Photographs
I love Rainbow Shower Trees. Their flowers come in yellow, as in this photo, red, a sort of hyrid of these two colours, white with a hint of yellow, white with a hint of red. For me a Rainbow Shower Tree in full bloom sings to me of joy and happiness, and on a hot day a mature tree offers plenty of shade.
This is not the best photo of Rainbow Shower Trees, but when I rounded the corner and saw them on this hot day, their brightness called out to me.
Let the party begin. My grandson is having his 6th birthday party today. This water slide appeared outside this morning.
Iāve dropped the ball with Micro.blogās current May Photoblogging Challenge, not getting past Day 1. Then when I do sit up and find a photo for one of the prompts, I am a day late!
So this one is for yesterday, Day 22 textile, from my wifeās online store for vintage textiles and ceramics, Cloth and Goods.
I watched Licorice Pizza last night and enjoyed it. Maybe dragged a little in the middle? I’ve been listening to the soundtrack today, a rewind to the early 70s. šæ
Menehune Mayhem
I spent yesterday at the Menehune Mayhem competition at Hoāokipa Beach Park. This is a surf competition for kids established a number of years ago by pro-surfer Ian Walsh. The thin sliver of a beach that Hoāokipa is was packed, with all visitors and competitors being focused on one end of the beach where the competition was taking place. With little space to sit, I was perched on the water line, a victim to any big waves that broke that day.
By lunchtime the sun was beating down. It was hot. My body had had enough and after three hours I headed home. My body and mind felt refreshed from the fresh air and the bracing water, it was cold, and invigorated by the power of the ocean even if the breaks were small that day (just as well for the kids).
The word Menehune comes from Hawaiian mythology. The Menehune are a race of dwarf people,
who are said to live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian Islands, hidden and far away from human settlements. The Menehune are described as superb craftspeople. They built temples (heiau), fishponds, roads, canoes, and houses.1
I took this photo of what I’m calling a Ghost Rainbow at around 8:15pm this evening, and it had just been raining.
I think that this plant is an Agave Vivipara L.?
For the last week we have been watching this stalk grow out of the center of one of these plants, with absolutely no idea what final result will be? We are assuming a flower or flowers of some sort. It has taken approximately five years to get to this stage.
We took our grandsons and their cousins to see a movie last week. As I stepped into the cinema I realized that it was probably my first time in a movie theatre for over two years. With COVID having been the reason for the absence, I could feel my trepidation as we stepped in.
This is not a droid sitting on a wall, but a movement sensor switch for a light sitting above it. My first entry for the May 2022 Photo Blogging Challenge.
Today’s wet weather has brought out the Aseroe rubra or Anemone Stinkhorn fungi, that I wrote about last week, in greater numbers (the red dots in the photograph).
I didnāt have much luck with the quality of video uploads earlier to convey that the rain is really coming down now, and so sharing a few photos. š§š§
