Yesterday was yard work day. I mowed the lawn with the riding mower while Wakana trimmed the more difficult to reach areas. Believe me, I offered to let her run the rider but she refused. After the mowing she burned more fronds from the betelnut trees and some boxes. I set up a rack to store the kayaks on and covered them with a tarp.

Betelnut trees are very messy. Not only do they drop their nuts (MY mind is clean! Keep yours out of the gutter!) but they also drop their fronds. Consequently you are always having to clean up out there to keep it looking good.

Our mountain apple trees were bearing when we moved in. After a few weeks the branches were bare of fruit and I assumed there was some mysterious season and we were out of it. Yesterday I looked at the tree by the carport and realized it was once more covered in little apples.

The farmer stopped by yesterday to point out that the fruit on our soursap tree had almost reached ripeness. Imagine a fruit that looks like a green pine cone. You break it open to reveal a whitish gooey sweet tasting core full of huge black seeds. All the edible fruit is attached to the seeds so you take a mouthful of the fruit and then spit out the seeds just like a watermelon. Unlike a watermelon the seeds are huge while the fruit in skimpy.

Wakana brought in four guavas yesterday and we cut them open.They weren't ripe yet and tasted like raw vegetables.

Today more yard work is on the agenda. We need to replant a plumeria tree and the calamansi tree that I gave her as a wedding present.

Wakana got herself a little part-time job for the summer. She will be a tour guide for Underwater World. The public aquarium is starting up a series of behind-the-scene tours. She took the job at the request of a friend who works there. It should be fun but she won't make enough to pay for her gas. I hope she likes it. It certainly will keep her occupied while I'm gone.

I leave in two more days. Laundry today and packing tonight. Sigh. I really want to go meet my grandbaby but I really don't want to leave my wonderful little piece of heaven.