The company has put my coworker and I up in a rental property while we work the Big Island.  It’s a nice place 20 minutes or so from Hilo.  There’s an ocean view, but I can’t take a good picture right now with the sunrise.

We are just two little blocks from the ocean.  But the coast is not exactly “beach-like” on this corner of the island.  Sharp basalt boulders don’t mix well with waves and human bodies, so I shall swim elsewhere.

Being on the rain forest side means it’s usually raining by mid afternoon.  But it also means the forest is lush with all kinds of vegetation I can’t even begin to identify, save for the ones with fruit I recognize.  Coconut palms are everywhere and there’s even a new one growing from its over-sized seed on the edge of the yard.  This picture also has bamboo and a young banana tree in it so I guess I know more than I thought.

I mentioned a tropical storm in my last post.  Hilda fizzled into a non-event, as predicted, producing only some nuisance rain as far as I was concerned.  I took it in stride and went to the movies while Hilda’s remnants staggered ashore.