I arrived in Dad's room at about 8 this morning; he had already finished all of his fried egg sandwich, papaya, & banana, as well as 120 ml of juice & water. Yay, Dad!
I was "late" because I stopped to talk to Wendy during my morning walk; she was walking Bella & Micky. While we were talking Ona came by & asked a question about Wendy's torch at the front gate. It's a really nice looking solar-powered free-standing torch that she got on Amazon. Apparently the light flickers so it looks more like a real than other solar torches; she has them lining the sidewalk down to the house. Hmmm, I should have taken a photo for you; tomorrow.
It rained a lot about an hour before sunrise; I thought I might not be able to walk this morning but I got ready anyway. I checked out the clouds on my way up; it looked promising. When I got to Maunalani it looked even better for a walk & it was! I saw LaVie on her way to the bus stop. During my cool down stretches I saw Ken with the early-rising dogs; Kelly & Abby also went by.
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| Fifteen minutes before sunrise on Waiʻalae. |
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| Six minutes before sunrise on Maunalani. |
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| Twelve minutes after sunrise on Sierra. |
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| The Red Junglefowl (domestic type) was checking out the pick-up. |
I saw the White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) this morning! It was in Tree #2 for maybe 10 minutes before it flew off. I wasn't watching when I left so I don't know where it went.
While I was sitting with Dad, Curtis showed up! He forgot that I said I would come in today and take off tomorrow to help Brent with the garage sale. It worked out better for Curtis to sit with Dad today so I did my mid-morning walk and went home.
It was overcast with a light breeze during my mid-morning walk. I could see that it was misting in Kaimuki town. Later it started misting as I was below the park; it seems to frequently begin precipitating when I am at the farthest point of my walk. It was refreshing; fortunately it didn't get any heavier.
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| The solstice viewpoint at mid-morning. |
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| I have no idea what he's doing. There were no dogs or children, just an empty field. |
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| They're trimming shrubs around the edge of the park. |
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| Another baby bird that fell out of its nest; I think it is a Common Myna. |
While I was doing my cool down stretches on the 3rd floor landing I saw a bunch of white birds! I saw a pair of White-tailed Tropicbirds flying from Palolo to Kapahulu. Shortly after that I saw an individual Manu-o-Kū flying out sea; it was coming from Palolo Valley. And finally I saw a Cattle Egret flying over the lower part of Wilhelmina Rise.
After using the La Roche-Posay Anthelios 50 Mineral sunscreen, I decided to revise my sunscreen regimen. In 2021, sunscreens containing the ingredients oxybenzone and octinoxate will not be allowed to be sold here; I have started looking in to products that do not contain these ingredients. Although these are the only chemicals that will be banned, others are also potentially harmful to reefs. I use long-sleeved UPF shirts to reduce the amount of sunscreen I need to use. I have discovered that almost all chemical sunscreens higher than SPF 30 contain oxybenzone or octinoxate or both. Since my first walk starts about 10 minutes before sunrise I will continue using my SPF 15 moisturizer which does not have oxybenzone or octinoxate and contains less of the other sunscreen chemicals than SPF 30 sunscreens. I am changing my mid-morning sunscreen from an SPF 50 to an SPF 30 that has no oxybenzone or octinoxate. And for my afternoon sunscreen I will be using the La Roche-Posay SPF 50 mineral sunscreen on my face instead of the SPF 50 chemical sunscreens that I am currently using. Here are 2 of the sunscreens that I will be trying.
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| The SPF 30 is for mid-morning & the SPF 50 is for my legs. |
I also wear a hat to shade my face. While cleaning up today I found an unopened Amazon box; it was addressed to me. There was a hat in it; I had not ordered one. I texted Anne, who had sent me another hat earlier. She said, "😂, surprise! It has a hole for your pony tail 😁" I'll try it out tomorrow.
Luna & S'mores spent a bunch of time in the entry way cooling off. They also spent time checking out pedestrian traffic.
Hauʻoli lā Hānau to Shannen, Vi, & Rylee!
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