Category Archives: Signs

The Numbers Game #132

A view of the North Kohala coast from the air in Hawaii
A view of the North Kohala coast from the air.

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

A Hawaii Amakihi about to feed on mamane flowers.
Hawai’i Amakihi.
The sign outside Kohala's Tong Wo Society building.
Entrance to the Kohala Tong Wo Society.
Early morning from Kohala Mountain road, looking towards Mauna Kea.
This channel connects Kiholo fish pond and the ocean
The entrance to the fish pond at Kiholo.
A wind turbine at Hawi Wind Farm undergoes repair
A wind turbine undergoing maintenance.
A brush fire at Lapakahi on the North Kohala coast, Hawaii
Brush fire at Lapakahi State Historical Park.

It’s a sign

A neon Heineken sign in a restaurant in Kailua Kona, Hawaii

Back in the days when a friend and I used to brew beer, we’d buy bottled beer to drink, and save the empties for our home brews. Heineken beer was one of those, but we learned that Heineken bottles were made with fairly thin glass. We found this out when our home brew caused them to explode! The fact that we kept the bottles in our wardrobes meant that our work attire often smelled of beer, which is not recommended for career advancement.

The Numbers Game #125

Ferns curl overhead.

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
Light bulbs.
A sign on a tire inflation station in Hawaii
You got a tire, we got air!
A shop sign in Hawi, Hawaii
Woo-Woo Shop in Hawi.
Rainbow Chubs in the waters off Hawaii
Rainbow Chubs on the move.
Raindrops on ti leaves in Hawaii
Raindrops on Ti leaves.

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.

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
A Reticulated Cowry.
A harrowed field in Hawaii
A newly-harrowed field in North Kohala.
Wooden handles on a door in Kapaau, Hawaii
Door handles in Kapaau.
Brown moss or lichen growing on a tree in Hawaii
Growth on a tree trunk. Not sure if this is moss or lichen or something else!
A sonoran carpenter bee near a sign in Hawaii
A Sonoran Carpenter Bee confirms that it’s not forbidden to drill nest holes in the fence.

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.

Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly.
A Java Sparrow giving me the look.
A warning sign even though there are no wild donkeys here anymore.
Surf breaks at Mahukona in North Kohala.
High surf at Mahukona.
A crescent moon and palms in black and white
Crescent moon and palms.
Unloading a barge at Kawaihae harbor.