Tag Archives: Sunday Stills

Sticky Buns

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Sticky buns in Hawaii

Recently, one of our local bakeries shut its doors taking with it our source of sticky buns. They were a favorite treat of ours, so my wife looked into making our own. She’s had good luck with recipes at onceuponachef.com and found a promising option there. Yesterday, I got to try it out. Actually, I started on Saturday as the dough needs a while to rise, but can be refrigerated overnight.

We immediately made a change to the recipe, subbing macadamia nuts for pecans. It is Hawaii after all. But the whole process went fairly well. I only had an 8-inch square Pyrex pan rather than the 9-inch square cake pan called for, and I think that’s why the buns were climbing the pan’s side when I removed it from the oven!

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Before going in the oven and after.

I was also not prepared for the enthusiasm with which the buns shot from the pan when I inverted it onto a parchment covered tray. It got a bit messy, but the crucial question is, were they any good?

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Ready to pull apart.
Sticky buns in Hawaii
Ready to eat.
Sticky buns in Hawaii
One of our sticky buns is missing!

They were indeed. Soft and chewy, but crunchy with nuts. A sticky bun crisis has been averted and all is well, at least in this little corner of the world.

Posted for this week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme, which is ‘Sweet.’ See more responses here. You can find the recipe here.

Amethysts

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This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge is ‘Amethyst.’ See more responses here. Just a couple from me this week. The top photos is a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air auto looking very clean and shiny, though a closer look shows a few signs of age. I know the feeling!

In the second photo, we are amethyst even if the look of this sign in a window doesn’t exactly lure one in.

They got it at Costco

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Rosy-faced Lovebirds and others feeding in the parking lot of Costco in Kailua Kona, Hawaii

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!

All kinds of storms

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A great frigatebird flying off Upolui, Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Storm.’ See more responses here.

I’ve gone with a few different kinds of storms starting with a Great Frigatebird or ʻIwa, which is known in Hawaii as a storm bird as they are considered indicators of approaching storms. Below is a rain storm in North Kohala on the road to Upolu.

Rain falling at Hawi, Hawaii

The next two are scenes at Kawaihae port when the winds are whipping. A dirt storm above and a sand storm below.

Dirt blowing at Kawaihae, Hawaii
Sand blowing at Kawaihae, Hawaii

Ten years ago

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A Green Anole shedding.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Ten.’ See more responses here. January of 2016 was the first full month for this blog, so I thought I’d post a few photos that ran back then.

A Gold Dust Day Gecko on a Pink Banana.
Flies on a horse.
A Flowery Flounder blends in over a rock.
A Gold Dust Day Gecko encounters a Black Witch Moth. Full sequence here.
A Black-crowned Night Heron stands watch while Green Sea Turtles rest on shore at Kiholo Bay,
Colorful tide pools south of Waikoloa Resort.

A look back at 2025

A humpback whale and her calf swim in the waters off Lapakahi Historical Park, Hawaii
This Humpback Whale encounter was probably the highlight of the year (here).

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Year in review.’ See more responses here. As usual, I’ve picked a photo from each of the past 12 months and included a link to the original post.

Lenticular clouds over Mauna Kea at sunrise
Sunrise over Mauna Kea (here).
A Monarch Butterfly on a leaf in Hawaii
A Monarch Butterfly on a leaf (here).
A Manta Ray swims by in the waters off Hawaii
A Manta Ray passes by (here).
View of Kilauea Eruption in May 2025
One of the many episodes of the current eruption at Kilauea (here).
A Japanese White-eye on Octopus Tree flowers in Hawaii
A Japanese White-eye on Octopus Tree flowers (here).
The interior of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hawi, Hawaii
The interior of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Hawi (here).
A male Sonoran Carpenter bee in Hawaii
A male Sonoran Carpenter Bee (here).
Art and chairs in the waiting room of Hilo Benioff Medical Center in Hawaii
A waiting room at the Hilo Benioff Medical Center (here).
A child jumps into the ocean from a rock tower at Coconut Island, Hilo, Hawaii
Jumping into the ocean at Coconut Island, Hilo (here).
Horses frolicking at Paniolo Adventures on the Big Island, Hawaii
A kerfuffle in the corral at Paniolo Adventures (here).
An indigenous I'iwi honeycreeper in Hawaii
A native I’iwi bird (here).

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.