12-16-17 Sat.

Christmas is getting close, it just seems like the time is flying by. Maybe it's because I keep putting things off to do for Christmas and Christmas is only a little over a week from now.

Probably the biggest activity this past week was installing the motorized screens that we had used at Maranatha Bible Church, to the church were going to now. Bill and I installed it on Wednesday here's a picture.

Bill is a good worker and we got it done in record time.

I'm meeting my friend Larry in about an hour at the Sandpit where we do our test flying. I've been having some firmware issues. Going to check it out.

I was going through some folders I have here on the computer looking for some specific surfing pictures and I came across to the picture I took of Harriet either 2006 or 2007 It's at Dukes in Hawaii.

I hope you have a great weekend and Maranatha!
Frank

12-9-17 Sat.

We had an interesting week with the high velocity Santa Ana winds. We have quite a few fires in Southern California and the powerful winds make it very difficult to fight the fires. Hopefully they'll be able to get them under control this weekend.

Unfortunately the waves have been pretty flat this past week.It's been anywhere from 0 to 2 feet. According to surfline were going to get a bump in the swell on Wednesday, I might go out and video then.

You know it just doesn't seem like there's much going on right now. Of course this is the time of the year we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, which is one of the 2 most important celebrations for Christianity. The other is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I know that we're going to have a Christmas dinner and Christmas concert at church on the 22nd and that will great. Bill Neu and I are going to install 2 of the motorized screens that we used at Maranatha Bible Church, we're going to use them at EVCF. So this coming Wednesday morning we are meeting at the church to mount the screens to the ceiling. I'll let you know how it goes.

I hope that you'll take time to really think about this Christmas season and what it celebrates.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 
                                                       Luke 2:11-14

I hope you have a great weekend.

Maranatha,
Frank

12-2-17 Sat.

Where has this year gone? A few more weeks and then Christmas.

The past week I was getting back into the normal routine. It's nice to be home in one sense, but I miss the Hawaiian routine. It was a lot of fun and I miss the tacos at North Shore Tacos. Their shredded beef tacos where great. I had one just about every day.

 

Today I am taking the grandkids to Boomer. Formally know as the Family Fun Center. We always have a great time. First I am going to head down to Windansea or 15th St. in Del Mar and check out the waves. If they are good I will video and post them.

I hope you have a great weekend and plan to be in the Lord's House on Sunday.

Maranatha,

Frank 

11-25-17 Sat.

I flew back on Thanksgiving day. When I was booking the trip I did not realize it was Thanksgiving day, I was only looking at price and that was the cheapest day to return. I'll have to be more careful next time. The plane trip back was the fastest ever. We had a great tailwind and are ground speed was up to 613 mph. We landed 20 minutes early. Hawaiian Airlines is great.

I was telling my friend Larry yesterday that Harriet used to do all the packing for the trip and then all the putting away things when we got home. She was much more efficient than I am. It'll take me a few days to get everything squared away. But, this morning I'm taking the grandkids to see the movie that came out a week ago Justice League of America. Some of you may remember this when you're growing up if you read comic books. I look forward to seeing Joe, Hilda and the boys this morning.

One of the things I missed when on vacation is this ability to dictate the letters. I was thinking about it this morning and when the voice recognition programs first started coming out in the mid-90s (to my knowledge) I tried both the IBM version and Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon NaturallySpeaking has come out ahead on this because this their main focus. It's not perfect, but it has a 95% accuracy rate and as a bonus it spells all the words correctly even if it's the wrong word. One of the problems I've had with this program for a long time is the word "sonrise". You see how it spelled it correctly and I'm referring to when I used it with Sonrise Community Church. For years it spelled it sunrise. I trained it over and over and over again and it literally took years for it to figure this one out. This is probably the most difficult word that I've had to train my computer to use.

Enough about computers let me give you a few more pictures that I took while in Hawaii. There was a little beach about a block and a half from where I was staying. It seems like there are beaches everywhere, but what do you expect when you live on the island? This is a couple of moms watching their kids play close to shore. The next day there were more kids in the water and one little boy got hit by a jellyfish and he was screaming like a banshee.


Here's a picture of a rainbow at the beach I videoed a low surfing at Laniakea. I've been here many times on previous trips and I never noticed all the telephone wires. It was not until I had to fly with my drone and make sure to avoid any obstacles. My drone has obstacle avoidance sensors, but the wires are relatively thin and it has difficulty in this area.You can see the full rainbow.

The morning I left I went down to a couple of the brakes that I have videoed and this is taken at Log Cabins. It's hard to tell but the ways were about to 12 to 14 feet here and it's almost a short break. Very gnarly.

That's it for today. I hope you have a great weekend and I look forward to seeing you at church on Sunday morning.

Maranatha,
Frank

11-18-17 Sat.

Aloha! November is a rainy month her on the North Shore of Oahu. I would say that 6 out of the past 7 days have been intermittent showers and windy. Yesterday was the good day, no rain and light breeze. Here is a pic I took at Wiamea Bay, looking 180 degrees from the water. This is Wiamea stream. There is one house built into the hillside, see if you can find it.

 I took the next pic as I was checking out the beaches. This was taken just North of Sunset Beach. I wanted to fly out and video that little Island, but it was to windy.

No matter where you look there is beauty in God's Creation. When driving from Haleiwa Town heading North, just before you get to Laniadea beach there is a ranch on the right side. Every time I see this beautiful tree, it reminds me of how God takes the simple things and makes them so beautiful.

 I am heading to the South side of the Island to video places that were special for Harriet and I. We would like driving and taking in all the beautiful sights.

If you go to my you tube channel you can view all the video's I have posted. Just type in: Frank Kovacs and click on my picture.

Have a great weekend and don't forget to be in the House of the Lord on Sunday.

Maranatha,

Frank

11-11-17 Sat.

Aloha! I arrived on Tuesday to the North Shore of Oahu. Staying at a little studio apt. Twice the size of the hotel room we used to stay at in Waikiki and almost half the price. Great location between Waimea Bay and The Pipeline.

Of course I have to have a bacon picture here. I really like Haleiwa cafe.

There is a nice size swell that moved in yesterday. I took videos with my drone for over 3 hours. I am heading back there this morning.  Here is the link if you are interested. Best viewed on a large smart TV. The color of the waves, reef and surrounding area is great.

https://youtu.be/43paQaEBOMQ

Here is a sunset from my location plus 300 ft, take with my Phantom 4 Pro

Waimea Bay, totally flat taken from a sacred spot 300 ft above over looking the bay. They used to offer human sacrifices up until about 200 years ago.

This is a picture I took in 2006, the Shore break at Killer Waimea.

This is the view driving to the North Shore, the trees are so beautiful!

The weather is good, it sprikles a little a few times a day, but very nice. I really miss my Girl to share the beauty of God's Creation! Yes, I still love my Girl!

Ok, I am going to bail out. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Don't forget to be in the House of the Lord this Sunday.

Maranatha!
Frank and Harriet

11-4-17 Sat.

This past week was extremely busy. I'm trying to get everything done before I leave on Tuesday morning for a vacation.

Today is Big Al's memorial service. It's 11 AM at Sonrise. I hope you can make it if you knew brother Al. What a great guy!

Yesterday evening pastor Jack had a men's dinner at his house. There were as I would guess about 75 people are so there. It was really nice. He lives in Alpine and has a huge backyard. Set up tables and those outdoor propane heaters that you see it restaurants that have outdoor seating.

I wanted to show you how I dust the floor. I drag Ethan around by his foot. What great kids I sure enjoy them. I took them to see the new Thor movie that came out yesterday. I thought the movie was disappointing but it's just fun to be with the boys.

Hopefully by next Saturday I'll have some new pictures for you of Hawaii. They're supposed to be a Pipe Masters surf contest starting on November 12 through the 24th, so I will be able to see and video a lot of it. I just hope we get some big waves.

I hope you have a great weekend and Maranatha!

Frank