Two 40+ year old Kahili were being disassembled in the Hulihe’e Palace kitchen this morning. I just happened to be there and was lucky to see how these “modern” kahili were made.
So, what is a kahili? In 25 words or less – “A feather royal standard for Hawaiian ali’i and Royalty” Wikipedia has a good and short discussion. Check it out for more info.
I did get some dorky reef shoes today. Figured that a cut foot would be a serious bummer. And, my really cheap underwater camera arrived. Pictures tomorrow. I hope. It is a Panasonic. I have had a bunch of Panasonic PS cameras. Nothing new. Don’t think I’ll RTFM. But, I was pleasantly surprised to find a real dead tree manual and an external battery charger. The battery is tiny. I might would like a second battery.
And, for something really scary – I updated the firmware on the Oly. I was still on 1.4 and the new release was 4.0… Lost all my settings. A good time to RTFM. Indeed, there was a new version of the the manual.
Started off the day with a great snorkel. The light was perfect and the fish huge and close. I am sure that I’ll not be that lucky when I am go out armed with a little red camera.
Time to get something for dinner – cheese sandwich maybe? And, setup the new red camera. I see that the battery is charged.