I have only one week left on this incredible rock. I’m trying to get a few big jobs completed. Today I finished clearing the debris off the Energy Building roof. It was hard work crawling under the panels. I collected three and half buckets of organic debris which I distributed in the grass and one box of construction/installation debris. One day when there is some rain or lots of extra water, someone can brush it down and hose it off.

Wildlife notes:

Every day there is a new dead chick on or near the walkway.  Today it was “Intersection” gull’s chick. She made her nest at the four way intersection of the walkway leading from the house and is very perturbed when I pass, which I do many times a day.  The gulls a few feet from her are relaxed by comparison. Yesterday there was a large, two to three week-old chick lying dead near her. The way she runs at me, I assumed she killed it. Today one of her one week old chicks was lying in the path.  Was it revenge? I wonder if birds do the tit for that thing?

Facility work:

• cleaned solar panels
• finished clearing Energy Building roof
• pumped salt water to cistern

Vessels:

16 ecotourism, 3 skilled sea kayakers touring and playing in the tidal current – all of us where wearing kayaking crash helmets, only mine is for gull protection. This is only to be attempted by advanced paddlers.

Weather:

Fresh to strong breeze westerlies. Daytime temperatures: minimum 13, maximum 17 degrees.