Breakfast with Barb

Barb & her family arrived last night & are staying in timeshare condos at Waikōloa Beach. This morning she met me at Motek Bakery for their Uncle Yosef breakfast special. She also bought a loaf of ʻUlu ʻŌlena Sourdough Bread; I got an Almond Bostock to try. We took everything back to the house & ate on the deck. Later we walked around the yard so she could see all the fruiting plants.

We also had dragonfruit with the Uncle Yosef.

Motek Bakery has updated their outside sign. It looks very festive now!

Mom would have loved the sunflowers on their sign!

At sunrise it looked a little overcast but it cleared up & was mainly sunny for most of the day. The Tesla power generation graphic concurred. Today is the end of Daylight Savings Time on the continent; there is now only a 2 hour time difference.

One minute before sunrise.

Hedge Woman was out again today. She did not get as close to the hedge as she usually does. She seemed like it was making her anxious to be too close to the hedge today.

The cats blocked the gate again this evening. It's a good thing the floor is so smooth! I can easily nudge them along with my foot & slide them out of the way.

Today was the Duolingo league promotion day which ends at 5 pm. I checked in about 3 pm & found I was still in 1st place. But when I checked an hour or so later, I had been overtaken by 9 XP & was in 2nd place. I spent the next half hour or so doing more lessons & moved back up to 1st place with a 100+XP lead hoping that would thwart another takeover. With about 15 minutes left, the person in 2nd place was actively trying to overtake me so I started doing more lessons. I managed to keep ahead & retain 1st place, I have now been promoted to the next league up. 

... Pearl League!

The next episode of the eruption at Kīlauea is still predicted to begin some time soon with November 5th through 7th being the most likely time period. I checked the V1 cam live feed this evening & saw the glow of the magma as it neared the top of the north vent. 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Thi!