The weather has been dreadful here this last two or three weeks. Recently, we had another of a series of flash flood warnings. Seemed like a good time to explore this dry river bed!
Flash flood warning
Category Archives: Scenes
Abstracts: Raindrops
Raindrops bead up on a curved window.
Two scoops
If you were expecting ice cream, sorry to disappoint. Just a couple of large scoops for some very heavy equipment.
A traditional sail
This little sailboat is a modern rendition of a traditional Hawaiian style. The two hulls are common in various forms in Polynesian culture and the sailing rig features a Hawaiian Peʻa sail, otherwise known as a Crab Claw sail. These sails used to made from the woven leaves of Hala trees.
On this boat, the sail is made from a modern material and it’s speedy progress through the water wasn’t down the the light breeze, but rather an outboard motor, which is also not traditional!
Prickly pear cactus
I still find it strange to see cacti in Hawaii. Stranger still is seeing them in flower like this prickly pear cactus on the Kohala coast.
Birthdays take the cake
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Sweet.’ See more responses here.
This birthday cake came from the Sandwich Isle Bread Company in Waimea, which also makes cakes and pastries. It was just the right amount of sweet, and the right amount of rich and chocolaty.
Signs: Heineken Sailboat
Back in the day, I used to make home brewed beer. I needed bottles to put the beer in and that required emptying bottles that formerly held beer. Heineken was one of the many brands that were pressed into service. But there was one problem. Those green bottles were made with thinner glass and had a tendency to blow up under the pressure of my home brew.
I kept my beer brewing bottles in my wardrobe and the Heineken bottles’ volatility meant that my clothes acquired a certain aroma. It’s probably why I wasn’t more successful in the job I had at that time!
None of this has anything to do with the sign of course, but any time I see the Heineken name I immediately associate it with those days.
Two chairs
I came across these two chairs on a South Kohala coast walk. Not a bad spot to watch the sunset.
Graham's Island 