Category Archives: Plants

Lili`uokalani Gardens

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A bridge at Liliuokalani Park in Hilo, Hawaii
This stone bridge is near the center of the park.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘National Garden Month.’ See more responses here.

A while ago, I spent some time in Lili`uokalani Gardens, in Hilo. The gardens cover almost 25 acres, including Moku Ola, better known as Coconut Island. They date back to 1917 and are named after Queen Liliʻuokalani, who was the last ruling monarch of Hawaii, before the kingdom’s overthrow by the U.S.A. in 1893.

An entrance to Liliuokalani Park in Hilo, Hawaii
The North Torii gate entrance.
A plane coming in to land seen from Liliuokalani Park in Hilo, Hawaii
It’s not the quietest park with planes passing through the trees!
A bridge at Liliuokalani Park in Hilo, Hawaii
This wooden bridge is the third version, the first two having been destroyed in tsunamis.

Over the years, tsunamis have damaged the gardens, which are situated on the waterfront. But reconstruction, after these events, has restored and improved the gardens and kept them as an integral part of Hilo’s downtown.

Palms in Liliuokalani Park in Hilo, Hawaii
There aren’t a lot of flowers, but there are many palms and other trees.
The Fukuoka Lantern in Liliuokalani Park in Hilo, Hawaii
The Fukuoka Lantern.
A Lantern in Liliuokalani Park in Hilo, Hawaii
Another lantern with palms as a backdrop.

For more information about Lili`uokalani Gardens, go to https://www.liliuokalanigardens.org/

The Numbers Game #121

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The firehose of lava, in 2017, from Pu'u O'o vent at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
The firehose of lava from Pu’u O’o vent during an eruption in 2017.

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

The top photo and the first gallery are photos that haven’t run on the blog before. I don’t know why I never ran the top one, though I had a lot of good photos to choose from that day.

Tropical foliage in Hawaii
Tropical foliage.
A Catatante Pacific Sunspots Orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
A Catatante ‘Pacific Sunspots’ orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.
Tree trunks at Kalopa State Park in Hawaii
Tree trunks at Kalopa State Park.
Nishimura Bay on the Big Island, Hawaii
Nishimura Bay on the Kohala Coast.
View of Mauna Kea from Pu'u Wa'awa'a bench
A view of Mauna Kea from Hualalai.
Usually waves are seen on the water, but here at Waialea, the waves are light and sand below the water.
Dappled light on sandy ridges off the Kohala Coast.

The Numbers Game #120

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A Chinese hibiscus flower
A pink hibiscus.

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 242. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here. Also posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

A wandering tattler at Kiholo, Hawaii
A Wandering Tattler on the shoreline.
The logo on a Honda Metropolitan scooter
Metropolitan scooter logo.
A window display at Old Hawaiian Trading Company window in Kapaau, Hawaii
Window display at the Old Hawaiian Trading Company in Kapaau.
The NOAA EV Nautilus off the coast of Hawaii
The EV Nautilus doing research off Lapakahi.
A zebra moray eel in the waters of the Big Island.
A Zebra Moray Eel turns a corner!
Monk Seal with an itch.

The Numbers Game #119

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A pair of yellow tang dance in the sunlight
Yellow Tangs in a courtship display I think.

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

A hapuu fern on the Big Island
A Hapu‘u fern.
A rock on the North Kohala coast, which looks like a guard dog
I call this Guard Dog Rock!
Bathtub rings on the walls of Puapo'o lava tube
Ranger Dean points out bathtub rings in Puapo’o Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
A mud puddle dries on the Big Island
A drying mud puddle.
An ironwood tree with its cascading foliage
An Ironwood tree.
An Assassin Bug!