Punaluu Black Sand Beach Park, on the southern coast of the island, not only has a black sand beach, but also turtles like the one in the photo. OK, it looks like a rock, but it’s there!
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘State and local parks.’ See more responses here.
Sifting through a ton of park photos, it was the island’s beach parks that came out on top. It’s possible to get in the water at all of these, though some require more caution than others.
Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area offers a long and wide sandy beach.Kaloko-Honokohau Historical Park has long stretches of sand, often used by resting turtles. Spencer Beach Park at Kawaihae, is a tranquil place popular with families because the water is generally calm.Not all beach parks have beaches. Whittington Beach Park on the south end of the island is one of those though it’s still possible to get in the water.Lapakahi HIstorical Park has a rocky shoreline, though ocean entry is possible with care.This photo shows the reason Keokea Beach Park has a breakwater. Inside it is a little beach and calm water that kids enjoy year round.
Not a chocolate bar, but a mud-covered car. How did it get that way? Original post 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 150. Apart from the top photo, it’s all about plants this week. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
A Coqui Frog nestled in a ginger flower.Some kind of orchid I think.A bee approaches Mock Orange flowers, already laden with pollen.A gecko on a pink banana.A Bubblegum Heliconia.A Toothbrush Orchid.
The sign above the ABC Supply Company building in Kailua Kona. These letters always make me think of Elvis Costello’s song, Brilliant Mistake, which includes the lyrics: ‘She said that she was working for the ABC News. It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use.’
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Red, White, & Blue.’ See more responses here.
Here’s my selection this week with captions on the photos.
A Ring-necked Pheasant.A Yellow-billed Cardinal ready to take a dip.Hawaii Life Flight helicopter training at Upolu Airport.It’s not too early, is it?St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in KapaauCanoe paddlers out on the blue Pacific.
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 149. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Scrawled Filefish.Flowery Flounder.Green Turtle.The Pride of America anchored off Kailua Kona.Two Nenes confront a mongoose.An old bomber which crashed in the Kohala Mountains. Original post here.
Pu’us are volcanic cinders cones from past eruptions. These are near the top of Mauna Kea.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Landscapes.’ See more responses here.
There’s a bit of everything on the Big Island, so these are just few of the landscapes to be seen here. Captions on the photos.
Lava is a major landscape feature here, but it can be colorful.The Hilina Pali Trail in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.The landscape here changes regularly. A view of Pohoiki Beach. Lava from the 2018 eruption on the right, new black sand beach on the left, and a smothered boat ramp with little swimming pool near the center.A view into one of the valleys of Kohala Mountain.The Pu’u O’o Trail passes through old growth forests isolated by past eruptions.On the coast, a path wanders through palm trees.Pastureland on Kohala Mountain.Cattle ranches border Kohala Mountain Road.A view of Mauna Kea from the coast at the Fairmont Orchid Resort.
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 148. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
A spinner dolphin doing what it’s named for.A grasshopper wondering if it could do that!A Great Frigatebird knows it doesn’t have to do any spinning because it glides supremely well.This Manta Ray is quietly confident it can spin and glide with the best of them!
A splendidly named Lennart Karl Gottling ‘Hula Skirt’ orchid.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Plant Life.’ See more responses here. Since I went to Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden a couple of weeks ago, it seems appropriate to post a few of those photos for this one.
For more information about Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden, go to htbg.com.
Got to have a gecko in here, this one looking for bugs or a drink of water on a heliconia.An Episcia plant, not sure which kind.A variety of bromeliads.Sun and shade on lush tropical foliage.Philippine Ground Orchid flowers.Begonia brevirimosa subsp. exotica with its outrageous leaves and cute flowers.