Controlled Rotting

The sauerkraut is doing a lot of fermenting! Today there was a lot more liquid in the bowl & a foamy mass surrounding the vent. And the kim chee has started to release a lot of gas & liquid, too! So I was wrong in thinking the capsaicin was inhibiting the fermentation. FYI Fermentation is just properly controlled rotting!

Today's breakfast special at Motek Bakery was shakshuka, my favorite! Since I had a larger early meal, I only had a protein smoothie for my later meal. 

When I let Moʻo out this morning, I heard several ʻIo calling. They sounded like they were quite low so I pulled my phone out & started scanning the sky in the direction of the calls. I saw an ʻIo skim low over the top of Jessie's roof; it then headed over in our direction & passed so low over our garage I could see the color of its eyes! Unfortunately, since it was that low, it also passed over us so quickly that even though I had my phone out I was unable to get a good photo of it. The photo below is similar to what I would frequently send to my friend & co-worker Terri who taught me about birding by ear & how to identify a lot of the Pacific Northwest birds. It became a running joke between us!

I sent this to Terri. She said, "Yep, still the great bird photographer. 😂"

Many of the earlier Chinese TV series that I watched had both English & simplified Chinese subtitles. The last few did not; I think Love of Nirvana, which I watched last month, was the last one that had both. I am on Episode 11 of  Guardians of the Ancient Oath, it only has English subtitles. I think I will add another category to my rabbit hole document that notes whether there are Chinese subtitles. It seems my Mandarin learning has slowed down since there are no Chinese subtitles.

Where's the Hanzi?

Here is the the Hanzi for swimming. In the blue highlighted character, the radical on the right is "water". I like to imagine the other 4  brush strokes on the leftish as the splashing around of someone in the water, like they were "swimming" but doing a poor job & floundering around. Or perhaps a good job at attracting sharks! Or maybe those 4 brush strokes represent a shark coming in for a taste?

 

The next episode of the eruption at Kīlauea will likely come between the 6th & the 12th.