Cruise ships used to stop once a week at Kailua Kona, but these days they seem to be present three or four days a week. There’s no dock so the ships anchor offshore and ferry passengers ashore by boat.
On Tuesday I saw the Norwegian Spirit heading in. In the photo, the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor is in the foreground illustrating the difference in size!
I was at work when I saw this bee buzzing around at the back of the building. Surely they’re not going to start a hive inside, I thought. The bee left, but when it returned I saw it was carrying a bit of a leaf. So, not a hive, but just a Leafcutter Bee nest. Clearly, it thought the hollow tube of a handle on a piece of equipment was ideal for this purpose. It was wrong. I put a piece of tape over the entrance and when the bee returned, it flitted around a bit looking for a way in. Then it disappeared outside, not to be seen again.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a paint job like the one I saw on this car parked in Kailua Kona. Also never seen one where the rear hubcaps were still spinning, while the wheels were stationary. It’s a vehicle intended to catch the eye and when it left, it sounded the way I thought it would sound, and was driven the way I thought it would be driven!
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Reflections.’ See more responses here. Captions of the photos.
An early morning Hawaiian Airlines flight coming in to land at Kailua Kona airport.
A display of neck pillows at the airport in Kailua Kona.
The utility pipes and boxes in one of the waiting areas at Kailua Kona airport are covered in stickers. I don’t know why people started putting them there, but the authorities haven’t removed them so it continues to be a little guerrilla art show.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Feed the Birds.’ See more responses here.
Just the one photo this week, of a recent encounter at the island’s Costco. These Rosy-faced Lovebirds and others were snacking in the parking lot. I’m not sure whether someone threw this there or accidentally dropped a bag of seed or something similar. Either way, this was the only photo I got because every time I was ready to take another one, a car would come by and the birds would scatter!
