A quiet week with rain!

 OK, it was only one day of rain. Well, about a half hour of rain. But it's still all good. And very helpful, unless you are trying to dry your laundry outside! But I was able to do that the next day, so no worries.

The almost full moon around clouds.

The Hawaii state bird: The Nene! (Like John Pinette's comedy: I say nay nay!)

They looked at me like: what's she doing here?

I couldn't get close enough to determine what shorebirds these were...

Hallowe'en lights. Some people really do it up. I can hardly wait for their Christmas lights. Not too far away, either!

Rain offshore

Pretty flowers along the ocean walk.

A cute Chihuahua

Cactus with a mind of its own.

The lizard was not bothered a bit by the short spines.

Chicken mom and her peepers in tow.

White Rumped Shama. I eventually saw two, singing together.

God's rays. 

Lovely sunrises and a very cute puppy

 Lovely sunrises. And I was able to once again find the very adorable puppy. She had gone round and round a pole and thus shortened her little leash! I picked her up and put her back around and around to release the length of her lead. And then I was able to pat her tummy, which she showed me joyfully. And no photo! I was walking away before I remembered. Hopefully, I will have another chance to take her portrait.

Sunrise pink

Gallinule. I think a type of moorhen. But don't quote me! I could easily be wrong.

I walked with my friend in Poipu. An hour and a half without sunscreen earned me a sunburn. I didn't realize I would be in time for a walk, so hadn't prepared. But I did learn.

I wish I had orchid skills, as this family has.

Clouds in infinite variations

Look closely: there's a rainbow to the left of the palm tree.

Crown flower. My cacti are doing well in my little home garden. I am enjoying seeing them grow tall. And I only water once a week, so not much bother.

We are expecting thunder and lightning. What else would I have when I need to drive into Lihue to the doctor's office?! Thanks for reading. Hopefully, I will soon have underwater photos again.

Thunder and Lightning!

 It is not a usual thing for us to get thunder and lightning, but we did! And also rain. That is a praise!

Lots of nice early morning colors and clouds.

Nice image on someone's truck. 

We do get the nice sunrise colors.

This dog came out of nowhere in a papaya field. We seem to have quite a few loose dogs; this one caused me no harm, but he did watch me until I was out of sight!

Taking care of the shearwaters! On base, (I now have a pass to legally get on) Alex showed me the sheltering roofs they put over the shearwater burrows. If they had discussed it with me, I would have advised that nesting on the ground is not a great plan. But they never called, so...

Rain at sea

The owner said the dog was a Siberian Husky! Smaller than I expected, but a very nice, well behaved dog.

And that's it for this week.  Have a great week.