06-04-2005, 11:20 PM
Thanks Dave and everyone who has written here or emailed me. This string is intended to share the adventure and the fun as well as how-to information. Anyone can author their own topic. I don't see where interfering serves any purpose. So, on with the story...
Today hubby put up a new mailbox.. not that we actually have mail delivery... but a friend made it, it's cool with a nice large seahorse, so it's up! As soon as the county sees fit to get us our permit and give us an actual address I guess we'll add that too.
Lots of little things are happening. Hubby built a new garden box; I just have to decide whether to fill it with strawberries or an herb garden. Excavation continues slowly because of rain. The Composting toilet addition to the cabinet is under way. The garden is sprouting up FAST now with lots of evening showers and hot daytime sun.
I have made some new friends over the soil offer which has been great fun (I posted an offer for some of the soil we are excavating if people want to come get it). I even got to hook up an internet friend from California with a local friend here to buy palm trees, then get mulch and soil so he could bust through sa bunch of rock and plant the trees on his Orchidland place. It is great fun to share this adventure with those of like spirit.
Gathering the Ohia's for the cabin addition, we broke through an area we hadn't explored yet and found a lovely new and undisturbed pasture. It was just like the first time I saw our property.... my heart filled with Awe as I noticed many little details.. the sun, the shade, the sprouting of fiddleheads, the pathway that is likely a pig trail, the orchids in a shady spot. The whole experience filled me with excitement and awe. Hawaii is so beautiful, and our little corner Puna seems to be the most beautiful of all to me. I am soooo lucky to be here.
Off for a good nights sleep now. Tomorrow we mix cement, set posts and build an elevated floor. Never a dull moment.
Aloha and Mahalo.
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
Today hubby put up a new mailbox.. not that we actually have mail delivery... but a friend made it, it's cool with a nice large seahorse, so it's up! As soon as the county sees fit to get us our permit and give us an actual address I guess we'll add that too.
Lots of little things are happening. Hubby built a new garden box; I just have to decide whether to fill it with strawberries or an herb garden. Excavation continues slowly because of rain. The Composting toilet addition to the cabinet is under way. The garden is sprouting up FAST now with lots of evening showers and hot daytime sun.
I have made some new friends over the soil offer which has been great fun (I posted an offer for some of the soil we are excavating if people want to come get it). I even got to hook up an internet friend from California with a local friend here to buy palm trees, then get mulch and soil so he could bust through sa bunch of rock and plant the trees on his Orchidland place. It is great fun to share this adventure with those of like spirit.
Gathering the Ohia's for the cabin addition, we broke through an area we hadn't explored yet and found a lovely new and undisturbed pasture. It was just like the first time I saw our property.... my heart filled with Awe as I noticed many little details.. the sun, the shade, the sprouting of fiddleheads, the pathway that is likely a pig trail, the orchids in a shady spot. The whole experience filled me with excitement and awe. Hawaii is so beautiful, and our little corner Puna seems to be the most beautiful of all to me. I am soooo lucky to be here.
Off for a good nights sleep now. Tomorrow we mix cement, set posts and build an elevated floor. Never a dull moment.
Aloha and Mahalo.
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"