September 25,2023
Welcome to Blog #34-two days late
It is FINALLY happening! Ten large crates of my “stuff” were delivered Thursday afternoon by Sam at Redo Trucking. Sam is the man who brings in all the food and materials for the Hana Hotel and Hana Ranch. His biggest truck could only bring half the load in one trip from Royal Hawaiian Movers storage in Kahalui. It was quite an operation as he was able to get up this challenging driveway. Then one at a time he unloaded each crate with his forklift.
Just about the same time Thursday evening I picked up Edwin and Silipei, my helpers from Oahu. They were absolute life savers and I could have never done this without their help. It only took a day to unload and Sam was back Saturday afternoon to pick up the empty crates and return to Royal Hawaiian.
It is now Sunday morning and it was so busy during the last days I could not write until this moment. And, actually it is now Monday morning and I have been totally swept away putting the crate contents into places. There have been many many boxes each packed with lots of paper. Royal Hawaiian did such a great job wrapping everything to the max! I have only found one wine glass broken.
Chris, the builder has his tools still inside and the solar equipment is inside so the space is very crowded. Edwin and Silipei are super hard workgoiers and they started 6:30 Friday morning and we were still working late Sunday afternoon just in time to catch the plane back to Honolulu. It was a moving marathon! Besides unpacking and moving furniture to make room for more and more being unloaded they were putting shelves together while I was unpacking, throwing boxes and papers outside and putting things on shelves. I have ended up with quite an accumulation of family heirlooms. They will all make an impressive coconut research institute-Koali Niu. Besides Indrajit expertise we are planning on having visiting scholars come here to share knowledge.
Over the weekend we did have time for some fun. Derek, who also came to help brought bananas and a batch of coconuts.We drank the water and ate the coconut. Friday night we joined a group of friends for pizza and music. And, we had some great meals around the fire.
I have almost finished my patio with the white coral pavers. I always think of Trudy while I am placing the stones as she was so good at this. Wednesday I am going to pick up small black pebbles to place in-between the stones.
And, one last note my friend Karen who is a great designer gave us the idea of putting a vertical grave branch along Kinau Wilder’s pottery repair table which I am using for an island. This would provide a cool way of bringing electricity down to the island. Monday Chris cut the branch, but we needed an army to carry it closer to the shed for drying.
The other work in progress is the shed for the solar unit. The solar will be installed next week and I can hardly wait for this to happen.
Ok, jobs are calling and I have to get going now to finish some work. Everybody seems happy dashing around the yard and laying in the bushes. The days are getting shorter and we are getting more rain now. And, it is just a few days until Blog #35 will be sent out on Saturday. Sorry to be off schedule with this. Hope you tune in for the #35.
Aloha Nui,
Vicky
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