Tag Archives: Hibiscus

The Numbers Game #104

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Sea Monster
A sea monster lunging up? Actually, a Humpback Whale. The ‘lower jaw’ is a fin!

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

Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a hibiscus.
A tug and barge enters Kawaihae Harbor in Hawaii
A tug, a barge and a helicopter entering Kawaihae harbor.
An Aloha greeting is mown into the grass at Upolu Airport
A small plane landing at Upolu is greeted with ALOHA! Not so much these days as it’s been so dry there’s not enough grass to mow!

The Numbers Game #103

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A cloud forms over the site of the eruption on Mauna Loa , Hawaii
The 2022 eruption at Mauna Loa produced its own weather in the form of this cloud.

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

A white water lily at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Garden
Water Lillies at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.
Ants and ladybugs on a passion vine leaf
Lady Beetles and ants on a Passionflower leaf.
A Hawaiian Noddy skims over the ocean
An Hawaiian Noddy skims the waves off the North Kohala coast.
Blue lights illuminate a ceiling
Waiting room lighting!
An A’ama Crab at the aptly named Crab Cove at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve & Garden.
An A’ama Crab clings to a rock.
An orange Hibiscus just starting to fade.

At the garden

A water lily at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
A water lily.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Autumn or spring plant life.’ See more responses here. These photos were taken at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden at this time of the year.

A Dwarf Pineapple at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Dwarf pineapple.
A Hibiscus schizopetalus at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Hibiscus schizopetalus.
A Bat Plant (Tacca chantrieri) at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Bat Plant (Tacca chantrieri).
A Ti plant at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Ti plant.
A Nodding clerodendrum at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Nodding clerodendrum.
A speckled orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
A speckled orchid and visitor.

The Numbers Game #93

A Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron fishes
A juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron fishing.

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

A cow and calf next to a road in North Kohala
Mother and child on the loose!
The lone palm at Keawaiki stands out against a cloudy sky.
A lonesome palm.
Helmet urchins on the North Kohala coast
Helmet Urchins.
A hibiscus tiliaceus at the Golden Ponds of Keawaiki on The Big Island of Hawaii
Hibiscus tiliaceus flowers, which change from yellow to red during the day.
Pu’u Loa Petroglyphs in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
A dead tree in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

The Numbers Game #87

A Nutmeg Mannikin snacking on cane grass seeds.

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

A very small flowery flounder
A very young Flowery Flounder, just a couple of inches long.
A pueo or Hawaiian short-eared owl sits on a post
A wide-eyed Pueo.
Yellow boat on blue water.
A green anole on a ti plant
A Green Anole looking down.
A red ginger curving up.
A showy yellow hibiscus.

The Numbers Game #86

Cattle Egrets fly past the wind turbines at Hawi Wind Farm.

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

Water cascades down the rocks on the North Kohala coast.
A converted school bus in Hawaii
Cool bus!
A pu'u alongside Old Saddle Road on the Big Island, Hawaii
Early morning pu’u.
A gold dust day gecko and green anole on yellow bamboo
A Gold Dust Day Gecko and Green Anole on yellow bamboo.
Hibiscus “Blue Bayou.”
High winds blow dirt down the hillside at Kawaihae.

The Numbers Game #71

A beach 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 192. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Two reef lizardfish waiting on lobe coral
Two Reef Lizardfishes .
Hibiscus “Blue Bayou.”
Beach chairs in front of the Kohanaiki Beach Club, Hawaii
Chairs in front of Kohanaiki Beach Club.
Wasps building a nest
Wasps building a nest.
Bees collect water from the edge of a pool
Bees gathering water.
A green turtle swims in Kiholo Bay, Hawaii
A Green Turtle in the waters of Kiholo Bay.