
A couple of Kalij Pheasants have moved into the neighborhood. They spend most of their time at the unoccupied property next door, but wander up into my yard on occasion. When I went out to take photos, this one beat a hasty retreat.


A couple of Kalij Pheasants have moved into the neighborhood. They spend most of their time at the unoccupied property next door, but wander up into my yard on occasion. When I went out to take photos, this one beat a hasty retreat.



I don’t recall this Nene having chicks around, but it was clearly unhappy with the proximity of the cat and let it know in no uncertain manner. I sympathize with the cat. I’d have been running like that too!

A few clouds catch the light on an otherwise pristine morning around Mauna Kea.

A Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) growing in its preferred environment – full sun, warm temperatures, and not too much water. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

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







I like to check out buoys like this because they often provide shelter for very small fish, in this case, a few tiny sergeantfishes including this one.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Ten.’ See more responses here. January of 2016 was the first full month for this blog, so I thought I’d post a few photos that ran back then.








A couple of Lesser Grass Blue Butterflies jockeying for position on a Blue Heliotrope plant.