Category Archives: Trees

Tree roots

Some local gnarly tree roots.

Lili`uokalani Gardens

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 — The North Torii gate entrance.

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 — There aren’t a lot of flowers, but there are many palms and other trees.

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

The Numbers Game #121

18 Replies

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 — Tropical foliage.

Nishimura Bay on the Big Island, Hawaii — Nishimura Bay on the Kohala Coast.

View of Mauna Kea from Pu'u Wa'awa'a bench — Nishimura Bay on the Kohala Coast.

The Numbers Game #119

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 — A Hapu‘u fern.

A mud puddle dries on the Big Island — A drying mud puddle.

An ironwood tree with its cascading foliage — A drying mud puddle.

The Numbers Game #117

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