It’s Halloween, and visitors to the island, here for blue skies and sunshine, must wonder what kind of scary place they’ve ended up in. We’ve had a system of tropical moisture funneling across the state for the past few days and it has been mostly gray skies and rain.
I was at Costco, having my car’s tires rotated, when the dreary weather unleashed one of its heavier downpours. Luckily, it eased up before my car was ready for me to go.
This photo was taken on the same evening as yesterday’s post, looking in the opposite direction, where a fullish moon had risen.
These clouds helped make a nice sunset a few evenings ago.
Near the end of a recent swim, I saw this smallish Green Turtle. It was cruising along in shallow water near the ladder I was aiming for. It disappeared into the rocks, but I hung around hoping for another sight of it, and was rewarded when it came back out and swan past me before returning to the shelter of the rocks. I didn’t follow since I don’t have a shell to protect me from the bumps the turtle was undoubtedly encountering.
Another orchid from the Hilo Orchid Show. I think the Raptor name fits this one. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.
A week ago, in a post (here), I noted that my water line had broken. The other day, I remembered that I took these photos of the break. The top one shows the tangle of vegetation the water line runs through. The second gives a better view of the break.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Scary Animal of the Month.’ See more responses here. I’ve dipped into the archives for this one, which is mostly water shots. What else did you think I meant by the headline? Captions on the photos as usual.
And finally, for all you arachnophobes, a lovely Cane Spider.
A Rock Pigeon walks past fallen petals from an Orchid Tree.
