Let the Renovation Begin!

Today Chris & his assistant Spencer started working on the renovation of the sewing room. They have installed the footings, support posts, & floor joists. Here are some photos showing today's progress. This 1st set of photos is from reference point A which is westerly of the house, looking easterly.

Just after 8 am when they started; Spencer (L) & Chris.

Around noon.

At the end of the day. Some of the plants are blocking the view of the posts & floor joists.

This series if from reference Point B along the northerly property line, looking southeasterly. I think this might be the best location for a reference photo of the construction.

Around 8 am; Spencer has just started digging holes for the footings.

Around noon; a footing is seen towards the right side.

At end of day; footings, posts, & floor joists in place.

This is from reference Point C due north of the work area, looking southerly. I had not thought to get photos from this or the next point at the start of the day.

This last series if from reference Point D along the northerly property line, looking southwesterly.

Around noon.

At the end of the day.

The above series of photos is similar to what I would do for work when monitoring mitigation sites. At the start of the project I would set up reference points from which to take photos over the course of the monitoring period of 5 or 10 years, when photos would be taken annually or semi-annually. As you can already see, when you 1st choose the photo points before any activity is started, they might not actually provide the visual information you want to convey. That's why you set up a lot of points from different areas; at least a couple of them should be able to give you the information you want. 

In the afternoon, I got an email saying next week's LPC Special Meeting regarding the General Plan 2045 has been cancelled. I quickly sent out emails to the people doing the minutes for the 2 NKCDP meetings I attended in the last couple of days to let them know. And also to have them contact one of the people who was coordinating a group from Hilo to drive 2 hours to Kona for the meeting! I hope someone can get to her before the meeting date.

Shortly after the email cancelling the LPC meeting, I got an email from Cat Genie. Guess what! They are refunding me $45. They did not say for what but I am guessing it is because the shipping cost was incorrect as I suspected. The shipping cost is still a bit high at $72.44, but I really need those parts.

I took Moʻo to vet. But the vet was not there; I suspect it was because it was declared a Federal holiday. My vet is closed on major holidays. I left a message asking them to reschedule us. It's not critical, this is Moʻo's annual check-up. It was a good refresher for her regarding using the Gentle Leader & riding in the car.

Kīlauea is still paused.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Claire!