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| Ghoulish Gecko |
[Note: This is another blog based on my weekly emails to my family on the mainland.]
11/6/21
Aloha, Everyone --
Happy Halloween! It was pretty much a
non-event here, as usual. There are almost no small kids in our
neighborhood, so the action is always elsewhere. We don't
even buy candy. Which means, unfortunately, no left-overs (I
particularly used to like the little Snickers bars).
I hope you're well
and staying warm. I've noticed a definite downward trend to your
daily temps, particularly at night. Same here. Last Monday night it
got down to 63d! I got that new pool cover on just in time, and it has
been working well -- despite the frigid night time temps our water has
stayed about 82d during the day. It does drop the water temp at night, but only by a
couple of degrees, and the frequent sunny days we've been
having bring it back up to a comfortable level.
On Tuesday I went
golfing with Karen as her substitute partner while her regular golf
buddy is on the mainland. We saw about 20 pairs of Nenes and at least
30 Peacocks (the course mascot), and once again
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| King of the Club House |
Our governor has deemed the state's Covid situation to be improved enough to relax travel restrictions for international visitors beginning next week. This has pleased those who depend on tourism for income, but it may mean a return to our over-taxed infrastructure situation that we had a few months ago. Visitors from other countries can escape quarantine by being vaccinated and having a negative test within 48 hours of boarding their flight to the US. Hawaii will accept that as long as they go straight through.
Also announced was a relaxation of occupancy restrictions for businesses as long as they require proof of vaccination or a negative test result. This is good news for restaurants, bars and gyms who have been barely breaking even at 50%.
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Ok, off my soap box and on to Farmer's Market and the beach. Take care. Stay healthy and sane.
3 comments:
hey. we buy MORE than enough Snickers for the few kids in the neighborhood just so we will have “leftovers” that we “have” to eat. Strategize!! (or engage in a little self-delusion, whatever it takes!)
Cooler is good, rain is better. I'm ready for a rainy season which might show up this year, I hope. I am experimenting with a side-hill water pocket to slow down the runoff and capture a little of that rain before it flows back in the ocean. Not much of an impact, but I might learn something. For example, on the 2.5" rain day my pocket caught almost all the runoff going down the road to our house and the evidence is that very little of it rain out of the pocket. When I went for a post-rain inspection, the bottom had sedimentary deposits, but no standing water. That was only a few minutes after the last significant part of the rain. So, that's interesting to me. It might solve an erosion problem I have and at least stop floating debris from overwhelming my storm drain. Small success!
If we had even ONE kid in our neighborhood we could rationalize buying several bags of candy. As it is, I guess we'll just admit that we're doing it for ourselves....
Dennis -- Small successes add up to a giant positive effect. Unfortunately that works in reverse, too.
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