May 2021 Journal Photos

After noon we moved to the Region 1 breakout room. Andrea is now the Region 1 Chair.

Sunday afternoon the neighbors had set up a canopy in the front yard as they usually do to provide shade while weeding and other yard work.
A strong tradewind gust came up and blew it over our house and it landed between our office and the carport. There appeared to be some
superficial damage to the roof, so the next morning Andrea and I climbed up on the roof to take a look. It appears to be only cosmetic damage.
Photo by Andrea.

Getting ready to climb back down the stepladder. Photo by Andrea.

Here is the tree after pruning. Olives are very forgiving and can be pruned even more severely without problems.

After wiring. Next the tree will go into another growing container after root work.

The olive has been removed from its pot.

Most of the soil has been removed from the roots with the root rake.

I removed the remaining soil with water spray from a hose. It's easier to trim the roots that way. I have propped the tree in a painted galvanized
steel sheet metal growing box that has five holes in it for drainage.

I covered the container's holes with screens and wet sand and put a mound of potting soil in the center to put the tree on at the upright planting angle.

The box was then filled with potting soil, watered, wet sand added on top to increase firmness and add weight, and watered again.

This is the side view. The tree will grow in this container for a few years. It may be ready for a bonsai pot in about ten years. Bonsai teaches
us not to be in a hurry. Perhaps it will be show-ready a year after its second and right-sized bonsai pot five years after that.

Sea grapes are starting to form.

Screen two.

Solar panel input is 367 watts and output power to a toaster and a fan is 765 watts.

This is what the Bluetti EB240 looks like. It weighs about 40 pounds and stores 2,400 watt-hours of energy. Bluetti photo.

I had set up the four panels on a pair of saw horses with two eight foot two by twos.

I helped remove the window valences and Andrea painted them.

The plastic pot is discarded and I take a good look at the tree.

Next I use my bonsai shears and remove bar branches (two branches coming from the same height on the trunk, one of which is removed).

I selected this square painted concrete pot for the tree to go into.

I removed the soil from the roots. No roots are pruned at this time. The tree will be planted on the thin board with the roots arranged radially.

Soil is put in the pot, the board is placed on top of the soil, then the tree is put on the board. Wet sand holds the roots down for the photo.

Soil is packed around the roots and a layer of wet sand completes the assembly. The tree is watered in and put in the shade for a few days.

After pruning.

After wiring.

The tree will go into this right-sized bonsai pot. I put 1/16 inch aluminum window screens over the two drainage holes. Wet sand will cover the screens.

Meanwhile, Andrea finished painting the window frames and trim in the back bedroom.

We took a break for bocce. Andrea won 11 to six.

The completed bonsai work. It may be ready for a show in a couple of more years.

A Hawaiian black neck stilt (ae'o) in the wetland shallows. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

Andrea helped with the hose from the rain catchment while I watered. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

We also helped with weeding and mulching. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

After lunch Andrea pruned the ohia in our front yard.

Before.

After pruning.

The baby monk seal has a name now, Lōli’i, which means carefree (sans souci, in French). KITV photo via Facebook.

Ice cream bananas on a tree given to us by Carl Young.

Pineapple from a pineapple top put in a pot.

I stumped Walter with this chess puzzle. "NN" stands for "Nomen nescio," an unknown name.

After. Pot by Karenn Ohlinder, 2001, no. 9.

The slope with planted native trees at Keawāwa overlooks the Oahu Club tennis courts.

Tuesday morning I was able to do six pull-ups and three bar dips. I took this photo of the memorial stone at the War Memorial under the
banyan tree between the pull-ups and the bar dips. I remember sitting on the brick base of that stone back in the late 70s with my son
Tim with Vince Vicini and his woman friend and martial artist April. Vince was saying that baldness (he had male pattern baldness,
as do I) is a sign of virility. I have my own page for my friend and Best Man Vince.

Second screen shot.

Andrea gave a tour at MHC at 3:00 PM and later a framed photograph of her Dad came as a gift from Becky.

A photographer and model on the sand by the Natatorium wall. Click the image to see the full resolution version.

I did seven pull-ups and four bar dips.

Easy mate in two.

More sea grape flowers, with bee. One sea grape forming too.