I Am #AliveAndThriving Today! || #IAmAliveChallenge || Daily Off-Grid Jungle Journal Entry: Day #244 - A Beautiful and Productive Jungle Tuesday! - GaiaYoga Gardens, Lower Puna, Far East Big Island, Hawai'i - Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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 was another very productive, beautiful day, both on Hive, and on the land. I gave Hive my full and undivided attention from morning until about 2:30PM, getting everything caught up and all daily tasks done. I love when I'm able get everything done!

When I left the Flow House to go work on the land, I first focused on getting several assorted small tasks done (so small it's not really worth mentioning). With those out of the way, I focused my attention on moving several wood pallets and smaller pieces of wood from behind the Landing, from a rather misguided raised-bed project that Marco had initiated (Marco only ended up staying at GaiaYoga for about a week). The idea was good, but the implementation would not have worked in our particular climate, and since he was not here for very long, he didn't know that. It took me about an hour to move all the pallets and wood, and toward the end Ano helped me put the pallets back on top of the tall stacks under one of the car ports.

With the pallets done, I had planned to help Ano unload and move the flat lava rocks that we had collected on the lava field yesterday evening, to the shower area, where they will become the new shower floor. I backed the truck up as close as I could get to the shower house, but Ano was still working with Harmony and Shakira on retying twines in the drying area after the old tarp was replaced. Since he was still busy, I grabbed my machete and cleared the rest of the front/first driveway that I had mostly finished the day before yesterday.

With the clearing work done, I helped Ano, Harmony, and Shakira with the drying area for a little while, until it was done for the day. Once we had that done, Ano and I moved all the lava rocks from the truck to the shower house. They'll be laid in as the new floor of the outdoor (though under-roof) showers sometime in the next couple days. It will be a notable improvement!

When we finished unloading the lava rocks, I drove the truck back to the car ports and parked it, and then returned to the shower area to take a nice hot shower. It's a communal shower area, with two shower heads, and soon after I arrived Harmony came to take her evening shower too, after a good day's work. We chatted for a bit before I finally dried off and left. I knew Shakira was coming to take her shower soon too, and I wanted to leave her some hot water.

After my shower, I went to the Landing to strain out another round of kefir, then use it to make my usual kefir-honey-cinnamon-cacao blend. Once I had it blended, I put it in the fridge for later. With the kefir done, I made myself some food, and then I returned to the Flow House to do a bit of Hive catch-up and token management. When I was at a good place on Hive, I wrote and published my Index4Index Inspired Motivation: Be an Indomitable Force for Good! post, and soon after I began writing this one.

My new laptop was delivered today at a place in Pahoa that we use for UPS and FedEx deliveries, since we can't receive those here where we live in the jungle. @aukuna was scheduled to pick it up today, but sadly it didn't work out, so it will have to wait for Kana to pick it up on the town town tomorrow. Oh well, at lest I know it arrived safely. I should have it in my hands by late afternoon tomorrow.

OK my dear Hive family, that's my jungle record for today! 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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