Boring ...

Today I worked on finishing the readings for tomorrow's special session for the Leeward Planning Commission. This item was originally on our agenda for the June 18th meeting. It was moved to tomorrow since there were already 7 items on that agenda & this item already had 41 letters of written testimony that had been submitted by the 15th & more in person testimony was expected during the meeting. Now we have a total of 80 written testimonies; 39 more pages were submitted after the June 18th meeting. We will likely get a few more late arriving written testimonies that we will have to read before the meeting tomorrow morning. Tomorrow we will also find out how many in-person & Zoom testifiers there will be. It could be a long day. But that's our job, to provide an opportunity for the public to voice their support for or opposition to a code amendment (in this case) or certain projects. (We don't hold meetings for all projects, only the ones that require a public review.)

About 1/4 of testimony on this item.

 

The weather was kinda gray & wet at sunrise; it remained that way for most of the day. So it was a good day to stay indoors & finish all the readings & formulate the questions I had about the proposed amendments to the code on transient vacation rentals (TVRs). In a way, the weather helped me to focus more on what I needed to finalize for tomorrow's meeting. 

Sunrise.

It was raining really hard in the morning when I went to feed Moʻo. I decided to ignore the rain & check out how much was flowing in to the māla kalo; I had never gone out during a rain event to see how much rain was directed in to the māla. Its not easy to see in the photo below since I have not removed all the weeds but it was a good amount of water; I am pleased with how the māla is working!

It looked like entire māla was inundated.

The controlled rotting, aka fermentation, of the sauerkraut & kim chee is coming along well! More liquid has been pushed out of the jars by the fermentation process. And active bubbling can be seen in both jars.

About 1/4 inch liquid has leaked out.

Still foaming at vent.

A bubble escapes from brine. More are on the way.

Learning Mandarin is coming along slowly but surely. And apparently the words associated with sports are starting to stick better in my brain! I guess I just needed a little more repetition.  

Still doing well on these exercises.

And these, too!

I do well on these, too. But it is harder to show you what happens.

When you click on them & its correct, they go dark.

These are the flash card words! Got all correct this time!

 

In today's episode of Guardians of the Ancient Oath, a weapons rack can be seen to Baili Hongshuo's right. It's a lot bigger than the one I ordered & also a lot sturdier. It is meant to hold longer weapons (like spears) made of metal not of wood. The top tier is also a lot higher than mine will be, because, you know, some of us are vertically challenged!

The next episode of the eruption at Kīlauea is likely to be between the 6th & the 12th. More time & data is needed to figure out more accurately when Episode 51 will be. Hopefully, Kai will be able to see it this time; he has missed it the last 2 times he was here. He is arriving on the 9th.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Tony! I know some cool people; Tony is one of them. Some of his LinkedIn profile is below.