I’ve been on Oahu for a week on business and the weekend before we were there visiting family. It’s nice to be home. I got up early and exercised. This is actually quite a big deal for me because I fell of the exercise wagon awhile back, and couldn’t even see the dust of the wagon anymore – that’s how long it’s been. I started back up on Oahu because our training started later than I normally go to work and since my commute was an elevator ride instead of a 40 mile drive, I had plenty of time to go to the gym, no excuses. Except for the first two days of having difficulty walking because my legs were so sore, I was happy to start this routine again.
So now back at the homestead. I took a nice stroll through the farm with my camera to check things out and just enjoy the morning air. So some happenings:
Tangerines:
This may not seem that exciting, but to me it is. All along my drive to work and through Hilo town I see houses with mature tangerine trees that are just LOADED. They have so many tangerines they don’t know what to do with them. But alas ours at home have none or very few every year. We have two trees. Well this is the year, we’re going to get tangerines! Lots of tangerines. I’m so excited to finally have them. Not sure what it can be attributed to, but we are definitely seeing more bees than we have in awhile so I’m sure that’s part of it.
I stumbled across this gorgeous little bird’s nest in our soursop tree. It was high up, so it was hard to get the shot in focus, and although I didn’t capture the whole thing, I liked the way this photo came out. This bird did a lot of work on her little home.
I fed the ducks, geese, geese and chickens. For the most part the birds all get along. I love the variety.
I picked some black raspberries for breakfast. We’ve got a bunch right now. I can always get my husband to pick these with the promise of fresh scones. This is a thorny little plant, but the berries are worth a poke now and then.
Our red bananas finally have a bunch. I’ve never had them before, but I believe they’re more of a cooking banana. More on those once they’re ripe.
We have a pumpkin vine starting again, which will be nice for the holidays. We have lots of guava, so I’ll probably be making some more jelly soon. The new coffee plants my husband planted in our new coffee field are growing so well. The dragon fruit season is winding down. We still have quite a few, but not a ton for selling. The starfruit is loaded as is the breadfruit. I ended up bringing about 60 breadfruit into my office to give away. I didn’t realize there were so many breadfruit lovers. It is a versatile fruit. In addition to the tangerines, our other citrus are doing well, and we should have a number of different types of oranges this year.
Today is just touching base and putting things away from two weeks of travel. Tomorrow, coffee bean picking … maybe some black raspberries scones first!
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