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Hawaiian seascapes

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An early morning swimmer at Hapuna Beach, Hawaii
A calm sea invites swimmers at Hapuna Beach…

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme, guest hosted by Cathy at Between the Lines, is ‘Seascapes.’ See more responses here. Captions on the photos.

Paddlers heading out from Kawaihae, Hawaii
…and paddlers up the coast at Kawaihae…
Surf rolls ashore at North Kohala, Hawaii
…but watch out if the surf builds…
Surf rolls in at Kawaihae, Hawaii
…sometimes scarily high…
A surfer rides a wave in North Kohala, Hawaii
…though for some, that’s good news.
Swirls on the waters off Hawaii
In the water, the surface has some cool looks…
A Rainbow on the water in Hawaii
…and the view is just as good looking above…
A rock in the waters off Hawaii
…or below!

The Numbers Game #111

A praying mantis showing the patterns on its wings
A Praying Mantis with wings unfurled.

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

A school of fish dart through white water
Fish surfing.
Surf breaks at Mahukona in North Kohala.
High surf at Mahukona.
“Or we’ll put you in there to explain why you were doing that!’
A Phalaenopsis corno-cervi orchid.
A close up of taillight of a Honda Metropolitanscooter
The tail light of a Honda Metropolitan scooter.
A Green Turtle at the beach.

Amethysts

This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge is ‘Amethyst.’ See more responses here. Just a couple from me this week. The top photos is a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air auto looking very clean and shiny, though a closer look shows a few signs of age. I know the feeling!

In the second photo, we are amethyst even if the look of this sign in a window doesn’t exactly lure one in.

The Numbers Game #109

Big surf rolls in to the Kohala coast.

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

Tower buildings in Honolulu.
Building reflections in Honolulu.
An Hawaiian Coot looking just the tiniest bit ruffled.
A Chinese rose beetle on the Big Island.
A Chinese Rose Beetle shortly after eviction from the house!
A bee on a Bryophyllum flower.
A Mourning Gecko on a Ti leaf.

Reflecting on flight delays

Reflections in a window at Honolulu airport in Hawaii

These are the kind of photos you take when flights are delayed. Last week, our flight to Honolulu was delayed for 20 minutes because only one runway was operating at our destination due to heavy rain and thunderstorms. Coming back, the flight was delayed twice for reasons that were never explained. The upshot was that, after getting up at 5:30am to make the outbound flight, it was close to 11:00pm before we got home again!

Reflections and a plane at Honolulu airport in Hawaii