Papaoneone Beach

Waves crash along the walls fronting homes at the far end of Papaoneone Beach in Māʻili.

Skidmarks

Looks like a someone did donuts in a parking lot at Windward Mall.

Shady Spot

This Aloha Air Cargo pilot found a shady spot to relax between flights, and while cargo was off-loaded, and more cargo loaded. I saw him carrying the beach chair and water bottle to the shadow cast by the Boeing 737's tail section.

Makapuʻu Tide Pool

At the base of the Makapuʻu Coastline are tide pools that can be accessed by hiking there, and can be seen from above along the Makapu‘u Lighthouse Trail.

Posing Pups

Yuki and Peanut model their scarves they got from Kamaʻāina K9, at the Hawai‘i Pet Expo.

Ramp Marshal

This ramp worker from Barbers Point Aviation Services marshals in this US Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III to its parking spot at the Kalaeloa Airport. This C-17A flew from Joint Base Charleston, in South Carolina. The Kalaeloa Airport is used as an overflow airport when the ramp at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is full.

We also honor those who are serving our country, as May is Military Appreciation Month, and honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in protecting our nation's freedoms, as Memorial Day is tomorrow.

Explorer Interceptor

Some of the patrol vehicles in the Honolulu Police Department, are Ford Explorers, that are modified to the "Police Interceptor" line. This one above, responded to a call on Fort Street Mall, along South Hotel Street, in Downtown Honolulu.

May is Law Enforcement Appreciation Month, and we honor those who serve our communities. In Hawaiʻi, May 15th begins Police Week, and is Peace Officers Memorial Day. We thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Pond In The Stream

At one part of the Kahalu‘u Stream, there is a man-made pond.

Reverse Reflection

The sun light off of the condominium tower in the center of the photo, is a reflection from another condo tower out of frame to the right. The sun is behind the condo tower on the left in the clouds, and it too is getting a reflection on its shade side.

Ti Leaf Flowers & Honeybees

Honeybees hover around this bunch of ti leaf flowers to collect pollen.

Escaping The Line

This running back from the 808 Ducks races past his offensive line, and a defensive lineman from the Kapcity Hurricanes on a second down rush attempt. Both the Ducks and the Hurricanes are from Kapolei, and part of the Jr Prep Sports league at the time.

Fresh Catch

This fisherman reels in his catch on a jetty.

Front Street Revisited

Another view of Lāhaina's Front Street from 2009.

Ocean View

The view of ocean fronting the Elks Lodge 616 along Waikīkī's "Gold Coast", as well as Waikīkī, metro Honolulu, and Waiʻanae Mountains.

Wishing you all a Happy Easter!

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.

Blue Honu

All Nippon Airways has three Airbus A380 Super Jumbo airliners in its fleet. They inherited them when they acquired Skymark Airlines. ANA decided to have the A380s painted as honu (or Hawaiian green sea turtles). This one is painted blue, and is named "Lani".

6:15A Sun Rays

Three sun rays peek through the clouds at 6:15A on the way to work.

3 Falls

This water display is at the Foodland Farms wing of Ka Makana Aliʻi.

Hold Short Bars

The yellow bars going across a taxiway, indicates where an aircraft needs to hold until cleared by an air traffic controller to proceed onward. This one is at Honolulu's Taxiway R5, to enter Runway 26L/8R.

Mynah

A mynah stands on the hood of my car while I was parked in a parking lot.