I’m pretty sure I had a t-shirt that looked a lot like this, back in the day! Incidentally, Psychedelic Mud Puddle would be a pretty good name for a band.
Abstracts: Psychedelic mud puddle
Category Archives: Series
Signs: And this business is?
I can’t remember why I took this photo, but I don’t think it’s too hard to figure out what kind of business it stands in front of.
Abstracts: Wheel
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Metallic.’ See more responses here.
I’m not much of a car person. I like vehicles that are comfortable and reasonable to run. But mostly I look for reliability. But I know many people are really into cars.
Here on the island, we have lifted and lowered vehicles, cars with spoilers and go-faster stripes and other strange accessories. Tricked-out Honda Civics seem to be popular, but at the end of the day they’re still Civics, not Ferraris.
Wheels are popular spots for expression. I still think of hubcaps as round bits of shiny metal covering the wheel nuts, but those days are long gone. Hubcaps, or whatever they’re called these days, can be anything. The wheel in the photo had a jazzy, offset spiral thing going on. The irony is that many of these shiny, metallic pieces of auto art are not metal at all, but plastic wannabes.
Abstracts: Beach formation
A jumble of coral, lava rocks, and shells constitute a somewhat coarse beach currently, but over time, these pieces will be worn down to form finer beach material.
Signs: Jellyfish present
This is the first time I’ve seen signs like this one at Spencer Beach Park. I didn’t see any jellyfish on the beach so perhaps the signs were a warning for those getting in the water. There are often jellyfish in the water, but not in such numbers as to be a problem.
This park is popular with families with small kids so perhaps the authorities were being extra cautious with the signs.
Abstracts: Wavelets
On a calm morning, little wavelets wash ashore without all the commotion of their bigger relatives.
Signs: No parking
The coast road between North Kohala and Kawaihae is dotted with these no parking signs. There are virtually no houses along this road, so why the signs? Well, the views are lovely and in the winter, humpback whales frolic just off the coast. Who wouldn’t want to pull over.
Consequently, a 40 mph minimum speed limit is in place along this highway together with these signs. The net result is that people still crawl along taking in the view and pull over to watch whales wherever they please.
Posted in response to Becky’s October Squares challenge theme of ‘Past Squares – Circles and Squares.’ See more responses here.
Abstracts: Rock-boring urchin art
Yesterday I posted a photo of a crown-of-thorns star, with a few rock-boring urchins in it. Today’s post shows one example of the channels left by these urchins. This image initially looked like a brain to me, but then I began to see more of a tree in it.
Posted in response to Becky’s October Squares challenge theme of ‘Past Squares – Spiky/Lines.’ See more responses here.
Graham's Island 