New Kitchen Window

Today Chris & Spencer worked on replacing the old kitchen window on the north side. The original open area for the window is the same size as the new open area. But in order to make that happen, I had to order 2 slider windows each the size of the original open area. Why? Because the original windows slid in a track along the wall. If I just had a slider window sized for the opening, I would have lost half of the actual openable area. Which would mean I cut off half of the main inflow of air that cools the house down; not a good idea for the summer! With the 2 windows, I keep the airflow, but Chris had to do additional carpentry to resize the window opening & create new trim. It's worth it! I retain the airflow plus I have more view of the  outdoors & more natural light indoors. I am happy with it & glad I paid the extra money!

I had to move all this away from the window.

The safe on left & range on right will be moved when needed.

By lunch wall opening has been widened & new windows temporarily placed in opening.

By end of work day finish framing is almost complete.

Here is what it looks like from the outside. The 1st photo is at lunch break. The 2nd is at the end of the work day; still needs a little more trim to be installed & painted.

 

I am now 100% sure that the buds on the Makali Ahu ʻōhiʻa are flower buds. At least the round ones are. And that's what makes me so sure. One of the buds I was originally seeing has become elongated & is turning in to leaves. The buds in the other cluster have remained small & are getting rounder & plumper. I hope I have not stressed them out too much; I do not want the flower buds to dry up & fall off before they get a chance to bloom. That would be very sad.  

I also checked on the "light pink" ice plant. It is much more pink now; almost as pink as the "pink" one. So the color does appear to change based on how much sunlight the petals are exposed to. I should try an experiment & cover half of a flower to see if I can create a half light pink-half white flower!

The eruption at Kīlauea is still on pause. Scientists say another episode is "most likely to begin in the next 3 days."

Those scientists were right! Episode 11 of the December 23rd eruption of Kīlauea started up again about 6:30 this evening. 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Paul, Greg, & Justine! This blog is also 9 years old today!