Uncle Yosef

Today's breakfast special at Motek Bakery was the Uncle Yosef. Yael makes a depression in a piece of flattened dough & fills it with several cheeses, fresh spinach, & seasonings. She tops it off with a fresh egg & pops it into the oven to bake; it is served with the Israeli version of a salsa fresca made with tomatoes, onions, & bell peppers. I also got an orange sticky bun which David says is his favorite; it is a new offering at Motek now that they are finally able to get their pastry oven hooked up at the bakery. (There was a problem with needing more power but HelCo needed to extend a line in order to do that. It finally happened, only one year after they opened. 🙄) Sorry, I forgot to take a photo of the orange sticky bun. Oh no, I guess I will have to eat another one...

Around lunch time the clouds had cleared enough so I could see the upper portions of Maui. There was still too much cloud cover to see the east side where it goes down to the water. (The view of the west side is blocked by the house.)

I took a closer look at Grandma's old Singer treadle sewing machine. The metal parts look okay. But the wood has had so much termite damage; I'm not sure how much will be salvageable.

After the sun went behind Raymond's house & the planter box was in the shade, I worked on filling it up with more soil. It took another 1&1/2 bags, so almost double what my calculations showed would fill it up. I think all the rain washed the fines out of the planter lowering the soil level. I planted the 6 ice plants (Lampranthus spp.); I've decided to use the English name rather than the Hawaiian name since it misleads people in to thinking they are the native akulikuli (Sesuvium portulacastrum).

Colors (L to R) purple, yellow, light pink, orange, red, & pink.

 

I saw on the news that the Maunalani Nursing & Rehabilitation Center where Dad was living celebrated its 75th Anniversary! Curtis said he received an invitation but was not going to be able to attend. In the news blurb I saw several of the staff that I recognized; I did not recognize any of the residents.

(HNN screen shot)

Still no word from Immi about an error on the shipping. But its Sunday, tomorrow is a regular work day so someone might catch it then. We shall see. My order is anticipated to arrive sometime between the 7th & the 22nd; I'm not complaining if the shipping is free! With the free shipping & Capital One coupon, I am paying $4.53 per packet. If I was paying the full price with free shipping, the cost would be $4.88. And without free shipping, I would be paying $6.26; which is still cheaper than Whole Foods where it is $6.99 plus an airplane flight. I'm hoping Immi continues to allow me to use the free shipping.

I kinda did not do as well on Duolingo this week; I got demoted. Auē! I am now back in the Pearl League. Will have to pay more attention this week & do more lessons to work my way back up to the Obsidian League. Then on to the Diamond League which is the top level.

The eruption at Kīlauea is still on pause. The status report anticipates something may happen this week.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Jennifer, Ginny, & Sean!