Final Projects

The ohana is done, including the guava railing around the balcony.  The final project is installing a wood deck out front of Phil's wood shop, and creating an outdoor shower (with bamboo enclosure) underneath the balcony.

The deck will be about six feet wide at the narrow ends and bump out to about 10 feet at the wider spot -- in front of the double french doors leading into Phil's shop.

Access to the ohana is separate from our house -- its own door and stairwell are just to the right of the wood shop doors, and the deck will extended past that door and provide a good place for the BBQ and a few chairs.  Lunel is planning a garden area, of course, but some of that will have to wait until her knee is recovering.  In the meantime, she has lots of cuttings she has started in gallon pots -- gardenias, hibiscus, coleus, palms, etc.

It is hard for us to imagine that we were HERE last year in October.  The weather has shifted to what we call "fall" with more big clouds hanging out longer, and rainfall increasing a bit -- right now we can depend on about 2 inches/weekly (90% at night) -- just the perfect amount to keep everything green and our catchment tank full of tasty, free rainwater for all our needs.