A new thing to look forward to on Fridays - @iconfactory’s latest build of Tapestry.
I’m feeling that post exercise glow right now. I’m not long back from the next run in the Watch To 5K program that I’m following - or at least trying to; I came to an abrupt halt earlier this year when I attempted to make it to 5K.
We have a Tropical Depression, essentially a Tropical Storm that is running out of puff, going over the island right now. The conditions are overcast, hot, muggy and next to no wind. It poured last night. So today I appreciated no direct sunlight, no wind to run into, and was alright with the muggy conditions.
I was feeling it in my legs by the end of today’s session, and tried to stay away from my old, and unhelpful habit of racing against myself. I pulled back and tried to maintain a steady pace.
I am considering repeating week 2 before moving onto week 3.
So I now have a Shortcut accessible from my iPhone Lock Screen. When I press on icon to launch it, I am presented with a window to type some text. When I am finished typing I press Done. I’m asked if the text has a category on my blog, and from there it is published. Like this one 🥳
From my phone’s Lock Screen to typing to posted blog - let’s see if this works.
“I hope that something good happens to you today.”
🥵 It’s humid today. Muggy, like walking through a think cloud of invisible warm water. I think a prelude to Tropical Depression Gilma arriving here this weekend. Gilma is waning which is a blessing. Last week it was a hurricane midway between the US west coast and Hawaii.
🥵 It’s humid today. Muggy, like walking through a think cloud of invisible warm water. I think a prelude to Tropical Depression Gilma arriving here this weekend. Gilma is waning which is a blessing. Last week it was a hurricane midway between the US west coast and Hawaii.
I’m slowly making my way back through the Watch To 5K program. I have just completed the second run of week 2. At the moment I feel that I am pacing myself better than last time. Not racing against myself, but rather trying to set a steady pace to work my way through the program.
I’m enjoying the new venue for my run as well. I’ve chosen the path that runs along the bottom of the runway at Kahului airport. I’m not running round a busy park now, working my way through thick grass or over tree routes. Now it is an even surface. I get to watch the aircraft come and go, and wave at new arrivals. On the other side, just over the bushes and dunes, and visible at times is the ocean.
Onto week 2 run 3 in two days.
After a hot day and strong trade winds, yesterday evening the world seemed to settle down at dusk and take a breather. As the sun set and the sky darkened, we sat outside and chatted. I feel blessed to call this view home.
Watching and listening to an aircraft fly into the distance against a star filled, inky black sky tonight makes me think of scenes from the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I remember being taken to see the film by my grandmother when I was in my early teens. I remember the scenes where we looked to the skies to see if there was anything out there, both when we were expecting something and when we were not. I remember sitting there in awe while the cinema shook as the Mother Ship landed.
I have not seen that film for a good while now. However, I remember it fondly and as a masterful piece of story telling by Steven Spielberg.
A sticker encrusted sign at the local gas station.
🌞 Yeh! The sun is out. The first time for 48 hours. Hopefully it will remain so until the next storm arrives at the end of the week.
🌞 Yeh! The sun is out. The first time for 48 hours. Hopefully it will remain so until the next storm arrives at the end of the week.
🏄♂️ Meanwhile my stepdaughter’s partner and their son are off to find the good (big) surf thrown up by the storm. Island life.
🏄♂️ Meanwhile my stepdaughter’s partner and their son are off to find the good (big) surf thrown up by the storm. Island life.
Wet mornings.
🌧️ Now it’s coming in. Sideways and every other way that it can manage. Wind assisted.
🌧️ Now it’s coming in. Sideways and every other way that it can manage. Wind assisted.
Wind and rain this morning. Not as bad as the Big Island which is taking the brunt of the weather, but Tropical Storm, now Category 1 Hurricane, Hone has arrived in the islands.
🔌 Charging lights, phones, etc and making sure that candles are at the ready, just in case the power goes out tonight as Tropical Storm Hone arrives in the islands.