Tag Archives: Kapaau

The Numbers Game #43

A hula dancer at a King Kamehameha birthday celebration.

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

Soldierfishes in Hawaii
Soldierfishes catching the light.
A Scrawled FIlefish catching the light.
An early morning thunder cloud off the Kona Coast.
Earth moving equipment for kids
Earth moving equipment.
The L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurant in Kapaau at night
A night view of L&L Barbecue in Kapaau.
View of the 2020 eruption of Kilauea Volcano
A couple watches an eruption at Kilauea Volcano.

Surfing home

A surfboard being used to display address numbers in Hawaii

It should come as no surprise to learn that old surfboards are often recycled as markers for home addresses. Sometimes attached to gates, or standing alone, as this one is, they catch the eye. That is, so long as the foliage around them is hacked down once in a while.

Posted for Becky’s Squares: Seven. See more responses here.

The seventh pole

A number on a utility pole in North Kohala, Hawaii

This is the seventh utility pole up Kapaau Road from the main highway through Kapaau. I’m not sure how much these numbers are used these days but, back in the day, they would have helped crews to quickly locate any particular pole. I bet there were books of maps with each pole marked on it.

Posted for Becky’s Squares: Seven. See more responses here.

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.

A Nene at just the right spot in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
A Long-tailed Blue Butterfly.
Sheep at sunset in Hawaii
Sheep in pastureland off Old Saddle Road.
Colorful lava on the Puna Coast Trail in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Colorful lava on the Puna Coast Trail in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Playground equipment in Kapaau Hawaii
Playground equipment at Kamehameha Park in Kapaau.
The swimming pool in Kapaau.

First this, then that

A blooming agapanthus flower next to one that has finished blooming
An Agapanthus flower blooming and, next to it, one after the bloom is done.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Before and After.’ See more responses here.

The statue of King Kamehameha in Kapaau, HawaiiThe statue of King Kamehameha in Kapaau, Hawaii, adorned with leis

The statue of King Kamehameha I in Kapaau, then after his birthday celebration.

Business signs in Kapaau, Hawaii

Take your pet to the vet. If it doesn’t go well, go next door afterwards and be reunited!

The refurbished Bond Library in Kapaau, Hawaii

The old Bond Library in Kapaau, after refurbishment will be the Kohala Heritage Center.

A Rosy-faced lovebird in HawaiiA Rosy-faced lovebird takes off in Hawaii

A Rosy-faced Lovebird perched on a branch, and afterwards, like this post, outta here!

Komatsu with a view and other yellows

A Komatsu excavator near the Kohala coast in Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills Color Challenge is ‘Yellow and/or Gold.’ See more responses here.

An aging cover over a utilities vault in Hawaii
Sure, it’s safe to stand on!
A Yellow school bus in Hawi Hawaii
Yes, the wheels were going round and round.
The home of Kohala UTV Adventures in Hawi Hawaii
The home of Kohala UTV Adventures.
A Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a WIld Bushbean flower in Hawaii
Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on Wild Bushbean.
A yellow wheelbarrow in Kapaau Hawaii
Hard at work!
A hibiscus plant in front of a yellow wall in Hawi Hawaii
A peachy hibiscus.

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.

A Ring-necked pheasant in Hawaii
A Ring-necked Pheasant.
A Yellow-billed cardinal in Hawaii
A Yellow-billed Cardinal ready to take a dip.
A Hawaii Life Flight helicopter at Upolu Airport, Hawaii
Hawaii Life Flight helicopter training at Upolu Airport.
An inflatable snowman outside a store in Hawaii
It’s not too early, is it?
St Augustines Episcopal Church in Kapaau, Hawaii
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Kapaau
Canoe paddlers practice in the waters off Hawaii
Canoe paddlers out on the blue Pacific.