This week’s Friendly Friday challenge theme is ‘Purple.’ See more responses here. Here are some purple orchids and a couple of other purple plants.
Purple plants
Category Archives: Photo Challenges
Bugs
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Summer Bugs.’ (See more responses here.) To the best of my knowledge, Hawaii’s bugs are pretty much the same year-round. Here are some of them.
The top photo shows a bee showing impressive balance on a maiapilo flower.
Next up, clockwise from top left: Getting down to eye level with a juvenile praying mantis. A painted lady butterfly on a kiawe tree. A katydid wondering what it’s done to deserve this much attention. A seven-spotted lady beetle being watched.
The final gallery: Top left: A mango flower beetle explores a spider lily. Top right: A watchful cane spider wondering if it should run, very fast, away. Bottom left: A Hawaiian carpenter ant (Camponotus variegatus), one of too many that have taken up residence in the house. Bottom right: A rusty millipede deciding that it’s all too much!
Cannonball tree
My final post for Becky’s July Squares challenge theme of ‘Trees’ (more responses here) features the flowers and fruit of the cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis). These grow out of the trunk of the tree and make for a rather splendid view when looking up. Best to do this from not too close to the trunk!
Sheep in a macadamia nut orchard
Macadamia nuts are big business in Hawaii, but the orchards themselves present a more pastoral scene. This orchard is rendered slightly less scenic by some dying trees, but that’s offset, to some extent, by the sheep.
Posted in response to Becky’s July Squares challenge theme of ‘Trees.’ See more responses here.
Plumeria and palm
The flowers of a plumeria tree front a well-laden coconut palm.
Posted in response to Becky’s July Squares challenge theme of ‘Trees.’ See more responses here.
Name that tree
Evidence that the time-honored tradition of carving names into tree trunks is still as popular as ever.
Posted in response to Becky’s July Squares challenge theme of ‘Trees.’ See more responses here.
Moon through the trees
A partial moon seen through a gap in tree branches.
Posted in response to Becky’s July Squares challenge theme of ‘Trees.’ See more responses here.
Tree-o
Posted in response to Becky’s July Squares challenge theme of ‘Trees.’ See more responses here.
Graham's Island 