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You didn’t miss Scott. Still using the rotary cutter to get the guinea grass down before switch. Plan is for next weekend.

Our pup, Makana has an affinity for Sophie’s shoes. Only chewed 1, but always relocating them.

I did the Y blades years ago, prefer the hammers. Have toyed with idea of using a mixed set. Would have to work out the balance.

Happy Birthday, Pop

70°F and no rain. Another area mowed. Guys won cards, 6 of the 7 hands. Somehow didn’t hit reply for thanks for all the well wishes [emoji3525]. Thanks again Didn’t sleep that well, had to get up 3 times to walk off cramps. Like start mowing another area today. Prayers for all Be...

69°F and .06 inches rain Much better mouth this morning. Replacing that 40+ yo Army filling was a bit more work than anticipated, but dentist did a great job I think. Need to get more mowing this morning. H & F at friends later. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

68°F and .1 inches rain Some more mowing done yesterday. The new restaurant was really good. Maybe Hilo’s option for higher end dining. Everything was excellent. Perhaps the best calamari ever. Everyone wants to return. Perfect place for a special event. Off to Hilo town this morning...

71°F and .01 inches rain Today marks 42 years for me and Sophie. Still beginners compared to some of you but I sure am blessed. Neighbor Mike helped pick up my freight yesterday Haven’t unpacked yet, but will look like this A nice dinner tonight at new to us restaurant Prayers for all...

71°F and no rain Highlight of yesterday was Sophie and I gave each other haircuts. Off to Hilo town this morning. Neighbor Mike has generously offered his truck to pick up a piece of freight too tall for my Tundra with cap. Happy Hour in town this afternoon Prayers for all Be safe Have a...

Good Sunday Morning. 69°F and no rain Finished interior mowing with the EGO Z turn. Getting a bit more adept, but still not 100%. I can see where it would be awesome on a nicely manicured estate. Can’t complain about the ride or cut. A neighbor came up yesterday to discuss a project and was...

Buppies, Eufy cameras usually on sale at better price during Prime sales

70°F and no rain. Passing showers forecast Good day mowing yesterday. About 15 minutes left of the front. I quit when Sophie’s EGO Z turn said 5% power as I don’t know how low you can go and still make it back to the shed. Will finish that today depending on wx. Dropped the Canadians at...

70°F and 0 rain Breakfast with the Canadians a pleasant break yesterday. Got to see some of the changes made to cottage. Got a couple hours mowing inside areas. Gals won at H&F Need to make a PO run this morning and some more mowing Take the Canadians to airport this afternoon for return...

68°F and 0 rain Good trip to Costco’s just earning more points than expected. That’s pretty much made the day. After unloading called for energy conversation. That worked Surprise invite by cottage Canadians for breakfast this morning. Looking forward to it. H&F this afternoon Prayers for...

68°F and 0 rain Off to Costco this morning. Into last bag of dog food. The furry kids like to eat so can’t run out. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

68°F and .01 inches rain Sophie does have a chipped tooth and will have to return for what Dentist described as an easy fix. Nothing monumental accomplished otherwise Happy Hour another successful gathering Need to make a PO run today. See the grass calling for attention. Prayers for all...

Congrats Scotty 🤙

68°F and no rain Off to Hilo, take Sophie for a dental, broken tooth. Need to do aUPS drop off. Happy Hour at friends house this afternoon Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

70°F and .37 inches rain Spent too much of yesterday getting Sophie’s new iPhone set up and functional. Tend to think the system was overwhelmed- super slow. Over 2 hours just to connect her watch and update the software. And then the fun of finding out which apps needed passwords reset, like...

73°F and .14 inches rain. Sophie had a good ophthalmologist appointment. Back on drops as still not completely healed. Got the gate installed, but boy did it kick my butt. Have some tweaking to do. Sophie’s new iPhone Air and AirPods arrived so I will get those set up today. Late lunch...

70°F and 0 rain Off to Hilo town this morning. Sophie has ophthalmologist appointment and I’ll get my gate hinges. My roasted miso sesame kabocha chicken came out excellent. Guys lost hugely at cards. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

70°F and .09 inches rain, passing showers this morning. Did get my man gate worked out Debating installation. Likely wait until I have the hinges Cards this afternoon. attempting a miso roasted kabucha with chicken. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

69°F and .16 inches rain Somewhat successful trip to HD yesterday. Bunch of stuff in back of truck to install the new mangate, but not everything. I outed to get the 4x6 gate kit as the description said it included everything except the posts. Get it home and it also doesn’t include the post...

71°F and .08 Passing showers I see where I didn’t hit the Reply button yesterday. Guess that was result of a panicky call from Sophie that she couldn’t get back inside the gate. Battery gone bad in opener. Got her in and that took the focus of the morning. Happy Hour in afternoon up at...

70°F and .08 inches rain About only thing of import yesterday wad getting some new shelves built in tractorshed. That area in need of reorganization. Likely watch some football today. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

70°F and 43% chance of passing showers Other than hoping to resume mowing no big plans for the day. Rethinking my mowing strategy for my new flail, due to arrive near end of the month. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Drew, I’m with you on the cost of food, just makes me shudder at times. Not getting any better. But I’ve also had something of a shift. Guess it probably started during the lockdown, but at times I will look at something and almost immediately put it down, then Sophie might say, “but what would...

70°F and 1.0 inches rain Dried Got a couple hours mowing Laupahoehoe end of property, hope to get more today. Need to make a PO run. Guys won H&F Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

71°F and .42 inches rain Dried out enough yesterday to get some more interior mowing. Hopefully this mowing I can attack an outside the fence section. Very nice grilled salmon dinner at friends. John has one of the larger Kubotas, same as RNG I believe. Already more than 350 hours and it been...

Not to be political, but a political assassination today. Charlie Kirk speaking on a college campus. Only 31. So sad the hate in our country, so sad. RIP Charlie and prayers for your family.

I suspect those container were all full. boy, what a mess. Can’t help but wonder if anything was tagged for me.

Had to get Sophie’s Kenmore replace a couple years ago. Problem was Control board no longer available.

70°F and .31 inches rain, forecast to be another wet one Yesterday turned into a day of on and off much needed rain. Not a lot but every little bit helps I watched the Apple Event, about the only thing even remotely related to my tech days. The wetness promoted energy conservation , but...

69°F and .3 inches of much needed but unexpected rain. A bit more experience with Sophie’s EGO zero turn yesterday. Can see it be my preference over the tractor , but it does do a very nice, lawn type cut. HH in one of our older haunts precovid days. They seemed pleased to see us. Wx going...

66°F and no rain. Looks like Kiko may pass us by with minimal to no effects. The was hope for some rain relief. Likely get a few hours mowing. HH in town this afternoon. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great w

Thanks, Kyle. Nothing new. Dr told me shortly after I retired that I had asthma, have had inhalers ever since of various brands. earlier this year, VA said i didn’t have asthma, have COPD. Will be interesting what I’m told as result of this PFT.

Great news about Dona, Ted 🙏🙏🙏

Nope Kekoa, Makani, Makana, and Simba the cat.

70°F and .22 inches rain. Change of no plans yesterday. About 10 days ago we noticed Makani had a sore his collar. Guessed it was caused by the wire keeper from his name tag. Removed collar and applied a topical, some improvement but not significant. Called vet and surprised to get same day...

70°F and no rain Uneventful visit to the medical center and my PFT. Really impressed by all the construction going on, a result of the billionaire Beniof. Didn’t notice at first, but apparently my motivation missed the ride home. Probably get some mowing in this morning. This evening our...

I’ve grown to like the HUD in my Tundra.

Drew, have heard good reports on the HF Predator generator.

69°F and .03 inches rain My short ribs were excellent and the guys won. Today I’m off to Hilo Medical Center for a Pulmonary Function Test, PFT, courtesy of the VA. Doubtful I’ll get into much after that by the time I get home. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Our propane dryer says no dryer sheets.

Dog food is what drives our Costco visits

69°F and .06 inches rain Got my LS back running and mowed some of the heavy stuff. H&F this afternoon. My task is to make some delicious beef short ribs Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

At the old Pease AFB? My Dad helped build that when I was in grammar school. Loved going to airshows there, B47s. Did a Civil Air Patrol summer camp there one year.

First washer I remember was a small, square thing with a hand crank wringer. We lived in a trailer at the time, I doubt it was maybe 16in square. Then she got one of the round, white ones with electric wringer. Must have been used as didn’t have too long and didn’t always work and about 6 or 7th...

Looking forward to pics of that tool.

Clothes lines, ahhh the memories. While just in grammar school my Mom had on of those umbrella types, 4 sides, multiple lines, start in middle and work your way out. Yea, hanging out and retrieving the clothes was one on my responsibilities. No too bad except for Maine winter when the actually...

69°F and 0 rain Successful replacement of my charge controller, system back to full Iarging capacity. Not sure if I should be grateful I didn’t find any problem, and I checked top to bottom or frustrated that 1 component went bad and I don’t have a reason. Both Sophie and I spent some time on...

71°F and no rain Some how managed to lose a charge controller from my solar, electric yesterday but mystery as to why. Noticed 2 CC not listed in the app, so investigated, found a tripped circuit breaker, no apparent reason. Reset it and a bit of flash at the VC and released the magic smoke...

71°F and no rain 1 Sept and Labor Day - year is flying by. A bit of frustration as I changed out the fuel filter in LS and drained some diesel managed to get air in system and not success getting fully bled. Will have to revisit today. Happy Hour this afternoon at neighbors. Prayers for...

Meditate while driving?

71°F and .44 inches much needed rain Light and intermittent thru most of the day. Spent too much time attempting to repair puppy modified 3rd light wiring on my Tundra. Able to get mangled connector reinserted but light not working. Then I realized I have never actually seen it work, just...

70°F and o rain passing showers forecast, which we sure could use Not much accomplished after Friday follies. I decided to make my roasted curry kabocha soup with shrimp, which is a hours long process but so worth it. Guys won H&F in a back and forth game. Enjoying the Apple series, Chief...

67°F and 0 rain Sophie’s EGO mower came with a dead battery. Too much time on the phone and got that resolved, then found YouTube solution and got it charged to 100%. Then some initial trials around the house. I think it will be a great addition. Never got it out of minimum power, standard...

I’m for keeping it that way

69°F and 0 rain Lowe’s delivery finally just before 6pm Got it a spot in the tractorshed and on its charger. This morning will be learning experience for me and teach Sophie. Should be interesting. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

70°F and .05 inches rain Need to do a po run this morning. Rescheduled Lowe’s delivery expected between 2-6 this afternoon. Nothing major planned otherwise Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Dog Day My 3 waiting for breakfast

69°F and .19 inches rain Had my initial VA healthcare appointment yesterday. A solid 60 minutes with APRN and RN. Have to say more comprehensive than Medicare Wellness. Had EKG that will go to Cardiologist, possible referrals to Pulmonary and someone about my leg cramps. All my labs were good...

I just can’t understand the hypocrisy of vegans. Sure our steaks, chops, chicken breasts were alive once. But how cruel is it to pluck a fruit from a tree, rip a veggie from the ground, consume it in many cases while still alive or in the throes of dying? We, meatatarians, wouldn’t think of...

69°F and .01 inches rain Finished mowing that area yesterday, seeing more improvement. Invited to neighbor Dwayne’s for dinner last night along with 2 other couples that had never been there. The road to get there somewhat an adventure, single lane curvy, up and down hill with a bridge and...

70°F and .14 inches rain Squeezed an hour mowing in yesterday. Maybe today I can finish that area. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

This one seems to act as an on/off switch. Opens to allow fuel, closes to shutoff fuel and kill engine. Yup, got replacement off Amazon

69°F and .65 inches rain Another good day mowing yesterday, just not as much as anticipated. Went out as soon as dry enough and made progress A couple hours. Took a break for lunch. Just as we were sat down to eat got a txt from LA friends asking to meet them for early dinner, and their treat...

70°F and .08 inches rain. Sophie’s Scag running well with new carburetor. Spent the afternoon on the LS and got a good section mowed. Looking better and better every iteration but still long way to go. Would like to get other side of drive mowed today but wx showing passing showers until...

71°F and .16 inches rain Got the new carburetor for Sophie’s Scag. Will get that installed today. That solenoid piece at bottom was sticking. Gonna cleanup her Sear mower and put that on CL. Mowes well, but that is the one she brought the frame I mended. Prayers for all Be safe Have a...

71°F and .58 inches rain Divine intervention guided me to energy conservation yesterday. Who am I to argue Need to mow the Cottage area. Our Canadian friends coming in Thursday for a short stay. Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

72°F and .01 inches rain Got the new microwave swapped in yesterday. Same as old just newer. Old One starting to rust inside and door button sticking at times. A bit disappointed that a scheduled Lowe’s delivery was rescheduled for another 12 days. Sophie’s burger and dogs BBQ a great success...

73°f and 0 rain A very good day yesterday, when all the little things just came together. Quite impressed with the VA Clinic. In and out less than 15 minutes. Lee in a cup and blood draw. Super nice staff Out of there so quickly got to take Sophie out for breakfast. iPhone fixed with new...

Happy Birthday And wished you never have another KS

71°F and no rain Off to town this morning. Trash run, PO run, some shopping. Begin a new adventure. 1st appointment with VA med clinic. Lab work ahead of my appointment next week. Not sure extent, but fasting. Have appointment for iPhone repair also. Prayers for all Be safe Have a grea day

68°F and .01 inches rain Nothing big planned for the day. Piddle around, some maintenance stuff Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Prayers for your Dad, Dennis

69°F and .08 inches rain. Long day yesterday, made longer by own inattention. Get to brewery on way home, prepared to pick up new keg after enjoying a nice lunch and can’t find my wallet/phone. Watch shows it not connected. My friend, Dwayne asks description, says I think in may have been in...

70°F and .05 inches rain Off to Kona this morning Neighbor rented a dump truck to be returned and I’m his ride home. Of course a stop at Costco and the brewery. Will make for a full day as not leaving until later. Nice in town Happy Hour. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

72°F and no rain Good progress yesterday, but not quite finished - today. Happy Hour in town. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

68°F and no rain Good progress mowing yesterday. Hopefully finish today On of the neighbors had a small gathering with live music. A fun time. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

70°F and .17 inches rain. Gonna watch my friend compete in masters swim meet again this morning. Fixed the fwd drive shaft on Sophie’s BX. Forgot that you can’t drive over that deck without 4wd. But I have figured out how to remove the deck, just a real PITA. Back to mowing with my LS...

68°F and .09 inches rain Mowing continues. Too much time on computer and phone yesterday over a banking issue. Hopefully today I find out if finally resolved. Watched my friend John compete in his swim meet. Didn’t place as high as last year but kudos just for being there. Good meet up...

72°F and .02 inches rain. Still mowing to do, but so happy I was able to remount tire Need to take my iPhone to Apple Store. Guess I dropped it 1 too many times and have a series of very bright streaks running top to bottom that don’t turn off. Meeting friends back from LA for another visit...

Almost, a couple hundred feet from tractorshed

Ahhhh, the memories 😁

Success Shot of ether/starter fluid and BOOM. Seems to be holding at 23 psi. Of course started raining just as I finished.

71°F and .03 inches rain. Interest, but not in best way day yesterday Managed to dislodge rear tire off rim, broke bead both sides. A 15 minute job for sime of you guys, not me. My first task this morning Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Just don’t understand all these folks getting older !!!!

69°F and .01 inches rain Nice Happy Hour in Town yesterday Need to make another PO run today. Actually forgot to mail my taxes. Looks like a good day for more mowing Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

70°F and .54 inches rain Mostly energy conservation yesterday although I did get the dogs area mowed. Trip to PO this morning as tracking indicates delivery. FWD drive shaft has come off Sophie’s BX again. Can’t find the pin for the universal so need to pick one up at the Dealer. Somewhat a...

My sincerest sympathies

70°F and .05 inches rain Yesterday’s property tax seminar was very well done and lasted almost 3 hours. County has been trying to revamp this almost 3 years and some of prior meetings have been borderline fiascos. They appear to have finally gotten it together as implementation takes hold. Has...

69°F and .12 inches rain and raining. Dried enough after yesterday showers I was able to knock down the rest of the guinea grass area, most of it 3ft, some 4 ft tall County having a zoom presentation this morning on the new ag property rules. Wrote my check for half of this years extortion...

Happy Birthday, Ken And many more

What about Fastenal?

71°F and no rain. Nothing earth shattering for Sophie. Some bursitis in the hip. Gave her some home exercises as she declined PT. Doesn’t feel there is a problem with the almost 27 yo hip but trip to ortho would be next. Going back on her CPD tincture. Guys won H&F Should get back to mowing...

71°F and .0 rain OurThai restaurant adventure was interesting. 11 of us and we took over the place - literally. No more room, owner could only serve take out other than us. But no complaints as we took good care of them. The wife is the chef and boy the food was excellent. Our friend Dwayne...

73°F and 0 rain Success mowing yesterday - until I lost a stabilizer pin. Managed to limp back to tractorshed and call it a day. Will scrounge around and look for another but not much hope. Guess everyone has heard our Tsunami warning garnered most of the attention starting yesterday...

71°F and .02 inches rain Got a good start on Hilo side mowing. Picked up oil cooler at PO and mostly installed. Need to finish that and top off hydraulic fluid then resume mowing. Nice Happy Hour gathering at the golf course. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

71°f and .0 rain Finished up mowing on the Laupahoehoe end of property but I swear it’s already tall enough to redo hehe, but not this week. Now to mow Hilo end. Need to make PO run, hopefully my oiler cooler will be off Waikiki holiday. Happy hour in town this afternoon at the golf course...

69°F and .96 inches rain Good progress mowing yesterday. At least until overcome by the light drizzle. Just need to trim by the coconut trees to finish that area. Hopefully it dries enough today. Oil cooler didn’t make it from Honolulu, weekending in Waikiki I guess. Prayers for all Be safe...

68°F and .0 inches rain Refilled 5 5 g of diesel. Got some other errands. Oil Cooler from Messick in Honolulu according to USPS tracking More mowing today Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

67°F and .01 inches rain A successful mowing And after Guys won H& F, gals not pleased. 😁 Need to refill my diesel Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

71°F and 0 rain. Another day of progress mowing yesterday. Met the SIL of a neighbor with his new 60 inch, Diesel Kubota mowers, the over $20k model. He was mowing my next door neighbor’s. Nice machine. He has a side mowing business. He did admit he wouldn’t tackle what I was doing. Hope to...

Absolutely, here is the one we got 20+ years ago when we rescued Jack. He came with bad separation anxiety. This is a current pic(Makana), taken just minutes ago. 26 boxes and 3 cats have found refuge there. The current 3 + 1 still do, daily.

71°F and .0 rain Good progress mowing yesterday, interrupted by a trip to town to buy shear bolt. Still have overheating issue, but I paid much closer attention. Situation occurs when under heavy load, mowing tall, thick grass while driving uphill in 2nd range. Recovery much quicker ( about 2...

69°F and 0 inches rain. Looking like a great day to get some mowing done, so that’s what I’ll be doing. Do need to make a PO run at some point and UPS is due for a delivery. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

LS has all new fluids and filters, ready to attack the guinea grass again. I may have mentioned having some overheating. Could be the non oem hydraulic cooler is smaller than the OEM, don’t have specs. So added a 4 inch, 12vdc fan in front of the cooler. Controlled by the ignition switch. We’ll...

Hard to believe my baby boy turns 5yo today. And getting so gray. Still a pup at heart.

Looks nice. Good job Dennis

Has to be 100% here. I’m only 60%. No partial exemption. Civilian disability is also 100% and a set dollar amount, $100k

County does. I haven’t kept up with new rules, not sure they are final yet. Grazing pasture used to be valued $200/acre, lowest on the scale.

71°F and .28 inches rain. Yesterday morning finally dried out enough for a later start and made some progress. Then a call from a neighbor. Kelvin is a local, retired police officer, has lived at bottom of the hill since way before we moved here and raises beef cattle. He had cattle on our...

69°F and 1.2 inches rain. A wet one Pretty much an inside day yesterday and today could be a repeat. No problem. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Happy Birthday, Kyle And many many more

70°F and .05 inches rain. Successful trip to town yesterday. $223 for 10 g of Universal Tractor fluid and another $98.50 to top off the Tundra. Had a late lunch when we got home, a nice salad with shrimp. Then it hit me, apparently my motivation missed the ride back from town. Had to call an...

Usually when it broke

71°F and .73 inches rain As expected yesterday just sort of dwindled away doing little stuff Guys valiantly lost at cards, giving the gals bragging rights for the week, but in spite of them leading from the get go it came down to final count and we almost pulled it out. Need to go into town...

69°F and .23 inches rain. Trip to Costco pretty much as planned. Adding in gas and lunch and the CC is another $800 heavier per usual. Just seems we get less. Need to piddle around a bit but hopefully get some mowing in. H&F at friends this afternoon. Prayers for all Be safe Have a...

68°F and .2 inches rain Got a good start mowing Laupahoehoe end of property. Longish day ahead. Pilgrimage to Costco to make our periodic contribution. Taking Sophie’s Ascent Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Thanks for update, Drew

69°F and .19 inches rain. During my coffee yesterday Sophie said I needed to look at her BX, that it wasn’t cutting well last time she used it. Something about me probably cutting a palm frond. Turns out that the middle blade was quite loose. Not able to tighten with a socket and unable to get...

Awesome Buppies. When Sophie was in hospital from her accident we had our 1st boxer, a white male. Early on, I got permission to bring him to her room. He wasn’t a trained therapy dog, but i couldn’t bring him in more than few times a week as it would take me half an hour or more to get to her...

68°F and 0 rain Not a big day planned, most likely start new round of mowing. Happy Hour will be at county park this afternoon Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

This has been a very interesting day. You might recall, I finally got VA Disability last fall, 10% for tinnitus. Was also able to determine everything else was denied, but denied without any sort of records. Disheartening, but I resolved to file the Supplemental and supply everything I could...

Sounds like a great celebration, Ken Definitely a great reason to celebrate.

Best mod to my 20T press was the air hydraulic jack. So much better than pumping.

68°F and .42 inches of rain light drizzle throughout the day made for an inside day We missed it. After we were in town this huge banyan tree uprooted Otherwise a quiet day here No big plans for the day. Piddle around. Maybe see why Mule is acting up again. Prayers for all Be safe Have a...

70°F and .06 rain. Finished that round of mowing. Likely give it a day or 2 before starting again, but to be honest it has grown enough I could just keep going LOL Likely go to town today, need a few staples and need to replace the head of kitchen pull down faucet. Do’t see how to possibly...

67°F and .08 inches rain A bit more mowing done, more today My one pot chicken Alfredo was a hit. Likely make it again someday. Guys won H&F, but not a runaway. The girls kept us on our toes. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

I remember that term from when I was a kid. Where they kept the trucks and equipment.🤙

Don, you check out that EGO zero turn yet?

Happy Birthday, Happy And many more

68°F and .1 inches rain Got a couple hours mowing in the afternoon. Boy a lot of the far side was over 3 foot tall. Amazing what a bit of rain, sun and time will do. Will continue today. Sophie found a 1 pot chicken Alfredo she wants me to attempt. This afternoon is our H&F. Makana is...

Happy Birthday Mostly And many more

68°F and .03 inches rain. Air fryer came out nice. Radiator hose arrived. Should get installed today. Very nice lunch with friends Update on mower: EGO POWER+ Z6 52-in 56-volt Lithium ion Electric Zero-turn, not 54 inch. On sale $1000 off at Lowe’s. Nice looking machine. Super quiet. Very...

Definitely Don It’s the 54in. Was on sale at Lowes. Many of us curious as this is a tough environment. He’s not mowing a golf course.

Glad your pup is adjusting Buppies. Prayers Ours still adjusting

69°F and 1.04 inches rain $.63 thermal cutoff seems to have done the trick on air fryer. Let Easy Off work its magic over night on some particularly stubborn areas. Will reassemble this morning. LS radiator hose didn’t make it over from Honolulu, maybe today. Successful trip to town and...

70°F and .43 inches rain 1st task is attempt repair of my air fryer. Suspect it is the thermal resistor. Had this happen with 1st one a few years ago. They refunded my money under warranty and I bought this one. Then I found the fix on YT. Replace the thermal resistor in power line. I have a...

67°F and .26 inches rain Interesting and just started coming down pretty good. Enjoyed my recovery day yesterday. Looks like I might enjoy a followup depending on this weather. Of course I see that the grass growing isn’t taking a break. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

69°F and .17 inches rain. Another successful 4th of July gathering. 40 people Too much really good food and great company. Just a tad more clean up and think today will be a recovery day. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Happy Birthday America Happy 4th of July 68°F and .17 inches rain. This will be our 16th Annual 4th of July gathering. Expecting about 40 people. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

68°F and .14 inches rain Interesting 4th of July prep continues. Some pw sometime today. Less than traditional, Sophie made some stuffed cabbage, 1 turkey, 1 beef/pork. Those will cook slowly and be ready. Cabbage was local grown by neighbor. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

69°F and .1 inches rain Interesting exercise brainstorming the Quonset hit build. Not sure there is 1 true right way. A couple thousand nuts and bolts a challenge. That metal sure is flimsy and they recommend less than finger tight. Today I’ll start prepping for our gathering 4th of July...

67°F and 0 rain No mowing, a tractor break. Have to replce lower radiator hose. 3-4 weeks to get locally. Will order from Messicks. Good happy hour. Brainstorming session at friends on how to erect his quonset hut. company provided 3 sets of instructions. Need to determine safest way for the...

68°F and 0 rain Another section mowed, but some energy conservation yesterday. A nice day. More mowing today. Happy Hour in town Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Thanks Dennis, I run E0 in all my gas stuff including truck and car.

Took a chance and drove the Mule about a mile up the road to check on a friend’s property. combo Hi & Lo, 2wd & 4wd, reverse. So all in all a decent work out. Uphill going downhill coming home. No issues.

Don’t be a stranger. we’ve missed you.

Taking free feeding to another level

Hard to believe this not so little anymore girl has been here 9 weeks. About 99% house trained. From time to time she doesn’t make it off the concrete to the grass. Poor timing or lazy, can’t tell. She does not like being scolded. Otherwise in true to form female boxer fashion she has assumed...

Condolences Drew, you have written of her often. 12 years, time flys.

70°F and .01 inches rain Some good progress mowing yesterday Looks like I might even finish up the area today. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Update on my 2022 Kawasaki Mule 4010. Thanks for all the input. As stated my primary suspect was fuel delivery. Replaced fuel filter, checked lines, tested fuel pump… Started and ran a few times, trying to pay attention to the sounds and except first run would stop before the stall. Looking...

We are about an hour drive. Unless VOG, we don’t smell it. glow was visible faintly at neighbors at the big eruption a few years ago.

68°F and .14 inches rain Very enjoyable day playing tour guide with friends yesterday. We had’t been in Volcano National Park main area in a couple of years. Lots of construction going on. We were invited on board ship for late lunch. Very good. Oceans Insignias, one of the smaller cruise...

68°F and .12 inches rain. Guys won H&F last night Off to pick up friends at Hilo port and play tour guide for the day. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

67°F and .71 inches rain. Did a bit of mower maintenance yesterday, but never dried enough to mow. Mule still driving me crazy. It will start, run for 30 seconds or so, sounding good then sounds abit rough and quits. Quits sooner if given gas. Will not restart unless it has sat an hour or...

68°F and 47 inches rain Busy day yesterday. Doctor really pleased with her eye healing. Next appointment not until September 25 g diesel one $100, fill up Tundra at $4.70 almost another 100. Terrific meal out with friends. Shared a family style meal for the 8 of us. Probably didn’t hurt...

Happy 50th Anniversary, Don and Mrs

68°F and .8 inches rain Able to get friends port schedule sorted out , they arrive Friday morning. Spent a little maintenance time on the LS. Nice Happy Hour in town later Busy day ahead. Sophie has eye doc appointment. Need to pick up my beer gas bottle and refill 5 diesel cans in Hilo...

Glad your son and everyone good, Ken

Sorry about your friend, Phil. RIP

not really, Drew. Drains really well. Now, a smaller dozer, hmmmmm

67°F and 1.13 inches rain a wet one, still raining. Some mowing yesterday , until tractor started over heating. Need to investigate. Today a big ?? at this point. Received a very short and lacking detail email from friends on a round the world cruise saying they would like to meet up in Hilo...

Hmmm, hadn’t considered taking off back set and fluff is good description of what I have in mind. i don’t figure the disc need any additional weight as I’m looking to disturb not destroy the surface.

Catching and turning up the larger rocks. Using rippers even worse. My thinking in the disc harrow was to just loosen the top enough for land rake to be effective. No need to disturb the base, just need to smooth out.

Thanks, Ponytug. I should have said 1” minus. The fines are important.

If I could poke our TBN brain trust. In Jun 2014 we redid our lower driveway. Base in an old cane road, topped with 1” minus stone. 11 years has taken its toll. While tempted to just bring in more rock, I think some prep in order. A bit wash boardy in places. Years before the redo, I...

Learned years ago securing plastic in truck body can be tricky. Bought a number of those 1x6 pvc boards for some finish work. Drove all the way home, 20 miles from HD, no hurry to unload. Next morning Sophie went for her walk, came home and announced, “ you know one of your boards is in middle...

Congrats on pup, Buppies. Enjoy Ours exploring new territory Figured out how to make it onto bed while Sophie was attempting to change bed linen.

69°F and .19 inches rain God Bless the USA Laupahoehoe end basically mowed, some trimming around the coconut palms Hope to start Hilo end but may get rain delay. Another 8 hours should pretty much do it. RSVPs for 4th of July coming in Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

72°F and no rain Another very good day mowing. But what a slog, really paying for letting it grow taller and thicker. Still not as bad as the original cutting though. Will continue today. Finish up the Laupahoehoe end of property. Maybe, but only maybe get started on Hilo end. I did get a txt...

69°F and .05 inches rain Excellent day with the BX mowing. Got all my interior sections mowed. Today I’ll switch over to my LS and attack the extetior portions starting on the Laupahoehoe end of property. Almost embarrassing how high and thick it got while Sophie was away. I’ll be paying the...

68°F and .16 inches rain. The wetness won yesterday. Finally dry enough early afternoon only to have skies do another dump just enough to soak me before I could get back to tractorshed. Gave up Plan remains to resume mowing today. Scotty, hope those stones pass. Ouch Prayers for all Be...

Happy Birthday, Ron. Quite the milestone.

Dennis, Thanks Imagine 9 retired guys, the youngest with bad enough back it was reason he retired. 😁

68°F and .8 inches rain. Fun day yesterday, 😁 Got the concrete mixed and poured for friends catchment ring. The good news is we all still friends and talking nice. The owner friend is an engineer. Does not like deviation from his plan until he accepts it’s not working. That would have been...

67°F and .69 inches rain and raining. Got a good start mowing interior areas yesterday. A more challenging effort was trying to get a signature guarantee. Struck out 4 places. Guess I will be calling around. Nice HH gathering Plan for the day is to be part of a concrete mixing and pouring...

68°F and .31 inches rain Nothing accomplished yesterday. Just an easy, chill out day with Sophie interspersed with little stories of her and her sisters. Had a really good grilled Ribeye Need to start new round of mowing. Happy Hour in town today Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Happy Father’s Day 68°F and .59 inches rain. Really enjoyed watching the Army birthday celebration. Spectacular, positive event compared to the hate mongering and rioting celebrated by the media. Local coverage even more biased. Sophie back home. life is good. She likes the newly painted...

69°F and .13 inches rain Looks like yesterdays post didn’t go Got the new LED lights installed in 2 bathrooms. Nice. Sophie comes home today. She is on the plane. Life will be back to normal. Sure have missed her. Need to tidy up just a bit. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

68°f and .06 inches rain Impressed with the new carpet machine. Does excellent job extracting the water. Afternoon didn’t get off to great start. One furry little girl managed to get diarrhea before we even got to the PO. Fortunately had some paper towels and able get her cleaned up and...

72°F and 0 rain Frustrating day with the pool vac yesterday. Put together twice. First time I got to the last piece and it didn’t seem right so totally disassembled again Turns out the error was my memory. Reassembled. It wanted a software update. Kept getting stuck. And time out. To be...

70°F and .05 inches rain A bit of clean up piddling around yesterday. Replacement board and rollers for Dolphin at the PO Will be putting that back together today Newest addition to our little group, moved from Florida, got 55 yds concrete delivered. $340/yd. Didn’t have the heart to ask...

71°F and .06 inches rain. New hardware installed on the doors. Need the pickup a new razor blade scraper. Guess it has been years since buying single edge blades. Homemade sliders at neighbors a treat. She makes really good kimchi too. Need to make a PO run and dump. Happy Hour in town...

68° and .1 inches rain. Finally, all the doors painted. Need to remove masking and reinstall hardware on the last sets Maybe my task of the day Invited up to neither for burgers later Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

66°F and .09 inches rain. Long, tiring, but successful day yesterday. I honestly thought I was going to get all those doors painted, but by the time I was done only 5 sets, 10 doors. At least they look good. Plan for the day is finish the other 3 sets, 6 doors. Doable [emoji1] Prayers for...

66°F and .30 inches rain Interesting never a hard rain, just light and intermittent Didn’t get any painting done. Prep. 8 sets of French doors, that’s 16 doors. Remove the handle and lock hardware today and maybe some touch up sanding then I can paint. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

67°F .44 inches rain Good trip to town, took longer than anticipated. Apparently the PCB in my pool vac is toast. Same error as when I started. Turn it on, says it is running, but isn’t, says not communicating, then quits. Replacement board ordered. Hope to get started on a painting project...

68°F and .45 inches rain Interesting Gonna load the furry kids into the truck. Had and some errands Half way through Sophie’s sister visit. sister doing well. Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Apparently mine no longer a current model, definitely out of warranty. Spent too much of the morning disassembling and cleaning the motor box. Fair amount of corrosion. Did get it all cleaned up, but gave up finding my tube of silicone grease. Good chance I just used it all. So will have to get...

I have a repurposed tote cage as well. Like it.

68°F and .43 inches rain Interesting day Curious as to what a Dolphin Sigma pool vac looks like That’s about $1200 worth. Did find a bit of water in the motor box. Motors tested out fine with a battery. Dried out pcb but not tested. So today I will put back together [emoji1696] Very nice...

69°F and .07 inches rain An almost relaxing day yesterday. Our Dolphin pool vac has been hit and miss, mostly miss. So decided to troubleshoot. It’s out of warranty Power supply and cable check out. Good thing as I’d pretty much decided I wasn’t spending $300 to replace the cable. So as of...

69°F and .27 inches rain Another rule broken And the best place to spend the night Oh well, chair has aged and worn, She wins. Plan is just piddle about today Prayers for all Be safe Have a great day

Hey Drew, what about a remote start?

69°F and .22 inches rain Eyes good for another year. Interesting appointment. Dr had moved to new location since last visit. A than the, annoying to me, fill out 3 pages questionaire, not just update. This one was about 50 pages past the toner running out, barely readable. Had to ask the desk...

66°F and .22 inches rain Friends concrete pour went fairly well yesterday. 3rd truck was a bit late but should be ok My life still a bit disjointed with Sophie gone, but really due to one over exuberant little boxer girl. She is still small enough to slip through the stiles of the house (pool)...