Please pray for Maui and Big Island folks affected by fires

My camera can capture Moon photos, but stars and meteors, not so much. Too bad too: I saw 62 meteors this morning between the hours of 2 and 6. Yes, I have a chaise longue on which to lie and a notebook to record what I see.

Cactus and Dragon Fruit.

I can only assume someone golfed without the appropriate under britches!

Poor dead dragonfly. We have a bazillion of them zooming around nowadays.

 We have received several calls/emails about the Hawaii fires, with friends asking if we are impacted: we are NOT impacted on Kauai. We do stand with those facing this disaster with prayers and donations. Join us!

I knew what she was doing: hunkering down over her chicks.

And then they were revealed.

God's rays

She was lounging around on my foot.

Until she had to scratch an itch.

Very much interested in the neighborhood goings on.

It kills me! We had no mangoes this year and then I see these going to waste in the tree because they are so high, it's hard to get to them.

Moorhen

God's rays

I found this hook, fishing line and lead..i gave it to a fisherman at church. Lethal hook. But I guess that's the point.

Enjoy your week. Be sure to thank God for all His blessings. I will be again thanking Him for all the meteors! Perseid Meteor Shower rocks. God willing, I'll be out there again tomorrow morning.

On Christ the solid rock I stand...

 Yeah, you might have sung that hymn, but for someone with occasional vertigo, it really helps! Especially since I continue to look up to the stars. Over 222 meteors so far, including a new fireball this month. (The last one was 12/30/22, so they are not that numerous.)

At least as far as I can see.

I have discovered Starscapes. Check it out on youtube.com. Very exciting video of stars and astonishing numbers of meteors. Some were coming over so fast, I couldn't count 'em! No video of these from me, though, as by the time I see them, they are long gone.

Cactus with very nice flower and others coming.

Can you believe this is the Bitter Melon plant that was just a shoot a week ago? There will be an even fuller version later in this post.

Lizard, babe!

Smiling Boxer

Momma chicken and her chiclets

Rainbow and palm tree and Niihau

Fisherman and rainbow

I didn't take the photo until they were walking away, but the dog is a Belgian Malinois. And unlike the others I have seen, this one was a sweetheart, begging for a pat.

Rain offshore

Somebody's got mangoes! Not me yet...

A little cloud pink.

Pups running loose...a big no-no.

There is a lot of rock piling going on here. I do not know how they balanced these.

Lilikoi

Napping after her 90 mph run

Bitter melon fruit

It's a double rainbow!

I can't say roses are my absolute fave flower, but they are close.

Crown flower with buds open and below, still closed.

My first sighting of Monarch butterfly caterpillars, having their breakfast.

Moon and streetlight

Early morning sky

Here's the Bitter Melon plant. I am so amazed at how quickly it grew.

Stephanotis

Bitter Melon fruit (NOT mine)

Tow-in surfing

Sunlight through the nearby church stained glass.

German Shorthair Pointer pup.  Black and white; not the usual brown and white. Ready to play, too, but behind a fence.

A nice week of stargazing and less rain.

Have a great Memorial Day.