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 143. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Move Forward, Reconstruct, Renew, and/or are Burgeoning. See more responses here.
Two Whitemouth Moray Eels in a tight spot.A White-lined Sphinx Moth caterpillar on the move.Passengers waiting for the first flight of the day from Kailua Kona Airport.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘April Flowers.’ See more responses here.
Looking through my files, I found a dearth of flower photos taken in April, except for one visit to Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden a couple of years ago. These photos are from that visit.
Phalaenopsis or Moth Orchid.
Some ‘flowers’ aren’t flowers at all. These are the bracts of the plants, which are far more showy than the small flowers that emerge from them later.
… They go together in this week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme of ‘Rainy Days.’ See more responses here.
Kahili Gingers illuminate a wet day in Kalōpā Forest Reserve.
There’s plenty of rain on the Big Island. Most falls on the wet east side, but the dry west side can get its share too. Hilo, on the wet side, averages around 140 inches of rain a year, and just to the west of Hilo is an area that gets more than 200 inches a year. In contrast, Kawaihae, on the Kohala coast, gets around 10 inches of rain annually, though I suspect last year was one of its wetter ones.
The highway to the Mauna Kea visitor center awash with rain.
Where I live, on the northern end of the island, we get around 50 inches of rain a year, but being on the shoulder of Kohala Mountain, that figure can change quickly going a mile east or west, or a mile up the hill or down toward the ocean.
Looking out the window as a passing shower dumps a load of rain.
This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge is ‘Red and Green.’ See more responses here. I’ve gone for a mostly plant-based response, except for the last.
A Royal Poincana tree in bloom.A Gold Dust Day Gecko on a red torch gingerAn Ohio flower.A red hibiscus flower.Bottlebrush flowers and leaves.A traffic light going from red to green!
A small Gold Dust Day Gecko climbs over a Wax Ginger. The small yellow parts are the flowers and the red mass is bracts.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Plant Life.’ See more responses here.
Here are a few plants seen on my last visit to Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden. For more information about Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden, go to htbg.com.
Big leaves on Heliconia Longissima Red WingsTowering trees reach for the sky.The giant leaves and long spadex of an Anthurium Cupulispathum.A mass of Selaginella Umbrosa ferns.A Powderpuff flower growing from a mossy trunk.The syrupy look of a red ginger.A variety of tropical foliage borders a staircase at the garden.There are plants on land and reflected in the water.