Peacocks

Aloha ia kakou. Yesterday I was reading about a book that is to be published next year. This book has been in the works for many years now. It is a "dictionary" of regional differences in what people call things. Which brings me to the title of today's post. Did you know that the "peacock" is a very different kind of bird? The "peacock" does not lay eggs. You may ask how do you get baby "peacocks" then? Well, the "peahen" lays the eggs! Together they are "peafowl". That is because "cock" is the word for a male. When I was in the Navy there were "sailors" who used "cock" for the female gender. When questioned they said "That's what we call it where I come from". I wonder if that will be in the book?

We were supposed to have heavy rain yesterday with the possibility of flash floods. Well the rain never came and the warning was extended for today. The sky is clear and now at 9:30a it is getting hot in Hilo. There is very little wind to cool things down so it just might get rather warm this afternoon. With no wind the air quality will not be very good up at the village. Volcano update is SOS.

A few comments were e-mailed to me about the B&B by our house. That house has been used as a B&B for about 25 years now. At first it was very bad as people would be drinking at the Volcano House in the park then try to find their B&B in the dark. They would drive into our driveway and the dogs would go crazy. Then they would honk the car horn and ask us for directions. Auwe!!!!! Lucky for us a call to the owner of the house got that all fixed up. He had rented the house out and the renter had turned it into a B&B. Stay tuned for "next week's chapter"

Time to close for today. God bless you all.