Photographs

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 β†’

It’s day 2 of the 12 days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge on Micro.blog. The subject for today is Cozy.

A minimalist room features a woven chair, a glowing lamp on a side table, and double doors with a dark backdrop.

Monday, December 15, 2025 β†’

Today is the first day of the 12 days of the Winter Wonder Photo Challenge on Micro.blog. The subject for today is Frost.

Living here on Maui frost is far from a common occurrence. Maybe you’ll see it at higher elevations and on the summit of Haleakala during the winter months, but definitely not where I live.

So I have chosen a photo that was taken in South Wales in December 2010.

A large tree covered in frost stands majestically against a clear blue sky, with a frosty field and a wooden bench in the foreground.

Monday, December 8, 2025 β†’

I seem to be falling a day behind the last couple of days. This is yesterday morning’s rainbow. There were none this morning, so hopefully I am caught up now. 🌈️

A vibrant rainbow arcs over a rural landscape with lush greenery and a house under a partly cloudy sky.

Sunday, December 7, 2025 β†’

Yesterday morning’s rainbow 🌈

A lush green landscape, a lawn in the foreground with bushes and other plants in the background, with a faint rainbow arcing across a partly cloudy sky.

Saturday, December 6, 2025 β†’

A quiet beach on Maui’s north shore, strewn with tree stumps and the West Maui Mountains (Mauna Kahālāwai) in the background.

A quiet beach features scattered driftwood and tree stumps on the sand with distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky.

Saturday, December 6, 2025 β†’

I caught a rainbow hiding out amongst the clouds yesterday morning. 🌈

A subtle rainbow appears amidst a sky filled with dramatic clouds and patches of blue.

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 β†’

A faint, partial rainbow this morning. 🌈️

A landscape featuring a grassy field, lush greenery, a young coconut tree and a faint rainbow against a cloudy sky with the ocean in the background.

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 β†’

The trees across the valley from us lit by the rising sun, the light on them contrasting strongly against the dark storm clouds behind them.

Dense, lush greenery and tall trees are lit by the rising sun and set in a contrasting way against dark storm clouds behind them.

Saturday, November 29, 2025 β†’

A Cardinal on the beach yesterday. I tried to also tried to catch a photograph of a Common Sandpiper (Hawaiian: Ōpae ʻula) that was searching for small crabs to eat, but it was moving too quickly.

A small bird with a red head and white body stands on a sandy beach with the ocean in the background, a small wave breaking. In the foreground are a couple of small rocks, possible old coral now bleached a sandy colour.

Thursday, November 27, 2025 β†’

I discovered this album on Apple Music a couple of evenings ago, and love it. I have it playing as dinner preparation is under way.

Memories of Home by John Scofield & Dave Holland

A record album cover textured, dark green background with the text John Scofield, Dave Holland, and Memories of Home along with the ECM logo.

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 β†’

This evening’s sunset.

A serene autumn sunset casts a warm glow on the horizon, and above that is a cool, clear sky with a small smudge of cloud. All of this is over a landscape with silhouetted trees and a roof visible in the distance.

Sunday, November 23, 2025 β†’

This morning’s double rainbow. 🌈

A vibrant double rainbow arcs over a lush green lawn and garden landscape under a cloudy sky. In the far distance a grey ocean can be seen under a cloudy, rainy sky.

Saturday, November 22, 2025 β†’

Looking out at Diamond Head, Honolulu.

Auto-generated description: A scenic view showcases a vast green park with scattered trees and people, set against the backdrop of a rugged mountain, which is Diamond Head in Honolulu, under a clear blue sky.

Friday, November 21, 2025 β†’

Rainbow over the hills above Honolulu this afternoon. 🌈

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Monday, November 17, 2025 β†’

A rainbow, in fact a double rainbow from mid morning yesterday. 🌈️

A lush green lawn stretches into the distance, bordered by tall grass and plants, under a clear blue sky with a faint rainbow and an even more faint rainbow above that. In the distance the ocean can be seen.

Sunday, November 16, 2025 β†’

A rainbow seen at Ho’okipa Beach Park early afternoon today. By the time that I drove away a little later a second rainbow was visible above this one, and the colours of this rainbow appeared deeper against dark grey storm clouds. 🌈

Auto-generated description: A beach scene features warning signs, a palm tree, a yellow lifeguard station, and a faint rainbow over the ocean.

Sunday, November 16, 2025 β†’

I watched this rainbow morph in shape and size this morning. 🌈

A collage of three photos showing a serene landscape featuring lush greenery, a distant rainbow, and a partly cloudy sky.

Friday, November 14, 2025 β†’

Earlier this morning I was driving to the local recycling center and could see through the trees, a rainbow arching across the sky. By the time that I had arrived and parked up, it had diminished in size but was still there. 🌈

A clear blue sky with scattered clouds serves as the backdrop to a fenced area lined with trees, a parked vehicle, and a small building. From behind one of the trees, a partial rainbow can be seen peeking out.

Thursday, November 13, 2025 β†’

The wet and windy weather continues and with it the rainbows. Here is this morning’s. 🌈

A vibrant partial rainbow arcs across a partly cloudy sky above a lush, green landscape with various shrubs and trees.

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 β†’

I watched this rainbow, these rainbows form this morning. In fact I took photos at different stages thinking, “That’s it, it’ll fade soon,” and then this double rainbow emerged. 🌈

A vibrant rainbow with a faint second rainbow above it arcs over a lush green landscape with a cloudy sky in the background.

Monday, November 10, 2025 β†’

Yesterday morning’s briefly visible rainbow. I’m sure that there were many more as the day was very wet, but I was attending an event and did not get to see them. 🌈

A lush, green landscape is set against a cloudy sky with a faint rainbow visible in the distance rising up out of the ocean.

Thursday, November 6, 2025 β†’

This morning’s rainbow. It appeared gradually this morning. At first teasing, a faint colour in the sky hinting that a rainbow was there and yet maybe it wasn’t. Slowly the colours deepened and the arc of the rainbow grew, starting on the right and steadily reaching across the sky to what you see in the photograph. 🌈️

A vibrant rainbow arcs over a lush landscape with green grass and dense foliage under a partly cloudy sky.

Sunday, November 2, 2025 β†’

There were a number of rainbows this morning. They all formed in pretty much the same area of sky and so instead of showing the whole gamut of rainbows that appeared, I am going with the first one that I saw as I stepped outside this morning….and I didn’t get many photos of the others anyway 😏 🌈

A rainbow arches across a cloudy sky above a lush green landscape. In the distance is a grey ocean.

Saturday, November 1, 2025 β†’

Changing things up a bit. A black and white photograph of a rainbow, along with the moon yesterday evening. 🌈

A monochrome image shows a building’s corner with a slanted roof, a faint rainbow in the cloudy sky, and a small moon visible in the top right.

Saturday, November 1, 2025 β†’

The local cockerels greeting a new day (you’ll probably need to turn up the volume).

The silhouette of trees and bushes against a clear sky with a couple of smatterings of clouds at very early dawn as the first light appears.

Friday, October 31, 2025 β†’

Yes there were rainbows today. 🌈

This one from this morning:
A lush, green landscape with a pathway leading to a black gate is set under a cloudy sky, with hints of blue peeking through. A faint rainbow is visible against the clouds.

And this one from this afternoon:
Auto-generated description: A lush green landscape is framed by a vibrant sky, dotted with clouds and a faint rainbow above tall palm trees and a solitary tree. A white deckchair is visible in the bottom right.

Friday, October 31, 2025 β†’

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate. πŸŽƒ

I usually find myself watching from the sidelines, and one year I headed to the summit of Haleakala to watch the sunset and the stars come up…it is possible to see so many more at 10,023ft (3,055m). But boy it was cold! πŸ₯Ά

Auto-generated description: Two carved pumpkins with painted features sit in a rectangular garden bed outdoors.

Thursday, October 30, 2025 β†’

I don’t usually celebrate Halloween, though as I drove home from my men’s group this evening I enjoyed seeing all the spooky decorations that people had outside their houses.

Auto-generated description: A car interior is shown with a view through the window of a house decorated with colorful Halloween lights and decorations at night.

Thursday, October 30, 2025 β†’

About to pull out of the local recycling center this evening I spotted this rainbow. 🌈

Auto-generated description: A rainbow arcs over a rural road intersection with cars stopped at a sign under a cloudy blue sky.

Thursday, October 30, 2025 β†’

This morning’s double rainbow. 🌈

A vibrant landscape featuring a lush green field with palm trees and a double rainbow arching beneath a sky of fluffy clouds and blue. In the distance can be seen the ocean.