Tag Archives: Kailua Kona

Planters

This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge is ‘Aquamarine or icy blue.’ See more responses here. I’ve gone with the icy blue option with some planters I saw at the airport in Kailua Kona.

Mural and reflections

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More airport reflections, this time at Kailua Kona airport. This mural figure is part of a huge project, consisting of eight 40-foot panels! The commission for the mural was awarded in October 2018, and it’s scheduled to be completed in 2027.

For more information about the mural, go to https://www.calleyoneill.com/KonaAirportMural.html

Still life with apples

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Apples in a tray at Kailua Kona airport, Hawaii

I liked this sign at the Kailua Kona airport and two offending apples in the sunlight.

Reflecting on flight delays

Reflections in a window at Honolulu airport in Hawaii

These are the kind of photos you take when flights are delayed. Last week, our flight to Honolulu was delayed for 20 minutes because only one runway was operating at our destination due to heavy rain and thunderstorms. Coming back, the flight was delayed twice for reasons that were never explained. The upshot was that, after getting up at 5:30am to make the outbound flight, it was close to 11:00pm before we got home again!

Reflections and a plane at Honolulu airport in Hawaii

Winter in Hawaii

Anaehoʻomalu Bay beach in Hawaii — The beach at Anaehoʻomalu Bay.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Winter Wonderland.’ See more responses here. These photos were all taken during the winter months, which is wonderful when you think about it!

The Green sand beach near South Point in Hawaii — There’s green sand at Papakōlea beach near South Point.

Water Globes at Kailua Kona airport in Hawaii — It’s too warm year-round even for snow globes!

A picnic table on the beach at Spencer Beach Park in Hawaii — For cooler temperatures, get there early. That way you can snag a picnic table.

Frosty schooners at the Harbor House restaurant in Hawaii — It can get frosty here though, at least at the Harbor House restaurant in Kailua Kona.

Taking off from Kona

A UPS plane takes off from Kailua Kona airport, Hawaii

I’m off to Honolulu for the day, so this seemed appropriate. I won’t be flying with UPS though. It would actually be more expensive to fly with them since they charge by weight and/or size! I’ll be on the other plane or one very much like it.

The road ahead

A view through a rainy windscreen in Hawaii

Yes, I was still moving when I took this, but there was no traffic ahead or behind and I wasn’t going 60 mph either! I was going just fast enough for these raindrops to roll up the windshield and away, only to be replaced by others from the light shower passing overhead.

The Numbers Game #101

It’s the time of year when big northwest swells start to hit the islands. This one is from a few years back.

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

A cigar wrasse swims among a shoal of convict tang. — A Cigar Wrasse not blending in with some Convict Tangs.

Graham's Island

Life on the Big Island of Hawaii