I fell in the pond

Last night after our run-in with the Bs, we walked in a parade. As coffee farmers. Never mind that we're not on a coffee farm right now or that we aren't farmers, or that we were something like 20 years younger than everyone else in our group. That didn't stop us! Holding down the rear of the group we trounced along and waved to the crowd, even trying out different types of waves. The C had a full body "yeah I'm excited" sort of wave and I tried the beauty queen wave. It must have worked because a couple of people refocused and took secondary shots of us as we passed. Yup, we're like royalty. In flip flops.

Today was a busy day. Farmer's market and then the Holualoa Art and Coffee Stroll. What was this stroll? Maybe a half mile on a 2-lane windy highway through the cute little town of Holualoa, art shops, coffee shops and stalls set up with coffee samples for a tasting contest. Some of the art was rad (Koa wood bowls, tables, art etc are amazing. I want to learn) and there was much tasty coffee to be had. And had it we did. The twitching ended about an hour ago.

In the afternoon we worked for a bit. I had planned to work an hour or 2 longer than I did but something happened that, well, didn't surprise either of us. Cleaning the pond has become a necessity for me. On the rear side of the pond a small rock "wall" extends in an arc into the water to block of a planting bed of sorts. I nimbly stepped out onto the wall so that I could get out the pesky weeds further out in the water. All went well for a while. Large clumps of weeds (and their roots, finally) yielded to my yanks and added to the growing pile of rotting vegetation alongside the pond. But I got cocky. My movements got faster and I spent less time checking my footing. While tugging on an especially stubborn clump my left foot slipped a little and instead of repositioning it I kept at the weeds. They came loose, as did I. Unfortunately The C missed the flailing/flying/falling, but she did see me waist deep in the mucky water. Thanks to my sloppy entry not just my lower half got soaked, all of me did. I clambered out while The C rolled on the ground laughing. Yet I worked on! For another 20 minutes and then called it a day. Instead of retreating to the house I went on a walk about the grounds looking for fruit trees I'd not seen yet. This act was rewarded in grand style. I found a dozen or more banana trees growing 3 or 4 different types of banana. In all I counted something like 8 bunches, 2 or 3 of which will be ripe soon. Yeah!

What else. Oh, we got a Costco membership yesterday. Which is arguably not our scene, but food is so expensive out here that it makes sense. We are now stocked up for a while. I was surprised not only at the insane amount of people that were in there in the middle of a work day, but at the selection of organic and locally grown foods. That I did not expect.