Bamboo And Stone Fountain

Water ripples in this bamboo and stone fountain, located inside Kuakini Hospital.

Birthday Boy

This week, our miniature dachshund Peanut, celebrates his 4th birthday.

Silence Of Night

Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou! Happy New Year!

This photo was taken from Maunalani Heights, overlooking Palolo Valley and metro Honolulu, at 2:30A. It was extremely quiet above the city. A rain cell is blowing out of Mānoa Valley.

I took this photo after my dad passed away about 2 hours earlier. After I got the call, I went up to talk with the nurses, and wait for the mortuary to pick him up. That took a while, and one of the nurses said I could sit out on the lanai. I spent time in prayer, listening to praise and worship music, while enjoying the cool breeze, and felt God's peace.

Ewa Airfield Memorial

On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Pearl Harbor Naval Base was not the only military that came under attack. Located seven miles from Pearl Harbor, was the Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, which neighbored Naval Air Station Barbers Point. MCAS Ewa also came under attack that morning. Marines shot at the attacking aircraft, but four Marines paid the ultimate sacrifice, and 12 were injured. This marker commemorates the four fallen Marines.

The base served throughout World War II, and into the Korean Conflict, However, it was closed in 1952, and absorbed into NAS Barbers Point. Part of the airfield and aircraft revetments remain untouched, with a lot of overgrowth. Part of the former MCAS is now the Barbers Point Golf Course (opened in 1966), owned and operated by the US Navy.

Hickam Army Airfield, Schofield Barracks, and Wheeler Army Airfield also came under attack on this fateful day 84 years ago.

Salt Crystals

On the shoreline outside Wai‘anae High School, was a tide pool was filled with dried sea salt crystals.

At The Tide Pool

Beyond the hedges at the Ko Olina Resort, are rocky shorelines. In some spots, there are some good sized tide pools. I came across this family, that found one of the larger tide pools, with their kids sitting in it.

Pond Gazebo

At the base of Haikū Gardens, is a gazebo that extends over the fishpond.

Volleyball

One of the practice volleyballs on the Terraplex court during a Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors mens volleyball team practice before their match later in the evening. The nationally-ranked 2025 team are in the midst of their season.

Monarch Butterfly

One of the monarch butterflies that emerged out of its chrysalis a couple of hours prior, gets its bearings and its wings dried before flying off. We discovered several caterpillars on our crown flower plant, that attracts monarch butterflies to lay eggs on the leaves.

Kukuihoʻola Island

Happy New Year!

Kukuihoʻolua Island is located off of Lāʻie Point on Oʻahu's north shore, and is noted for the hole in the middle of the island. During high tides and east swells, it gets battered by waves as seen above.

Paint Department

A pair of paint-stained mallets and a heat gun on the counter of the paint department of a Home Depot store.

Soccer Ball

One of the Nike practice soccer balls that the US Women's National Team used during its practice the day before their canceled friendly match against Trinidad & Tobago.

Monarch Butterfly

A monarch butterfly rests on an areca palm leaf in the butterfly exhibit at Pearlridge Center.

Happy Halloween! 🎃

Crashing Wave

A wave crashes on the shoreline rocks at ‘Āweoweo Beach.

Country Shave Ice

Country Shave Ice was a small shave ice shop located in Kaimukī. After closing their shop, they mainly do pop-up and craft events. They uses locally-sourced natural flavors. Pictured above is Kat's Okinawan Sweet Potato / Haupia shave ice (left),  and my Hawaiian Orange Dream shave ice.

Pavilion

The pavilion at Hale‘iwa Beach Park, as photographed in black and white, with an Ölloclip iPhone Fisheye Lens Attachment.

Marina Dusk

Dusk approaches at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor. Hundreds of small boats are moored at this marina, at the west edge of Waikīkī.

Color Splash Bird Of Paradise

Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou! Happy New Year!

This year's first photo was taken with my iPhone, and used the Color Splash app to remove the color from background of this bird of paradise flower.

Strawberries & Blue Flame

At Ruth's Chris Steak House, their feature dessert for anyone celebrating a birthday, is their strawberries & chocolate, lit a flame with brandy.

RareBirds

Our November Instagram collage features rare (and not-so-rare) airliners photographed at HNL, and the original photos were posted on the HNL RareBirds Instagram page.

Row 1: Amazon Prime Air 737-800F; FedEx 777-F; Regency Airlines 737-700; UPS Airlines 747-400F; Asia Pacific Airlines 757-200F; and Kamaka Air C208BF.

Row 2: Sun Country Airlines 737-800; China United Airlines 737-800; Westar 727-100; US Air Force C-17A; Antonov Airlines An-124-100; and former British Airways 737-400;

Row 3: Japan Airlines 767-300ER; Miami Air International 737-800; Embraer ERJ-190E2 demo jet; Cebu Pacific Air A320-200; Lucky Air 737-700; and DHL Airlines 767-300ERF;

Row 4: Kalitta Air 747-400F; Northern Air Cargo 737-300F; former Alaska Airlines 737-400C; Hawaiian Airlines 717-200; two Wamos Air 747-400s; and former Avianca A320-200.