I live barefooted and naked, very close to Earth and Nature, in a 16-acre, off-grid, clothing-optional, food-forest intentional community (GaiaYoga Gardens), way out in the jungles of Lower Puna, far East Big Island, Hawai'i. I love my life, and I'm immensely grateful to live where and how I do, on my own terms! I would not want to live any other way! 😁🙏💚⚡💥🔥✴️✳️❇️👣🌱✨🤙
Warm greetings all! 😁🙏💚✨🤙
Today is the second day in a row that a post I had intended to write today must wait until tomorrow. I'm not crazy about that, but I'm flowing with it.
I've gotten into the habit of getting a couple important Hive tasks done before I even get out of bed. That was the case again today, so I was off go a good start. I knew I had to be pretty focused this morning to get done what I needed on Hive, since I still had my large plant-and-garden update from last night to write. Today was Ano and Elohi's birthday. Elohi is Ano's son, and they share the same birthday. Ano always does tree plantings for his birthday, so I knew I'd be participating in that later, which meant that I had to get my important Hive tasks done beforehand.
I had just gotten my superfood fire coffee made, and was about to go back up to the Flow House to write my post, when Io(lanthe) and Aloha (10 and 9) wanted me to hang out with them for a bit. Io also wanted me to halp her find a heart-shaped lava rock to give to Elohi, her brother, for his birthday. So I ended up going out onto the lava field in front of the Flow House to find a good heart-shaped lava rock with them. When a reasonably heart-shqped rock was located, we went to the shop to grind and sand it down a little more, to accentuate the heart shape. Once that was done, she wanted to wrap it, so we found some pretty, already-cut fabric, which we cut to size, then found a suitable bow to tie it.
With the gift procured and wrapped, they went to Tutu's, and I finally went back to the Flow House to write my post, which took me a couple hours. I published my Late-April Off-Grid Jungle Garden Update: Plants Are Poppin' All Around! post just before 2PM, then I focused on catching up the best I could. Unfortunately I didn't get very far before I had to go help Ano get the three trees we were going to be planting, and dig the holes. He collected a Bolivian mangosteen and and lychee from his nursery, and I got a very rare Peruvian fruit tree from mine.
We got the holes dug around the time we were scheduled to do the planting, so some people were already congregating. We finally had everything ready to go, so Ano blew a conch to summon the rest of the people. We planted the Bolivian mangosteen first, then the lychee, and finally my tree.
The Bolivian mangosteen - Garcinia humilis.
The Lychee - Litchi chinensis.
And my rare tree in the Annonaceae family, Porcelia nitidifolia.
With the trees planted, I made food in the Landing, then returned to the Flow House to focus on finally getting my Hive catch-up and tasks done. It took quite a while, but I did get it done. I started on my Let's Learn Linux! post, but it was getting to late, so I paused it for the night and started on this one.
Most of the other people had fun things planned for the birthdays. They had a talent show and a dance party. I didn't go because I had to get my Hive tasks done and write my posts. In any case, it's already late, past 12:30PM, so I need to get to sleep, as I have several Hive tasks to get done tomorrow, and three posts, because the second one today had to be put off until tomorrow.
OK, it's time for me to sleep. I deeply appreciate you all. Until tomorrow! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙
All photos were taken with my Motorola G Power Android Phone.
Thank you all so much who have helped me get to where I am today, and allowing me to share more of the beauty and magic from my life and my world with you, and for your continuous appreciation and support! I am truly deeply grateful! 😁🙏💚✨🤙
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