I was hiking the Pu’u O’o Trail, off Saddle Road, when I saw this Blackburn’s Blue Butterfly (Udara blackburni). This butterfly is endemic and is also known as the Koa Butterfly since the Koa tree is its main host plant.
Posted for Bushboy’s Last on the Card. See more responses here.
An early morning full moon seen through the hedge here!
An unusual orchid from the last Hilo Orchid show. It’s not just the color, but the frills that make this orchid stand out. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.
The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 244. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
A few weeks back I posted an image of my feet in a visor reflection. This is the kind of image I was looking for when I took the photos.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘National Garden Month.’ See more responses here.
A while ago, I spent some time in Lili`uokalani Gardens, in Hilo. The gardens cover almost 25 acres, including Moku Ola, better known as Coconut Island. They date back to 1917 and are named after Queen Liliʻuokalani, who was the last ruling monarch of Hawaii, before the kingdom’s overthrow by the U.S.A. in 1893.
Over the years, tsunamis have damaged the gardens, which are situated on the waterfront. But reconstruction, after these events, has restored and improved the gardens and kept them as an integral part of Hilo’s downtown.
For more information about Lili`uokalani Gardens, go to https://www.liliuokalanigardens.org/
This Cattle Egret didn’t seem too eager to plunge into the tall grass, though it kept a watchful eye on proceedings!
A Ringtail Surgeonfish, with some nice blue markings, scoots away in shallow water.
Graham's Island 