Vicky Durand’s Adventure Blog #21

June 24,2023
Welcome to Blog #21

It has been an uneventful week compared with the last weeks. All the yard smoothing was finished last week so Ryan’s large Kabota machine left for home in Kipahulu Saturday evening via Derek’s hauling truck. The road is very narrow at the base of the drive so it was interesting as a line of cars showed up and waited while Ryan drove it up on the large flatbed. I don’t know how they made it back home in that huge truck with such a narrow road.

Monday was a holiday so only Chris showed for a few hours.On Sunday I worked with Derek clearing overgrown brush. We uncovered a lot of beautiful old rock formations.

Tuesday my new gate was hung and now am waiting for the solar panel to be installed so I can come and go without getting in and out of the truck.

In the last couple of days they have been laying out the patios. I just found out the patio beams and posts have to go on in order to put the gutters on. The gutters need to go on asap to start collecting water off the roof into the large tank before the dry season. Chris told me he is bringing in another helper to move this project along faster. That was good news because every other day one of the helpers has some thing going on and does not show up for work. A lot of decisions are having to be made and hopefully it will all work out.

A family of mongeese moved into the green house and the cats and I are not happy. They are real mean little varments and messy pests. All week I have been trapping them and relocating. I now have three Have a Heart traps and will probably be doing this on a continual basis. I use the same trap I used for cats and they are much easier to catch. Most people just kill them, but I cannot do that.

My new toaster arrived this week and so great to have toast after four months. Heating bread in a pan does not cut it. The simple kitchen pleasures are now pretty much in place. I remodeled my kitchen area with an extra book case so there is more room for cooking and storage and things are working pretty well. We have just enough sun to keep the solar batteries charged and just enough water to keep the little tank full.

Mana is a matted mess but is going to be sheared this next week. She jumps in the cooler full of water when she gets hot. I am going to get a little pool for her that will fill with rain water from the roof.

The cats are all pretty relaxed. A friend needed a place for one that had wondered on to her property and was not getting along so I took him in. A couple new faces have showed up and as long as there are no issues they are welcome to eat here.

I am looking forward to this next weekend when I have a team coming in to do clearing and chipping. This will give space for the first coconut planting in August after the property is blessed.

Got to go do some weed eating. Thanks for tuning in and wishing all of you a cheery week.

Aloha Nui,

Vicky