Uh oh, the bunny may be toast!

 

lovely sunrise clouds

I saw a cute Cottontail bunny on a recent walk. When announcing this to friends, they all said that since the rabbits are an invasive species, it will probably be gotten rid of. Apparently they really multiply and eat the native plants! I hope this one is an escaped pet and will return to the owner!

What am I, a food truck?!

Swimming at PK, noticed these Raccoon Butterfly fish...swimming just below me, as if I had food for them. NOT! 

 It is an unusual behavior, so I wondered if others were feeding them.

You can see another, hiding underneath the big mounds of coral.
There were also seals at this beach..very unusual.

Just totally snoozing in the warm Kauai sun. I had to cut out the legs of the people standing...behind the lines. Yay...behaving is good.
There were also both small and adult Rock Mover Wrasses:

I do love these fish. Although they have been letting me down recently in that they haven't led me to any octopuses, the coloration and "antlers" and face are just so cool!






I think these might be eggs of some nudibranch, left stuck to a rock:

If the animal meant to hide them, though, should have chosen a different rock!
I always look when a Bluefin Trevally swims by, since sometimes they also lead me to an octopus, hiding. But in this case, it was just an eel:

And the light just caught the face of this nice Ambon Puffer.  Another of my fave fish:

Three cowry shells were hiding in a hole:

Lots of urchin spines in there too.  I guess they gotta go somewhere when they are broken off the animal.

Another hermit crab:

A hiding Humu...you can just see its tail and latter half of the body. Not sure what scared this one. Maybe it just needed a nap.

Juliana's Sea Hare:

And Christmas Wrasse.  These fish dart about so quickly, that it's a lot of work to catch the entire fish in one frame.

So after PK kicked my tail with its rip current, I drove over to Poipu and was treated to another two seals:

In the case above, the people hadn't figured out to give the seals space yet...even though the lifeguard told them the seals were wild animals and could be dangerous...they did eventually catch on, though. Thank you God!

Trunk Fish. I am noting recently that I like the photo more if I'm able to also catch the shadow...









This seal apparently had an itch

There is often some sneezing, too. Adorable! (from a distance.)
And prior to all this, a sunrise

 I love pinky clouds

Last night, a full moon.  And this is what we saw Sunday morning.

 More pretty clouds

 And pink Plumeria at my friend's house:

And from our walk:

I had given some Children's Bibles to two little girls at church...they drew me a thank you card. I smiled, telling them I was glad they drew me so tall! They also gave me snacks, which also made me smile...and a thank you card from Mom. Awww.  GOD IS GOOD!
Even if there are no octopuses.....maybe next time. Have a great week. 
Jesus is real.

Lovely place to work

Well, kids, I started my new job at National Tropical Botanical Garden! What a lovely place to work.  Literally!

These are called powder puffs.  Wonderful, right?
And the sky toward the ocean is different each day.  Yesterday was a bit foggy.  I actually couldn't really see the ocean until lunchtime.
Clouds, too:

It's very nice to have trees and plants, instead of telephone poles...

There is even a pot bellied pig, eating in the yard, on the way to work. I smile each time I see it.  I must stop and take its photo for you...








Moon:

Pretty yellow flowers with water:

I will do my best to learn what these flowers are called...but hey! It's my first week.
And I took this one on Valentine's day.  My first day on the new job:

They look just like hearts, and I thought the water droplets looked pretty too.

Misty view before the sun really came up. This is about 12 steps from where I currently work. The lunch time views are incredible.  And there's birdsong, too.  We have red tailed tropic birds, cattle egrets, pretty sparrows, Japanese White Eyes, White Rumped Shama and even Francolin.
And we have pink:

What a great Creator God is, right?

There is quite a variety of flowers.  And NTBG works to have native flowers, not invasive species. 

We also have a seed collection and a Breadfruit Institute!

I'm going to get a tour next week....hope I have time for a few pictures.