
I saw this tug and barge entering Kawaihae harbor early one morning, a couple of days after the full moon.


I saw this tug and barge entering Kawaihae harbor early one morning, a couple of days after the full moon.


I liked this cow’s curly horns, but not enough to get too close!

I see these sprinklers going on my way home from work, but only if it’s been a long day, as they’re on a timer. Usually I think, I must take a photos of those, but don’t because it’s late, I’m tired, and I just want to get home.
Last week, the same scenario arose and I was driving by, when I thought, ‘I’ll feel better taking the photos than I will rushing home.’ So I stopped, took photos, and did feel better. At least, until I drove past a police car and, looking in my rear view mirror, saw blue light flashing and heard the siren going. Luckily, he was after the car in front of me!


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 137. Captions are on the photos.
You can see more responses here.






With some creatures, it’s easy to see how they got their names. The Orangeband Surgeonfish is one of those.

These two sheep on Pu’u Wa’awa’a kept a close eye on me as I walked by.


This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘April Flowers.’ See more responses here.
Looking through my files, I found a dearth of flower photos taken in April, except for one visit to Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden a couple of years ago. These photos are from that visit.

Some ‘flowers’ aren’t flowers at all. These are the bracts of the plants, which are far more showy than the small flowers that emerge from them later.




For more information about Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden, go to htbg.com.


A recent full moon setting, seen from Kawaihae’s northern small boat harbor.