Sometimes while strolling

Sometimes while strolling, we see beautiful flowers. Well, you're thinking, of course! It's HAWAII! Yes, it is...

The pretty flower below is on a neighbor's plant.

Palms, clouds and the moon!

A resting turtle. You can see the signs they put up to protect 'em.

Signs for V39 also. And his pal.

 I don't think I could sleep with sand on my face like that!

You have to look carefully, but there was a 3rd seal out on the island...also snoozing.

 "You ok?"

Oddly shaped cloud. 

 Palm trees and pink clouds.

Turns out this cat is also a gymnast.

 More pink.

This huge tree is in our apartment complex. There is so much going on with this tree that it sometimes makes me think I can't catch it all with my camera.  So I'm taking partial shots. Also, cars and housing below it in the shot, so I wanted to miss those...

There are so many birds that live in here! It's wonderful how different light can make a very different shot. Just a lovely walk in Hawaii! Well, Kauai.

Take a look at your pinky finger....

OK, stop reading for a second and take a look at your pinky finger.  See how small the nail is?

This Drupe shell was smaller than my pinky finger nail! Oh, so cute and also tiny. And now that I'm looking more carefully, it might be a small basket shell...

Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse with no customers...

Octopus 1. look for the white circle and then the eye. Hiding well, eh?

Octopus 2. Again, look for the white circle, the siphon. And def hiding well.

Lizard fish. I didn't see the little guy when I dove down to pick up some glass and he shot away from my hand like a cannon!

Cone shell, halfway buried. (And probably alive.)

The Juvenile Yellow Tail Coris.  Yeah, currently not yellow.  But tiny! probably half the size of my pinky. And definitely thinner..love those white spots on the red skin..

Moorish Idol

 Cowry shell hiding in a crevice.

The cutest Picasso Trigger Fish. Again, maybe 2 inches long, including the tail.  Very adorable.

And yes, fish can also give stink eye...

Brighteye Damsel wondering what I'm doing....Their eyes ARE really bright!

 This was the day of TINY.  This is a very small Raccoon Butterfly fish.

Regular size female trunk fish.

So today's dive was only an hour and a half.  The 3 hours yesterday pooped me out! But a nice day. And two octopuses.  It's so good! My camera acted up on the dive, but when I got it home, it was behaving again. Thank God! It's my fave! And they don't make 'em anymore...

Seven amazing finds

I saw so many cool things yesterday, that I couldn't even find the energy to write the post! So it's Sunday and here I go:
Most amazing in terms of rarity was the Bat Ray:

I did upload a movie to youtube: look for octopigirl7

Nice photo, finally!, of the White Cheeked Tang. They are just so pretty.

My old pal, the Abudefduf

And the male Box Fish

Small Trevally that showed me the eel (at the bottom of the shot)

"What are you doing here?!"

Rainbow nose a.k.a. Pinktail Durgon

Lookin' at me, lookin' at me...

Red Pencil Urchins

Saddle wrasse and a small Snowflake Moray. I probably saw about 6 eels, of differing types.

And the octopus!

 If you click on the photo, you can see the eye.

And then his skin changed to smooth and darkened, when he wished I would go away.

 And later, his skin turned bumpy again and regularly colored.

Mr. Flounder! I usually get the idea for a movie once they stop moving....drat.

See the Barracuda? Look for the black on the tail, center of the photo.

You can see it a bit better here. Without the black on the tail, I might have missed it altogether.

Palms, clouds and a splash

Nice shell, in good shape, which meant I had to leave it behind. 
Couldn't tell if someone was living in it.

Urchin with all its protective stones.

 One of several Rock Mover Wrasses.  These fish can pick up such a big rock, it's amazing.

Hermit Crab....an electric blue crab inside a Turban Shell. This could be the way I get to collect operculum...after the crab kicks out the original owner!

 One of 2 leaf fishes..

 Yellow Tail Coris adult. And below, the juvenile.

Leaf Fish #2. I do love how they rest on the surrounding sides of rocks and coral.

Zebra Moray. Just the one...it was long enough to come out of both sides of this rock.

 Pretty flowers on the walk.

Nice plumeria

Oops. Forgot some cool animals:

Brighteye Damsel Fish. Darting around. I must have seen at least 50 of these and all were too fast!

This is the eel hidden about a foot and a half from the octopus!

Last but not least, the Devil Scorpion Fish. He didn't like me.