Category Archives: Better Days

Textured

Shadows on a staircase in Hawaii — A staircase with smooth painted surfaces and rough nonskid steps.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Textures.’ See more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

A red leaf floating in water in Hawaii — Tree bark.

Sand underwater in Hawaii — Sand on the ocean floor.

White coral words on a black sand beach in Hawaii — Sand on the ocean floor.

Window gazing

A broken window at Spencer Beach Park, Hawaii — A window in an abandoned building at Spencer Beach Park.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Windows.’ See more responses here.

Also posted for Monday Window. See more here.

Windows at the Hapuna Westin Resort, Hawaii — Windows at the Westin Hapuna Beach Resort.

Buildings at the old Coastguard Station in North Kohala, Hawaii — Buildings at the old Coastguard station in North Kohala, one boarded up, the other refurbished.

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.

Something is wrong here

These signs could use a little TLC – OK, a lot – but I rather like them just the way they are!

In the rough

An Abandoned golf cart in q gully in Hawaii.

I spotted this old golf cart amongst the trees on the edge of a property in North Kohala. I hope there isn’t a golfer in there.

Posted for Becky’s Squares: Simply Red. See more responses here.

All that was left of them

That’s what happens when there’s no lifeguard on duty. Either that, or they forgot their caps.

It’s coming to get you

The former Sonny's Restaurant building being torn down in Hawi, Hawaii

Sonny’s Place was a long-established restaurant in downtown Hawi. It was still in business when I first moved here, though it looked worse for wear even then. I was advised not to eat there. Within a couple of years it appeared to be shut down, though the difference was marginal at best.

Recently, someone bought the place and I wondered what they would do with it. Then this excavator appeared and I thought I should get photos before the building disappeared. I finally did a couple of Sundays ago. The next day the lot was cleared.

Tower blocks

These rusty remnants made me think of tower buildings piled alongside one another. As the lower photo shows, they certainly aren’t that, though it could be a model of an old Soviet workers vacation development!

Graham's Island

Life on the Big Island of Hawaii