
A couple of surfers head for home after enjoying some good waves at the surf break off Kawaihae.

A couple of surfers head for home after enjoying some good waves at the surf break off Kawaihae.

I thought these tiny sergeant fish looked at home against some sparkling water reflections.


Sunday Stills challenge theme this week and next week is ‘Your 2023 Year-in-Review.’ See more responses here. As before, I’m going with a favorite photo from each month of 2023, with a caption and link to the post the photo first appeared in. This week, I’m posting favorites from January through June. See the rest of the year next week.





On Kohala Mountain Road there’s an outfit called Paniolo Adventures that offers horseback rides on an 11,000 acre working cattle ranch. Once in a while I stop by to check out the horses. I saw these three on my last visit. This would make a good album cover I think!
For more information about Paniolo Adventures, go to panioloadventures.com.

A sailboat glides over the water off the North Kohala coast, an image that doesn’t look much different in color.

There are many things I like about chubs. One is how they swim near the water’s surface and catch the light beautifully.

Sea urchins can have a wide variety of looks as illustrated by these two I saw on a recent swim. That’s a Collector Urchin in front and a Red Pencil Urchin behind it.

There’s an area where I swim where large numbers of Pyramid Butterflyfishes could always be seen. Over the years their numbers have diminished or they’ve moved elsewhere. But this year there has been something of a resurgence in that area. That’s where I saw these two.