I’m always happy to see a monk seal. This is IO5, the seal I see most often, seen here tackling a tricky itch.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
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And the clock struck one
This is Kawaiaha’o Church in downtown Honolulu. I took this photo immediately after the church clock struck one. I guess this is what’s meant by island time.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
Bee on a mamane flower
Everyone knows bees are busy and industrious, but sometimes they go the extra mile. It makes me smile seeing the positions they get into, burrowing deep into the flower in the quest for nectar.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
Cheerful Emu
This cheerful looking emu is a resident of Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens, near Hilo. What strikes me most though is how this photo is just like looking in a mirror. I mean, the hair, the beak …
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
For more information about Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens, go to hilozoo.org.
Hualali sunset
The sun sets behind Hualali, as seen from the lower slopes of Mauna Kea.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge, ‘Rise/set.’
Mauna Kea sunrise
Sunrise casts soft light on Mauna Kea and the town of Waimea, as seen from Kohala Mountain Road.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge, ‘Rise/set.’
Cambria orchid
A favorite place I try to visit several times a year is Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, north of Hilo. There’s always something different in bloom, something new for me to see, such as this orchid.
As usual with orchids, I offer an identification with some trepidation. I think this is a cambria orchid, though exactly which type, I couldn’t say. Regardless, it’s a most striking and beautiful flower and that’s enough for me.
If anyone knows of a good orchid identification site online, please let me know.
For more information about Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, go to htbg.com.
Posted in response to the WordPress photo challenge, ‘Favorite place’.
View from Pu’u Kalepeamoa on Mauna Kea
One of my favorite places on the Big Island is Mauna Kea. Besides being an imposing volcano, it also has a surreal quality with its mix of smaller volcanic cones and high tech telescopes around the summit.
This view is from Pu’u Kalepeamoa, otherwise known as Sunset Hill. Pu’u Kalepeamoa is lower on the mountain, at about 9,400 feet, a short hike from the visitor center. On this day, those low-hanging clouds ruled out a good sunset, but the light and shadows on the pu’us still made for a worthwhile view.
Posted in response to the WordPress photo challenge, ‘Favorite place’.
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