Merry Christmas to Me!

I was curious as to when I really did finish all available levels of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi on Duolingo. So I went back & checked; I had been thinking I got to that point about 2 months before I started the Mandarin, so around mid-March. Turns out I had actually reached the end of the available ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi classes on Christmas day last year! So more like 6 months ago! No wonder I was getting bored with the refresher courses.

I haven't shared what my mornings look like in a while. This is what I see when I wake up. I have no curtains so I can easily see what is going on with the weather. The cows are the only ones around who can look in to my bedroom window.

Forty-five minutes after sunrise.

I took a couple of photos of the māla kalo this morning as I was watering it. I have relocated the Palehua so they are now between the Moi & the Bun Long. I have not yet planted the ʻIliuaua; I still need to weed that end of the māla.

The big leaf in center is from a Moi kalo.

Here is how big it is!

This morning I went to a community talk story held by Kamehameha Schools. There were 17 of us there; 6 of them were opio from the local high school. I mainly listened, as I usually do. I think the underlying feeling is that there needs to be more support for the opio. KS is doing a series of these talk stories around the island & will report back to the communities later in the year.

Lunch at the kūkākūkā.

I had talked to Dane as soon as I got there, he needed to run some errands & asked me to water the plants at Lapakahi after the talk story. So I did. I will also water them on Friday.

Plants in goat exclusion area. 

The niu gets its own dedicated water source.

As I arrived at Lapakahi, Emily called. Moʻo had gotten loose! She had run up the road then disappeared down a side road. I was pretty sure she was heading to the pasture so she could play with the cows & chickens. When I got back to the house, I checked in with Emily; she was kinda upset that Moʻo got loose. Fortunately, I guessed right. As I was finishing talking to Emily, I saw Moʻo in the pasture! When I went to the gate to go into the pasture, she saw me & came running up to the gate; I put the lead on her & secured her to the fence while I unlocked the gate. Next time I won't be home when Emily comes to mow I will put Moʻo in her crate in the house so she can't get out of the yard!

Moʻo waits while I unlock gate.

 

I watched Episode 30 of Mirror: The Tale of Twin Cities tonight. SPOILER ALERT - In this episode we finally get to see the face of Lord Zhi Zhe who had appeared a number of episodes ago but wears a hooded cape that masks his form & identity. Even when he 1st appeared I was pretty sure he was being played by Zheng Ye Cheng based on the portions of his lower face & neck that were visible; I think its a biologist thing since we have to make quick identifications on birds flying by or fish darting away & not always getting a good look at the entire organism. Zheng Ye Cheng is also Crown Prince Zhen Lan; as Lord Zhi Zhe he speaks in a weird raspy voice. It sounds to me like it hurts to talk that way, but it is a good way to differentiate the characters & I give him credit for doing that. 

How Lord Zhi Zhe is usually seen.

Finally shows his face in Episode 30!

Its very early to tell when the next eruption episode at Kīlauea will begin. The window is currently between the 24th & the 29th. 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Sherry & Christina!