The lava flows down the mountain while driving to Hilo.
Some sheep.
Clouds over the mountains.
Sunrise ray.
When I turned this corner, all of these chickens started following me. I'd assume someone feeds them.
Sometimes people walk over to the cafeteria at the Hilo hospital.
Beef stroganoff and pot roast, and very cheap.
The Grand Naniloa Hotel, a Doubletree by Hilton.
The rooms are in the curved tower.
There must be stray cats here.
Pretty stained glass.
A poster of the Hokulea, a Polynesian double-hulled voyage canoe, that is traveling around the Pacific ocean on a voyage called Moananuiakea.
Lobby.
Neat boat display.
Neat couch area.
Tours they provide.
The room.
With a nice view.
Love that Doubletrees have cookies.
You can tip the maid with a QR code.
Although my mouse doesn't work on the glass-top desk.
Samsung's One UI 8.5 is out. It has a lot of AI stuff.
And social media stuff.
AI to erase images in photos.
Or add stuff.
A few other features.
It'll read your texts in real-time and provide info. That might be helpful, but it's also quite invasive.
You can customize your home screen more.
I don't like the updated clock font, so I changed it to be as close as possible to what it was before, which was more blocky.
Privacy Display limits screen visibility from side angles. I wonder how it does that.
Two small pieces of rainbow and rain in the morning.
Zoomed in.
More.
The rainbow got larger but dimmer over time.
The back patio.
Lawn.
Indoor/outdoor restaurant.
Mural.
Coconut Island.
Where people fish.
Liliuokalani Garden.
Which has an Asian theme.
Many different lakes.
Some huge banyan trees.
Others.
A man called me saying he was with the Los Angeles police department, I had missed a court subpoena to be an expert witness, someone had signed a letter at one of my previous residences confirming I would attend the hearing, and so they needed me to go to the local sheriff's office to give a handwriting sample for analysis.
Which is exactly what this scam online says.
He also said I had to stay on the phone and couldn't hang up until I could go perform the handwriting analysis. I said I had to work for a few more hours first and couldn't have the phone with me as I was seeing patients, and he said to put the phone in another room and leave it connected.
But I could Google it while on the phone.
And everyone said it was a scam.
My caller never mentioned me needing to pay a fee.
But I'm guessing that was coming later.
Some goats on the drive home. And I also noticed a rainbow.
In the side mirror.
All of it.
A brighter one closer to home.
Just a small section of it now.
Sheets of rain over the ocean.
Ogii looking at the neighbor's sheep while brushing her teeth.
I haven't seen the NCL Spirit here yet. It goes around Tahiti, sometimes stopping at the Hawaiian islands to begin or end.
Going to the Home Depot garden section.
To pick up some local plants.
Ilima Papa has some nice flowers.
As does ulei.
For a garden party at work.
Other people brought other local plants.
Breaking down boxes.
Pulling out some other plants to make room for the new ones, since these have sharp leaves that can cut people.
Flattening out the areas.
Cutting boxes for a base.
Cutting wood for the sides.
Putting down plastic to prevent weeds.
Putting up the sides.
Then the cardboard.
Aligning the corners.
We were making a few boxes.
Measuring them out.
Building another one.
We had a ton of dirt dropped off.
Working on the middle box.
Measuring from the other edge.
Ben and Ogii measuring the third one.
Flattening the bottom.
More measuring and raking.
Setting up the third one.
Ogii helping.
After the cardboard, we put down leaves.
Then dirt.
A view from above.
Removing dirt to level the sides.
Ensuring they're level.
Adding and spreading fertilizer.
Filling wheelbarrows with dirt.
Getting closer to having all of the sides up.
Digging a path for the existing irrigation.
To go under the side.
The middle one getting closer.
Flattening the last side of the third box.
Adding plastic.
Setting the corners on the third one.
And the middle one.
Adding plants and dirt.
We had to haul a lot of dirt.
Hammering the rebar into the corners.
Spreading fertilizer.
More dirt, then more fertilizer, the more dirt.
Taking turns shoveling.
Placing the fourth side of the third box.
Ogii digging out some dirt to level it.
Finally time to decide where to place the plants.
While we took turns hammering the rebar into the corners. It was quite hard, and after a few swings, your arms got tired, which means you are less accurate, so you don't want to have any hands or feet too close.
Planting the first box.
Making a housing for another one.
I'm hammering, Ben is digging.
Plastic into the third box.
Then cardboard.
The plants, fertilizer, and dirt.
Evening it out.
The housing is almost done.
Deciding where it will go.
Shoveling out beneath that area.
Down to the dirt.
Plastic, cardboard...
... plants...
... soil...
...fertilizer...
... and more soil.
This one was right by the dirt pile, so we could shovel it right in.
In addition to wheelbarrowing more around from the other side.
A bit more fertilizer.
Evening it out.
And after a little more soil, time to place the plants.
Figuring out some more.
Digging holes.
And planting.
The others.
Lunch time.
Which was some great local food.
Then finishing up some plants.
Along with three small areas on the other side.
All done.
Container.
Box one, which still needs a few more plants.
Box two.
Mini box.
Box three.
And out front.
A stone they made for the garden.
Setting it.