilhelmina Rise and Ona & Rio as they were headed up Lurline. Later I saw Steph as I was walking down Sierra & she was going up; Ona & Rio passed us as they were on their way down. I saw Maunalani admin staffers Marian and Yuen as they were driving in to work, as well as RN Sachie. And once again I got a good view of the setting moon; it was a beautiful morning walk! As for the hāpuʻu, I could keep walking & just look across the lawn to see that it was still moist. Winner!
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| Seven minutes before sunrise on Maunalani. |
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| Twelve minutes after sunrise on Sierra. |
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| I'm going to turn this in to a watercolor. |
Dad was sitting in the Plumeria Dining Room having breakfast at a table with Mrs. Toyama. He spent a lot of time looking across the valley at a home near the top of St. Louis Heights and wondering how they got there; the road is not visible from here.
After breakfast Dad was wondering where all the other residents that he saw in the dining room were going to; he wanted to go there, too. I took him upstairs, but he declined to go in the Castle Living Room where everyone else was; so we went to our usual place in the Wellness Center Courtyard to look at Leahi & watch birds flying by.
During my mid-morning walk a vanload of tourists stopped to ask if there was a good view point nearby; since they were already up on Maunalani Circle I gave them directions to the covered view point in the Maunalani upper parking lot. I saw a male Kōlea on Kelly's lawn that was almost completed with its molt. I also stopped to take photos of the hāpuʻu showing the extent of the watering pattern and condition of the ferns; I will try to take photos each month to follow their progress.
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| Male Kōlea. |
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| Photopoint 3. |
Lunch today was Spaghetti and meat sauce, Italian vegetable blend, Garden salad, Fresh honeydew cubes, and Cream of broccoli soup. I ate all except the soup. Dad ate all of his 1/2 peanut butter & jelly sandwich but didn't touch the honeydew; he doesn't like honeydew melon.
Sad news; Mr. Gephart passed away last night; his birthday was last week. He had been doing poorly since before I left, but his friend Deborah was hopeful since he was stable. She had stayed overnight on Tuesday so she knew things were getting worse. We shared a table with them during the Veterans Celebration luncheon a few months ago & got to be friends with them; I'm glad I got to see Deborah when she came to pick up his things from the room this afternoon. RIP Mr. Gephart.
For my afternoon walk I skipped the birding to make my walk faster because I needed to get to the bank before it closed. And I did something different at the end of my walk, I jogged the last 100 feet or so. Uphill. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I think I will change my afternoon walk to no birding, just pushing as hard as I can and doing a little jog at the end. I have heard that high intensity interval training (HIIT) can help with getting rid of fat. Not sure how long this will last, though.
After the bank I went to Jamba Juice. The Roommate Who Likes to Wash Dishes gave me a buy one get one free coupon. So I got a Lychee Dream and a Tropical Lychee smoothie. I gave one to DT and had the other; they were great! My field partner Beth & I would go to Jamba Juice after finishing our field work on most days; we knew where the nearest store was to each of our sites!
On the way back from Jamba Juice I passed another painted traffic control box. This one was on Pahoa & Koko Head which is not on either of the streets listed in the article about the painting of the boxes.
Hauʻoli lā Hānau to Tom, Pedro, Laura, & Jeannine!
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