Category Archives: Series

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!

Water abstracts

The look of clear water depends on what’s below.

The Numbers Game #44

Billowy clouds over the Alenuihāhā Channel between Maui and the Big Island, Hawaii — Clouds pile up over the ʻAlenuihāhā Channel.

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

A rainy day at Upolu Airport, Hawaii — A plane parked at Upolu under ominous skies.

A giant trevally in the waters off Hawaii — A plane parked at Upolu under ominous skies.

A black saddlebags dragonfly — A Black Saddlebags Dragonfly.

The remains of a building at Kiholo, Hawaii — A Black Saddlebags Dragonfly.

Trying to stay cheerful

An inflatable turtle left in a parking lot in Hawaii

They’ll be back soon won’t they?

That’s strange

An inflatable mermaid and a glove on a beach in Hawaii — “I’m stranded here,” cried the mermaid. “Can someone give me a hand?” It did not end well.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Oddballs, Wild and Weird.’ See more responses here. Captions on the photos.

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

A hiker wears an umbrella hat on the 1871 Trail in Hawaii — It’s a hat. It’s an umbrella, It’s a fruit bowl. I want one.

A painted rock at the Hawaii Island Retreat in Hawaii — It’s a hat. It’s an umbrella, It’s a fruit bowl. I want one.

Campers at Spencer Beach Park in Hawaii — Unclear on the concept.

High heels stuck to the roof of a painted truck in Hawaii — Unclear on the concept.

A long way from anywhere

Signposts outside the Kohala Resource Center in Hawi, Hawaii

In case you were wondering, these signposts, outside the North Kohala Resource Center, confirm we are truly a long way from anywhere.

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

E ba gum

Pieces of wood in the shape of the letter E

I saw this on a walk at Upolu and, for obvious reasons, immediately thought of posting it for Becky’s Squares: Seven (See more responses here).

Looking around, I didn’t see an H, L, or P, so continued on my way without searching.

Still temporarily closed

This sign has been in place, near the Old Coastguard Station in North Kohala, since I moved here. That was 12 years ago. But the sign was put in place six years earlier than that, after an earthquake caused the cliff, traversed by the trail, to slide into the sea.

The trail is the Ala Kahakai trail, a modern rendition of the network of trails used by the early Hawaiians. 175 miles long, it stretches from the northern tip of the island, down the west coast, and along the south coast through Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Segments of the trail are open to the public; other parts cross private property and are not yet accessible.

This ‘temporarily closed’ segment crosses the cliff frontage of a gated community. Rerouting the trail will require the cooperation of community residents impacted by moving the trail. This hasn’t happened yet.

I reckon the most likely change in this situation, that I might see in my lifetime, is that the sign will fall down. Replacing it could take several years!

Graham's Island

Life on the Big Island of Hawaii