It’s not a flower, but it’s colorful enough to pass for one. However, this name, and others like this, make me imagine someone calling the boss to say, ‘I won’t be in today. I’ve got Variegated Crotons.’
Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.
A Mourning Gecko takes a drink from a Bird of Paradise flower.
This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge theme is ‘Leather browns and burgundies.’ See more responses here.
Just the one photo for this one. One of the riders in the Kamehameha Day birthday parade a few years back. A bit of brown leather saddle and an abundance of burgundy foliage fits the bill.
A couple of views from the birthplace of King Kamehameha I in North Kohala. The top one, looking up the hill towards Kohala Mountain. The bottom one, looking out towards the ocean and Maui.
Shopping carts ready for action.
A Praying Mantis on a branch of a Plumeria tree.
A Tulip Tree growing as a shrub against the wall of a building in Hawi. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.
Three reef fish, from top to bottom, an Ember Parrotfish, Yellow Tang, and Flowery Flounder.
