Sunbursts, rays and other similar features are common around Waikoloa. Sometimes they are worth stopping and shooting. You have seen this tree before, a nicely photogenic kiawe tree beside the road home.
Waikoloa Sunburst
Category: Postcard from Hawai’i
Postcard from Hawai’i – Dried Mangoes
The fourth batch is processed and underway.
Our mango tree did not have a heavy crop this year, but has produced far more than we can use in the week or two they ripen. The food dehydrator has been in heavy use, three batches done and one underway. The end results are pretty good, better than some stuff I have bought at the farmers market. Perfect for snacking on in the middle of the night next to a telescope.
Between me and the birds, the tree is now picked out. I have enough mangoes on hand for at least one more go…
Postcard from Hawaiʻi – Tree
Postcard from Hawai’i – Hamakua Stream
Postcard from Hawaiʻi – Mauna Kea Stream
Postcard from Hawaiʻi – Koa
Postcard from Hawai’i – Kailua Bay
Escargot Anyone?
A wet winter and spring has brought changes to the Waikoloa area… Green pastures and hills around the village, an enormous crop of weeds in the yard, uncountable cockroaches and gnats, and these guys… Giant African snails.
They are everywhere I look in the yard, in the corners and under any debris. They get caught out by the sun to roast on the driveway, or crunch beneath vehicle tires. The compost pile is snail city, with dozens visible and more underneath the detritus. They get big too, the specimen photographed below was nearly six inches long when crawling along.
I understand that folks in some parts of the world eat these guys. I jokingly brought a handful to my wife one day and let her know I had dinner planned. She did not think the idea was a good dining choice. I have to agree with her, I am not really tempted.
Postcard from Hawai’i – Orchid
Postcard from Hawai’i – Gecko
