AFTERNOON AT THE BEACH

Aloha! It's been a beautiful day here on Kauai...high patchy clouds with temps in the low 80's. It was so nice that Jackie and I decided we would get a few of the chores we have been putting off done. First off we trimmed all the dead leaves from the bananas. You need to do this every 3 or 4 weeks. It makes the plants look a lot better and keeps the ants and spiders under control. After that I mowed under the papayas. The trees are finally big enough that I can mow without worrying about knocking them down. They are planted in a area about 6 feet wide and 100 foot long between the outside of the fence and a row of areka palms. They are planted in a zig zag pattern about 4 feet apart which is way too close together! If they were mine I would pull about half of them out! Next on our list was to give our car a much needed bath. This went really well as Jackie did the washing and I ran the hose. After Jackie dried herself off she was even nice enough to fix us a late lunch. Of course I'm not real sure all the crunchy stuff in my sandwich was peanut butter but I guess if you hose someone down you best not complain if you get hosed in return! After our late lunch we capped the day off with a trip to Anini for a short snorkel. All in all a very nice day. PS I'm barbequing hamburgers tonight and if I can catch a gecko Jackie's will have a tail!