My immediate response to this sign, at Lapakahi Historical Park, was to think, ‘You mean, before I fall in the water.’ In truth, the sign is there because the land to the right of it is no longer park property. I’m just not sure why they oriented the sign this way, but there’s a nice, simple bench next to the sign where one can contemplate the matter
Three palm tree trunks, each with slight variations in their bark’s markings.
One of my favorite places at Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden is Lily Lake. Surrounded by tropical foliage, the lake offers a bounty of reflections, such as this one.
A blenny looks up from a tide pool, blending into its surroundings so that it is hard to spot.
A look down into a tide pool reveals patterns in the water and a single different-colored rock.
The high winds of a few weeks ago caused a fair amount of damage around the island. At Lapakahi State Historical Park, this tree was toppled and took out a bench that had been set up in its shade. The bench will have to be fixed and set up somewhere else because that shade isn’t coming back anytime soon.
A tangle of floating fibers creates an abstract pattern in the water.
I was rather taken by these signs at a local beach park. Probably not a photo to use in promotional materials.
Graham's Island 