Automated Traffic

Kai has explained to me what is happening with the number of views on the Stats pages. Apparently what I am experiencing is re-indexing by search engines. And since I am posting almost daily it needs to "see" what I am posting so that it "knows" what's there if anyone happens to be searching for that particular bit of information that I posted. So its just machines looking at stuff for future reference that is causing the number of views I am seeing rather than real people. I will not longer pay any attention to the stats. 

Kai likes to go to breakfast at Hawaiian Style Cafe in Waimea when he is here, so that's where we went this morning. He had the Chorizo & Lup Cheong Omelet & I had the Pulehu Short Ribs.  

Chorizo & Lup Cheong Omelette.

Pulehu Short Ribs.

After that we ran errands, stopping at Longs Drugs, HPM Building Supply, Mauna Kea Feed Supply, KTA Grocery Store, & The Waimea Butcher Shop. Waimea is a 45-minute drive away; so like going to Kona, when I am there I go to the places that have things I can't find in Kohala & pick them up if I need them. 

Found these interesting containers of oat milk at KTA.

It was still raining when we got back home. In fact, it was raining harder than when we left. Usually on Friday afternoons Marian & I get together with our dogs Poppy & Moʻo for a puppy play date; it was too wet today to do that. We'll try again next week.

Kai opening the gate in the rain.

Instead, we went to Motek to pick up some pastries for the potluck tomorrow night. We also went to the church to put up the chochin at the gravesites.

My pronunciation in the Duolingo exercises is sometimes hit or miss. And I am not quite sure why. To me it sounds like I am saying it properly. But I guess its not quite right. 

In the evening, when I went through the emails I had neglected throughout the day, I found I had an email from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Team eBird. They have updated how they present ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi on their birding app! Since I started using the eBird app, I have used their option that provides the names of birds in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, which was originally listed as "English (Hawaiʻi)". It is now listed as "ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi". Hūlō!

SPOILER ALERT - This evening during Episode 4 of Fights Break Sphere, Xiao Zhan's character Lin Xiuya appears as a 1st year student along with the other 1st years heading to the Jianan Fight Academy. Somewhat like the train full of 1st years on their way to Hogwarts, except that here the senior students ambush them & steal their energy talismans. It is after all a fight academy so might as well start fighting as early as possible, I guess. At one point the 1st years trick the seniors by making a savory soup with fish & morels!

The 1st years.

The 5 at right are main characters in 1st years

Morchella is another name for morels.

Earlier in the episode Xiao Yan's father also tells him that he has grown up so he needs to change his hairstyle. Like I said earlier, the hairstyle makes a difference in how age is perceived. Leo Wu now looks like his 19-year old self. And Xiao Zhan looks like a late teens guy though he was 27 when this was filmed. They both have what I call K-Pop Boy Band hair! Which I don't think was really a thing during this particular historical time period. 

Xiao Yan's new hairstyle.

Wise advice from Dad that I have heard in a couple other series.

The window for the next episode of the eruption at Kīlauea has been narrowed to between the 11th & the 13th.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Anders!