Tag Archives: Boats

It’s all there in black and white

A sailboat travels along the coast in front of palm trees in Hawaii
A sailboat off the Kohala coast.

Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge is ‘Black (and/or) Black and White.’ See more responses here. Captions on the photos.

Holei Arch in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Holei Arch in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Avast mateys!

An attention getting pirate at Honokohau Harbor, Hawaii

Aarrr! I bin shiverin’ me timbers out ’ere fer months now, but today be me reward. That’s right, mateys, ’tis Talk Like a Pirate Day! So ’ave at it ye scurvy dogs. I got two fine ships ’ere an’ the weather’s fair fer separatin’ unsuspectin’ landlubbers from their valuables.

An attention getting pirate at Honokohau Harbor, Hawaii

Whoa, stab me vitals with a boat hook! Must ’ave ’it a patch o’ rough water, or I ran o’er that there Seven Bollard Reef again!

Posted fer Becky’s Squares: Seven. See more responses ’ere.

The Numbers Game #37

The SSV Makani Olu sailing off the Kohala coast in Hawaii
The SSV Makani Olu sailing off the Kohala coast.

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

Also, seven photos posted for Becky’s Squares: Seven. See more responses here.

The Numbers Game #35

A gold dust day gecko drinks from a bird of paradise flower.
A Gold Dust Day Gecko drinks from a Bird of Paradise 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 156. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

The Numbers Game #33

One of the beaches at Kekaha Kai Park.

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.

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

The Numbers Game #32

Two stores in Hawi not working out as neighbors (original story 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 153. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

I’m red, white and blue for you

A sign on a business in Kailua Kona Hawaii
The sign above the ABC Supply Company building in Kailua Kona. These letters always make me think of Elvis Costello’s song, Brilliant Mistake, which includes the lyrics: ‘She said that she was working for the ABC News. It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use.’

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Red, White, & Blue.’ See more responses here.

Here’s my selection this week with captions on the photos.