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| You can't beat this, it's a rainbow greeting me yesterday morning after 3 weeks off-island in NY |
After my morning walk to the Pacific and back, I quickly went to see what progress had been made in my absence. Our contractor and his crew had already finished framing on the ground level in the main house, and built the posts and joists for the deck and flooring to go in on the second level. It's starting to look like a house! They also built the catchment tank (we're totally off the grid, and will catch and purify rainwater in the tank), and hooked up the backup generator. (this is for the solar system to charge our batteries in case there's an extended rainy period and we can't make enough power for the houses). Below are a few pictures to show the progress on the house, tank and generator. After that, I thought you'd like to see just a selection of what was blooming yesterday. There are a bunch of different vireyas showing off their blooms, and numerous other flowers brightening the jungle that Robert has tamed. Enjoy, aloha!
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| Catchment water tank and generator in foreground |
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| Completing the joists for the second story flooring and deck |
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| 10 foot high ceilings make the two guest BRs and bathrooms more airy and light-filled |
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| Hey Robert, you're a landscape designer, you better change the view from this guest bedroom! |
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| View from the other guest BR |
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| Da Ocean view...from downstairs, wait til the upstairs is done! |
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| View of the house from the master BR suite |
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| Downstairs lanai taking shape, it's 8 feet all the way around the whole house |
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| Lots of lumber ready to be put to use! |
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| The concrete foundation for what will eventually be a shady hale to nap or have refreshments |
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| View of the main house from bottom of our driveway |
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| We're pickling the interior wood before it goes up |
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| View from where the bed in the master bedroom suite will be |
All the flowers in the pictures below were blooming yesterday, April 30, 2014. And they're just a sampling of what's in bloom!
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| Vireya |
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| Vireya trail -I'll do a whole blog about this later! |
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| Azaleas are blooming soon in NY, but this one in HI is blooming now! |
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| New ginger just planted last month |
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| Pride of Burma tree with orchid-like flowers |
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| Dictionary definition of "florabundant" - angel trumpet flower tree going nuts! |
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| We love this recently purchased plant but can't remember the name...any suggestions? |
Spectacular! We were bitten by the Hawai'i bug last year. Can't say I understood why you were doing this until we spent some time there. (The vine-y, waxy leaves make me think Hoya...but my tropical gardening days are long over...)
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