Category Archives: Places

Waterfalls

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Fountains and falls.’ See more responses here.

A view of a waterfall on the North Kohala coast, Hawaii — Looking up at a Kohala Mountain waterfall.

A view of Wai'ale Falls at HIlo, Hawaii — Wai’ale Falls in the distance from a bridge over the Wailuku River.

A view of the Wailuku River bed at HIlo, Hawaii — Wai’ale Falls in the distance from a bridge over the Wailuku River.

Yo Heave Ho

I be back again to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day, an’ this here year, me jolly mate Cap’n Windy be ‘elpin’ with the merrymakin’ by joinin’ me in a mighty fine hornpipe called the Yo ‘eave ‘o. We ‘ope ye like it an’ ‘ave a jolly ole day yerself.

While you wait

Art and chairs in the waiting room of Hilo Benioff Medical Center in Hawaii

One of the waiting areas at the Hilo Benioff Medical Center.

Shades of orange and yellow

The morning sun illuminates clouds over Kohala in Hawaii — Early morning clouds over Kohala.

This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge is ‘Ocher, saffron (yellow hues), plus burnt orange.’ See more responses here.

A dirt road at Kaiholena, Hawaii — A dirt road at Kaiholena.

One of the Keawaiki golden pools in Hawaii — A dirt road at Kaiholena.

Colorful pahoehoe lava at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii — Colorful pahoehoe lava.

Golden Bamboo in Hawaii — Colorful pahoehoe lava.

Portuguese bread oven

This is all that is left of a Portuguese bread oven at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden. It was found when the land was cleared to make the garden and dates back to the early 1800s, when immigrants came to the island to work in the sugar cane industry.

The Numbers Game #89

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

The Kohala Welcome Center under a full moon.

Frothy Monk Seal

A monk seal swimming off the North Kohala coast in Hawaii

This is BOO, a female Hawaiian Monk Seal, who I haven’t seen is quite some time. She had been resting in a pool at Upolu, but the tide was coming in. Eventually, she lumped her way out into the water, pausing in the frothy water by the rocks, before heading out to deeper water for a night of hunting no doubt.

Coconut Island

Coconut Island, or Mokuola, is a small island in Hilo Bay. It’s connected to Hilo by the footbridge seen on the right in this photo. I took this photo when I was in Hilo recently and realized that I’ve never been across the footbridge. I didn’t have time that day, but it’s definitely on my list to do next time I’m in town.

Graham's Island

Life on the Big Island of Hawaii