
Numbered seating at the Edith Kanaka’ole Stadium in Hilo. I reckon quite a few two-ticket people attend events there!

Numbered seating at the Edith Kanaka’ole Stadium in Hilo. I reckon quite a few two-ticket people attend events there!

I was at work when I saw this bee buzzing around at the back of the building. Surely they’re not going to start a hive inside, I thought. The bee left, but when it returned I saw it was carrying a bit of a leaf. So, not a hive, but just a Leafcutter Bee nest. Clearly, it thought the hollow tube of a handle on a piece of equipment was ideal for this purpose. It was wrong. I put a piece of tape over the entrance and when the bee returned, it flitted around a bit looking for a way in. Then it disappeared outside, not to be seen again.


…Because I’m sure I’m getting wet.

I posted mushroom photos a couple of days ago. Here are two more – mushroom anchors at Kawaihae.

This Coryanthes macrantha x Stanhopea tigrina orchid was one of the weirder orchids at the last Hilo Orchid Show. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.


These mushrooms had been roughed up a bit by falling branches during a recent storm. I was impressed by how many of them there were.


A Reef Lizardfish strikes a pose.

One of the many goats in the Kiholo area. I don’t believe it was going to take one of the canoes out on the water.