A move update

Just a quick update to say that the move I mentioned last time has, in a sense, happened. I say “in a sense” because I've moved most of my furniture (with the help of some friends!) and have been sleeping at the new house for the past two weeks, but since I'm also still working full time I haven't yet managed to completely clean everything out of the old place and am also still working on some aspects of the process (like getting internet access set up in the new place).

I've also been doing some interesting things at work as we begin to wind down for the season. We finished our beetle collection earlier this month and have started mounting all the beetles we caught this year (~240) for preservation. I've never mounted insects before, but it's a satisfying arts-and-craft sort of activity in the lab. I've been enjoying it, and once things calm down a bit more I hope to have some photos of the process to show. My last day at work will be November 20th, so I'll have some more free time on my hands before too long (which I am definitely looking forward to, trying to move while also working full time has been…rather exhausting, to say the least). A hui hou!

A move, and a Hawaiian cheesecake

I haven't mentioned it until now, but I'll be moving tomorrow to a new place about 15 minutes' drive outside of Hilo to the town of Pepeʻekeo. It's been a more drawn-out process than moving usually is for me, which is partly why I hadn't mentioned it; it involves moving to a house my parents bought in advance of retirement and, for once, I've been able to set my own time-table. I've been shuttling small loads of stuff to the new place the past few weeks, but tomorrow marks the big move of furniture and changing where I sleep. I'll never enjoy moving, but at least I get to pick when I need to be out by, and can do the moving and then come back and clean (and perhaps finish moving non-essential stuff) after a week settling in rather than needing to get it all done at once.

That's mostly just to say that it might be a bit quiet around here as I get moved in and go through the excruciating process of readjusting all my routines that moving always entails. I don't want to end this post without pointing out something I baked last month, though!

This is an ʻōhelo berry cheesecake I made for a social gathering. The ʻōhelo are present in the form of a compôte on top of a basic cheesecake, and it came out quite well. Even after making this and the pie from before I still have a few cups of ʻōhelo berries in the freezer, so I'm still thinking about what to make with them. There are lots of recipes involving blueberries out there (muffins, perhaps?), so we'll see what I come up with! A hui hou!