This is Kawaiaha’o Church in downtown Honolulu. I took this photo immediately after the church clock struck one. I guess this is what’s meant by island time.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
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Bee on a mamane flower
Everyone knows bees are busy and industrious, but sometimes they go the extra mile. It makes me smile seeing the positions they get into, burrowing deep into the flower in the quest for nectar.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
Cheerful Emu
This cheerful looking emu is a resident of Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens, near Hilo. What strikes me most though is how this photo is just like looking in a mirror. I mean, the hair, the beak …
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge ‘Smiles.’
For more information about Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens, go to hilozoo.org.
Hualali sunset
The sun sets behind Hualali, as seen from the lower slopes of Mauna Kea.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge, ‘Rise/set.’
Mauna Kea sunrise
Sunrise casts soft light on Mauna Kea and the town of Waimea, as seen from Kohala Mountain Road.
Posted in response to this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge, ‘Rise/set.’
Cambria orchid
A favorite place I try to visit several times a year is Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, north of Hilo. There’s always something different in bloom, something new for me to see, such as this orchid.
As usual with orchids, I offer an identification with some trepidation. I think this is a cambria orchid, though exactly which type, I couldn’t say. Regardless, it’s a most striking and beautiful flower and that’s enough for me.
If anyone knows of a good orchid identification site online, please let me know.
For more information about Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, go to htbg.com.
Posted in response to the WordPress photo challenge, ‘Favorite place’.
View from Pu’u Kalepeamoa on Mauna Kea
One of my favorite places on the Big Island is Mauna Kea. Besides being an imposing volcano, it also has a surreal quality with its mix of smaller volcanic cones and high tech telescopes around the summit.
This view is from Pu’u Kalepeamoa, otherwise known as Sunset Hill. Pu’u Kalepeamoa is lower on the mountain, at about 9,400 feet, a short hike from the visitor center. On this day, those low-hanging clouds ruled out a good sunset, but the light and shadows on the pu’us still made for a worthwhile view.
Posted in response to the WordPress photo challenge, ‘Favorite place’.
V-22 Ospreys at Upolu
Upolu is a favorite spot where I walk most often. The coast below the airport is wild with crashing surf and strong winds. There’s a wealth of ocean life to be seen from turtles to humpback whales, though this year the whale numbers have been down, at least from my observations. There’s also a good variety of birds and other wildlife.
Also on this coast are Mo’okini Heiau and King Kamehameha’s Birthplace and, in a more modern vein, there’s the airport. I’m posting these photos, not because this is the most notable feature of the area, but because I just took them.
Last May, the Marine Corps got some flack for the amount of operations taking place at Upolu, so they stopped using it for the rest of the year. This is the first time I’ve seen the planes back since then, but it has been two days in a row that I know of.
In the top photo, the planes kick up the dirt as they come in to land. Below, they sit on the tarmac, dwarfing the little plane used by a local skydiving operation.
Posted in response to the WordPress photo challenge, ‘Favorite place’.
Graham's Island 