This old barn is losing the battle, both to encroaching vegetation, and neglect.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge to be a visual storyteller.
Category Archives: Series
Abstracts: Reflective building
A building reflected in a building. This glass-fronted high rise in Honolulu made a wavy reflection of the building across the street.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge, ‘Out of This World.’
Abstracts: Reflection
During my recent visit to Honolulu, I noticed this doorway in the historic Hawaiian Electric Building. In addition to the lovely old door and lights, I liked how the glass captured the reflections of people passing on my side of the street.
Abstracts: Drying mud
As a patch of mud dries, the surface cracks apart and the edges of these patches curl up, giving them something of a floral appearance.
Better Days: ’Aimakapa Fishpond sluice
’Aimakapa Fishpond is one of two fishponds at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park. The other is Kaloko Fishpond, which is separated from the ocean by a huge rock wall, currently being restored. ’Aimakapa Fishpond’s barrier is made up of sand dunes.
A channel was dug to the ocean to allow water to circulate back and forth and, at the ocean end (seen here), a sluice gate (makaha) installed. The sluice gate helped keep predators out. These days it isn’t used and so the channel has silted up with sand.
Fishponds are different to fish traps. Ponds allow for the rearing of fish from small fry. Traps are shallow walled enclosures, which fish can cross at high tide, but cannot escape from when the tide goes out.
For more information about Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, go to www.nps.gov/kaho/index.htm.
Abstracts: Yellow leaf on green asphalt
I just liked the look of this leaf on a moss-covered asphalt path.
Signs: Tickets for everyone
The last Ironman World Championship in Kailua Kona saw a lot of cyclists breaking the law. No one in this photo was anywhere near meeting the minimum speed requirement. Hawaii police could have had a field day had they been so inclined.
Abstracts: Cordyline leaves
The variegated leaves of Cordyline fruticosa ‘Miss Andrea’ are full of swirls and colors.
Graham's Island 