Tag Archives: Benches

Puzzle bench

A bench outside a clinic in Hawaii
A bench outside a clinic in Hawaii

I saw this bench, one of several with a similar design, outside the waiting room featured in yesterday’s post. I wondered if there was some significance in the layout of the wooden pieces, but couldn’t find any. But I thought the design was both practical and attractive, even if the view wasn’t exactly the best.

Posted for Jude’s Bench Challenge. See more here.

View from the bench on 1871 Trail

View from a bench on 1871 trail on the South Kona coast in Hawaii.

This is the view from the bench at the top of the Alakaha ramp on the 1871 Trail, which heads south from Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park. There was big surf on this day and the trail was getting regular clouds of spray from the breaking waves.

The bench though, sits above all that and also offers some shade. What’s not to like!

A bench on 1871 trail on the South Kona coast in Hawaii.

The Numbers Game #13

An A'ama Crab skitters through a field of Helmet Urchins in Hawaii
An A’ama crab skitters through a field of Helmet Urchins.
The blooms of a yucca plant.
A Yucca plant in full flower.

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 134. Captions are on the photos.

You can see more responses here.

A mural painted on the side of Hawi Post Office.
A Ruddy Turnstone watches from a rock in Hawaii
A Ruddy Turnstone watching.
A Pallid Ghost Crab waits by the entrance ot its burrow.
A Pallid Ghost Crab getting ready to disappear into its burrow.
The bench overlooking Honokane Nui Valley.

Waimea Nature Park

A bench at Waimea Nature Park

Recently, while waiting to visit my dentist, I walked the trail in the Waimea Nature Park, also known as Ulu La’au. The trail follows the Waikoloa Stream for about a mile from the town center down toward the ocean. It’s a work in progress, with volunteers removing invasive species and planting native and canoe plants in their place.

On my walk, the Waikoloa Stream had water in it, but not much. I think it would be fun to walk there after a heavy rain. But one thing I liked was the abundance of benches, some of which offered nice views of the park, the stream, and the hills surrounding the town.