Category Archives: Signs

The Numbers Game #125

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

A baby gecko in house blinds — A baby gecko in the blinds.

Light bulbs shining in a dark space — A baby gecko in the blinds.

A shop sign in Hawi, Hawaii — Woo-Woo Shop in Hawi.

Rainbow Chubs in the waters off Hawaii — Woo-Woo Shop in Hawi.

Amethysts

This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge is ‘Amethyst.’ See more responses here. Just a couple from me this week. The top photos is a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air auto looking very clean and shiny, though a closer look shows a few signs of age. I know the feeling!

In the second photo, we are amethyst even if the look of this sign in a window doesn’t exactly lure one in.

Still life with apples

Apples in a tray at Kailua Kona airport, Hawaii

I liked this sign at the Kailua Kona airport and two offending apples in the sunlight.

The brown and the gray

A praying mantis and it's shadow in Hawaii — A Praying Mantis casts a its shadow on a rail.

This month’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Any shade of brown and/or gray.’ See more responses here.

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

A black and white image of grid shadows in Hawaii — Grill shadows.

A Reticulated Cowrie in the waters off Hawaii — Grill shadows.

Wooden handles on a door in Kapaau, Hawaii — Door handles in Kapaau.

Brown moss or lichen growing on a tree in Hawaii — Door handles in Kapaau.

The Numbers Game #88

A green turtle swims in the waters of the Big Island of Hawaii. — A Green Turtle swimming by, taken from shore while waiting for a tour boat.

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

Surf breaks at Mahukona in North Kohala. — High surf at Mahukona.

A crescent moon and palms in black and white — High surf at Mahukona.

Trouble boiling?

I was in Hilo yesterday, and I visited a few places I hadn’t been to in a while. One was Boiling Pots, part of Hilo’s Wailuku River State Park. It’s a beautiful spot, but the river can be dangerous when it’s roaring, so it’s plastered with warning signs.

As you can see, the signs don’t impress everyone. In truth, this group was probably perfectly safe. The river was as low as I’ve seen it. It’s been dry all over the island and the forecast for the day was more of the same. But it’s not the rain in Hilo that causes the river to run, it’s what’s happening on the slopes of Mauna Kea. And while the forecast was good, forecasts can be wrong, as I think we’ve all experienced. But people will be people.

Frankly, the signs at Boiling Pots are something of an eyesore, but the county has to try and cover itself. If those folks did get swept away, their next of kin would likely lawyer up and hold responsible anyone and everyone, except for those who should have known better.