A week ago, in a post (here), I noted that my water line had broken. The other day, I remembered that I took these photos of the break. The top one shows the tangle of vegetation the water line runs through. The second gives a better view of the break.
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Scary Animal of the Month.’ See more responses here. I’ve dipped into the archives for this one, which is mostly water shots. What else did you think I meant by the headline? Captions on the photos as usual.
And finally, for all you arachnophobes, a lovely Cane Spider.
A Rock Pigeon walks past fallen petals from an Orchid Tree.
These falls are 442 feet high and there’s greenery all along the cliff the falls tumble over. There’s an endemic goby fish that spawns above the falls, but lives in the ocean. It has a suction disk that enables it to climb the falls at spawning time. There’s a shrimp that does similar, but without the suction disk!
A Sleepy Orange Butterfly feeds on the flowers of a Porterweed plant.
Having not seen any dolphins in ages, this past weekend I had my second encounter in the last two weeks. In this instance, the pod of at least 50 Spinner Dolphins went zipping on by, but any encounter is better than none!
Some Firecracker flowers amongst banana leaves at Akaka Falls State Park. Posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.
A lot of new construction these days starts with a concrete slab, but this building has a post and pier beginning. One thing you don’t have to worry about in Hawaii is cold weather freezing your house’s pipes! Our water line runs above ground from the meter to the house. There are disadvantages to this though. Last week, the line ruptured because it runs through a clump of palms, and those growing plants finally bent the water line beyond its ability to flex.
