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Transitions was Originally Posted on May 15, 2005 by lavarock

The dog I found is back with his owner. It turns out that on one walk he was about 100 feet from his house and a few yards from his yard; yet he didn’t know it. It appears a couple got him from their son and the dog must not have been there long enough to know the neighborhood. Now he knows at least one other person

I got approved for a grant to help me add water conservation to my farm. I’m in line to add some catchement tanks and 500 coffee trees! First I have to remove about 350 of the existing macadamia nut trees. Can you say MULCH? The work will start very soon.

The mangos keep dropping to the ground fatser than I can pick them up. Most are going to waste. They are not the best type of mango and many are not very tasty. I’m still not sure why someone would plant fruit trees right next tothe house. The fruit rots and brings fruit flies. At this very moment I estimate 50 mangos on the ground.

On the other hand, I have hundreds of avocados on trees up at the mauka (mountain) side of the farm. The tree was never pruned is is 2 stories high and thus hard to pick the fruit. When the avocados drop they me be too ripe. I do have a fruit seller up in town who says he would gladly buy them from me, if they are a good variety. Unfortunately, I don’t have much time to do that at present. I may have to start hiring part-time help soon. I had hoped to have used some of my nephews but they are working on the mainland.

I’m helping a neighbor get her website running and I’m about ready to switch shopping carts myself. The new cart is a rework of the existing one I’m using, but I will not be able to copy the user account over. Still, the new cart is quite good because it has many of the extras built in that I used to have to add manually.

The big deal about the recent earthquake is justified. It was the largest in like a decade. We get quakes often enough however most people never feel them. This one was felt by almost everyone I asked.

I still have some coffee up on Ebay. Take a look if you want.