Komatsu with a view and other yellows

A Komatsu excavator near the Kohala coast in Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills Color Challenge is ‘Yellow and/or Gold.’ See more responses here.

An aging cover over a utilities vault in Hawaii — Sure, it’s safe to stand on!

A Yellow school bus in Hawi Hawaii — Sure, it’s safe to stand on!

A Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a WIld Bushbean flower in Hawaii — Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on Wild Bushbean.

A yellow wheelbarrow in Kapaau Hawaii — Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on Wild Bushbean.

Resting goat

A goat rest on the 1871 Trail in South Kona Hawaii

This goat looked particularly pleased with his choice of resting space and was not troubled by the activities of the other goats all around him.

Seascape

Fabric with a blue and white water print

I liked this seascape, even if it’s really a fabric table covering.

Light show

A Stocky Hawkfish in the waters off Hawaii

A Stocky Hawkfish waits in a crack with a Rock-Boring Urchin, as shifting light plays across the water.

It’s here somewhere

A Northern Cardinal at Spencer Beach Park at Kawaihae, Hawaii

I saw this Northern Cardinal at Spencer Beach Park as it worked its way along a low wall and onto a picnic table. It looked like it had lost something important, but I suppose it was just checking out its territory to make sure no one else was trying to muscle in.

The Numbers Game #33

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

A Northern Mockingbird getting ready to eat.

Two Nenes establish the pecking order (Original post here).

Shrapnel found on the ground near where I work.

Hilo Orchid Show

Last week was the annual Hilo Orchid Show. It’s been on my list of things to see for a long time, but I’ve been adept at missing it, either because I forgot to make a note of the date, or because I was working. This year though, purely by chance, I got it on my calendar and headed over to Hilo.

An orchid display at Hilo Orchid show, Hawaii

The show was held in Edith Kanaka’ole Stadium, a covered tennis arena that’s open to the air at both ends. I have to say, it was well worth the trip. Only $6 to get in and lots of orchid growers with stalls there too, so there was a golden opportunity to part ways with several hundred dollars more, which I resisted. But best of all was the stunning array of orchids on display. It wasn’t hard to see how people can become obsessed with these beautiful and exotic plants.

Wooden birds at Hilo Orchid show, Hawaii

For more information about the show and the Hilo Orchid Society, which organizes it, go to https://www.hiloorchidsociety.org/.

A Cymbidium orchid at Hilo Orchid show, Hawaii — Cymbidium orchid

A Phalaenopsis cornu cervi 'Lucky Red' orchid at Hilo Orchid show, Hawaii — Cymbidium orchid

Sparkly

I couldn’t help but be drawn to the interior of a Jeep that parked next to me in Kona. It was accessorized in sparkly pink and, with the doors off, easy to photograph.

Graham's Island

Life on the Big Island of Hawaii