I’m always happy to see a monk seal. This is IO5, the seal I see most often, seen here tackling a tricky itch.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
And the clock struck one
This is Kawaiaha’o Church in downtown Honolulu. I took this photo immediately after the church clock struck one. I guess this is what’s meant by island time.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
Bee on a mamane flower
Everyone knows bees are busy and industrious, but sometimes they go the extra mile. It makes me smile seeing the positions they get into, burrowing deep into the flower in the quest for nectar.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
Cheerful Emu
This cheerful looking emu is a resident of Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens, near Hilo. What strikes me most though is how this photo is just like looking in a mirror. I mean, the hair, the beak …
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
For more information about Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens, go to hilozoo.org.
Grumpy green anole
A green anole surveys the scene and gives the photographer a look of grumpy suspicion.
Sunny cement works
The cement works at the port of Kawaihae catches the early morning sun.
Better Days: Outhouse
One of those photos better taken with a telephoto lens, perhaps. This is by the old Civilian Conservation Corps Cabin near the Palila Forest Discovery Trail on the slopes of Mauna Kea.
For more information about Palila Forest Discovery Trail, go to dlnr.hawaii.gov/restoremaunakea/palila-forest-discovery-trail/.
Pinktail triggerfish
Pinktail triggerfish swim around with a perpetual look of surprise, which I find quite endearing. They’re very cool looking fish, too.
Graham's Island 