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Woke up to coffee from Hawaii Big Island. I’d ordered it a few days ago from a small company in Kona. It feels good to have a bit of Hawaii in our home on this snowy day.

Tested prototype 1.0 of a plant misting system supplied by a high-pressure pump.

Posted Happy Places.

Desperadoes about to enter a supermarket. Dwight did a fine job sewing the masks.

Had we not returned from our trip to Hawaii Big Island two weeks early, we would’ve returned home today. Made plans to complete our Big Island trip in December. We’ll visit Volcanoes National Park and the Kailua-Kona area, as originally planned.

Spotted this on my cycle ride. The tower used to be part of a grain elevator. Now, it’s being incorporated into a new apartment complex. I tapped “Maanoo Da-bangan Miziwekamig” into Google and learned it’s Ojibwe. I wheeled my bicycle a little further to reveal the translation

It was almost 70°, I’d been pedaling hard, the service window was open, resistance was futile.

It was easy to maintain social distance on our walk this morning. One or both lanes of this road have been made pedestrian-only for several miles.

Jogged past a rainbow.

Today we set up Zoom accounts so Dwight can attend yoga classes, and I can tutor ESL students. Note to self: try to remember to shave.

Played with LEGO Technic, inspired by a minimal design by Japanese LEGO sensei, Yoshihito Isogawa. Next, I need to work on making it walk: today it just stumbles.

I love grocery shopping, but for now it’s once a week. When outside I keep my phone in a one-pint Ziploc bag, hence this view of Wedge Co-op’s produce section today.

On our walk, a reminder today is Census Day. It only took a few minutes to fill out the form online.

Posted Bay of Islands, New Zealand.

Cycled past workers doing site preparation for a 15-mile extension to the Blue Line light rail. The developers had done a nice job keeping bikeways open in this section.

Microgreen seeds germinating on a warming pad. In two weeks they’ll be food.