Another Solar Panel

On my way down the access road to Lapakahi State Historical Park this morning I noticed that was a new solar panel on the roof! Originally there was only 1 on the south side; today I saw another panel on the east facing roof surface.

It was really windy down at Lapakahi today. It was so windy today, it blew the hand sanitizer bottle off of the dispensing stand by the back door. When it did that it also broke the nozzle off; I was unable to find the piece.

As I was talking to a couple near the front door, we saw a battle fatigue green colored large transport plane fly by. It was flying rather low, seemingly on a course to Kona Airport. But it would make more sense if it were going to the Bradshaw Airfield at the Pōhakuloa Army Training Center. Kai says it appears to be a C-130 military cargo aircraft.

The weather when I woke up was a little dreary looking. But it quickly lightened up & became sunny for the rest of the day.

Twelve minutes before sunrise.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has refined the start time for the next episode at Kīlauea. They have defined the window as between the 2nd & the 10th. 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Michael! 

Aloha ʻOe, Aunty Daisy

Aunty Daisy passed away peacefully this evening. Although she had been in hospice care for a few weeks & her passing was not unexpected, it is still sad. Daisy Harumi Takatani Kushino was the sister just below Mom. She will be missed. 

In birth order (L to R): Helen, Daisy, George, Florence, Judy, Kenneth. (07/01/1989)

I last saw Aunty Daisy on the 10th after the end of the conference I was attending in Washington recently. During our visit Tomiko set up a FaceTime visit with Aunty Florence.  

Cat in Hapu'u

I was looking out the window of the door to the deck & saw something move in the hapuʻu closest to the deck. It was Hoʻokoa! He had somehow climbed on to the hapuʻu & was sitting in the center of the fern! I hope he did not break the growing tip. It appears that he crawled through the railing slats & on to the hapuʻu because the anthuriums growing on its trunk did not appear to be disturbed.

What's that in the hapuʻu?

Oh, its a cat!

Hoʻokoa getting back out of the hapuʻu.

There was a large flock of Common Waxbills in Jessieʻs back yard right outside my bedroom window. There was maybe about 20 of them; they were quickly joined by a Java Sparrow. You can really see the difference in size between those 2 species.

In the afternoon, a couple more of the cats got in to the act. Paʻipaʻi was lying down drinking water. Similar to when she eats, I think she lies down because her subluxated knees make it uncomfortable to stand normally. And Hoʻokoa was chasing after something in the cat yard; I never did figure out what he was chasing. He was staying still too long for me to keep on watching him. 

Olomea came to eat this morning! I think she has been staying away since Moʻo has been loose 24/7 while I was gone. Later in the afternoon I saw her walking calmly up to the roosters; she was not attacked by them. In fact, she approached them with her tail up & with a slight curl in the tip; the way a friendly cat greets others. Iʻm not sure what the relationship is between them.

In the afternoon I went to drop off a dragonfruit with Jessie; she loves to eat them ice cold! While I was there Jessie showed me the project she is working on for Masa. She is taking a bunch of coins he had, sorting & packing them in to rolls. She went to the credit union earlier today to use their machine but it was broken so she has to do it by hand.

The next episode of eruption for Kīlauea is anticipated but the forecast is "likely at least two weeks away." I hope it decides to erupt after my friend Barb arrives but before she leaves.

 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Monica, Stanley, & Deborah! 

Aloha ʻOe, Aunty Judy

Aunty Judy passed away suddenly tonight. She had been in the hospital earlier for pneumonia, improved & was released to a rehab facility. She seemed to be fine & getting stronger earlier in the day, but suddenly collapsed & could not be resuscitated. Judith Yoshie Takatani Asamoto was Mom's youngest sister. She will be missed.

In birth order (L to R): Helen, Daisy, George, Florence, Judy, Kenneth. (07/01/1989)

I last saw Aunty Judy in May at cousin Lem's interment on Oʻahu. I am glad I was able to give her a ride to his service & reception. Aunty Judy was the compiler of the Family Reunions album.

 

Happy 1st Birthday, Maiʻa!

I replanted the maiʻa (bananas) 1 year ago today so I am counting today as their birthday. If you recall, the maiʻa patch was dug up when the new fence was put in along the back property line last year. Travis & Owen dug a bunch of keiki up for me & I replanted them when all the activity there was done & the wet season rains were about to start. I have seen a variety of answers on how long it takes before a banana plant bears fruit; ranging from 9 to 15 months. Because of the drought, I think I will be lucky if I get fruit next year.

Final planting day on 10/17/24.

Today; far right is 2 maiʻa in bunch of laʻi which I did not know were there.

Here are the 2 maiʻa in laʻi; cows are eating both of them.

It was a little overcast around sunrise today. It never rained but was not very sunny either.

Eleven minutes before sunrise.

About a quarter of the time when Moʻo stands in the northwest corner of the property barking, it is because of one of the neighbors across the street who frequently stands by the hedge on her property line, apparently peering around it at her neighbor. I think Moʻo identifies this as suspicious behavior. Hedge Woman lives immediately downhill from the neighbor who is bothered by barking dogs; I think she is the one who told Barking Dog Woman that it was Jeremiah that was smoking on Monday night when Barking Dog Woman says Moʻo was barking all night. Why do I think that? Because Hedge Woman appears to be paranoid about people living in the house next to me. When I 1st moved back in to our family home a little over 3&1/2 years ago, she came over to warn me that the man who bought the property next to me (Del) bought it so he could spy on her for her ex-husband. She said she "knew" this because Del used to work with her ex-husband's father. She would not accept the truth I told her that Del had bought it because his wife Dena's mother who owned that property had died, willing the property to her children. Del & Dena bought out the other siblings so they could build a house for their daughter. Before Del died a little over 2 years ago; Jeremiah moved in about 6 months earlier to take care of the property since Del was fighting cancer. FYI I had met Del about 6 years before the interaction with Hedge Woman & knew what kind of a person he was. Dena's parents had moved there around the same time Grandpa & Grandma moved there in the mid-1960's. And Del used to live on the other side of his in-laws & raised his kids there! So, no, he did not move there just to spy on her. 

Frequently she is closer to hedge & appears to be peering around it towards Barking Dog Woman's house.

I checked the level of the gas today; I am trying to check it at every season change. So I am about a month late. But it still looks OK; still above the red portion. But even if it doesn't get to the red portion by January, I think I will call to have it refilled. The last time I did that was January 2024!  

Earlier today, Kīlauea was not expected to erupt until sometime between tomorrow & the 20th. I'm not sure why I took the boring screenshot of the glow in the vent this afternoon. May be I could feel something was about to happen?

Just before 8 pm, I checked again to see what was going on & noticed that there was some precursory activity. When that starts to happen, I keep a thumbnail view open on my laptop so I can keep an eye on it until it starts to erupt! To me it looked like that started about 10 minutes after I started checking it again. 

Precursory activity.

Now erupting!

Nine minutes after previous photo.

Four minutes after previous photo, fountain is now higher than frame.

From V3 cam.

Seven minutes later eruption is really going!

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said Episode 35 officially started at 8:05 pm. I switched to having the V1 cam as the main view with the V2 & V3 cams as secondary views on the side of my screen. When I have to work on something on my laptop, & Kīlauea is erupting, I arrange the thumbnail screens along the right side of my screen. 

Large view is V1 cam; right top is V2, bottom is V3.

As I mentioned in the post about the tsunami, I think our Civil Defense has a more robust system for getting the word out about emergencies because of they have to deal daily with the volcano. They issued a statement just before 11 pm. I went to bed around that time.

IASA #3-36

Looked at this mobile home as possible purchase for Kai.

 

IASA #3-35

At CNHA Convention at Tulalip Resort. It's here since more Hawaiians now live out-of-State.