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Ocean View and flooded with light Downtown

Ocean View and flooded with light Downtown
Queen with Sofa Bed

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Room Three at the Pakalana Inn, Hilo, Hawaii

What it is that makes Room Three at the Pakalana Inn in Hilo, Hawaii. A meld of vintage, funky, tropics. The Farmer's Market through the slats. The Antheriums in the glass. The Papaya Tree with one ripe. The back alley with the Passion Fruit creepers winding around the fence. The cats. Especially the black one. The village, the church spire, the dark jungle beyond, pidgeon speakers with bandy legs, black, unintelligible, the steam. The sunlight in the afternoon warming the old wood, somewhat battered but well rubbed and the  cup of Volcanic coffee. So many phrases about Hawaii jingles to sell tourists. Tawdry.  But beyond that there is the real Hawaii. A torrid place. A lost world. Ravished and ravishing. That after twenty years and then some I am only now beginning to see, getting past the other self crumbling like so much ancient paper mache. More pictures of Room Three. If "luxury" bores you, leaves you empty, you might be interested in a  bit of vintage (another overused word). But if you didn't come to lie by the pool in a row, you can sit up in Room Three and listen. And watch.  Maybe take a walk. Think. And be somewhere different.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Friday, November 18, 2011

Ghost shack in jungle

Abandoned Hawaiian shack. Only the sound of rushing water in the adjacent stream. The creak of trees. And the muffled drip of rain sliding over the leaves, into the moss. Haunted.

Misty Pastoral

Waterfalls abound North of Hilo.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Avocados and Surfing


 Avocados and Surfing.  I stumbled upon this lone surfboard erected at a favorite locals spot at Hakalau Bay. A memorial or totem?  The newly created park was empty, I could only listen to the surf crashing on the rocks and wonder. 

Avocado season in Hawaii. Here is a nice pile.


Tuesday, November 1, 2011

A J Gallery Notes: More O'ahu fun....

A J Gallery Notes: More O'ahu fun....

Strolling around interesting downtown, Hilo, Hawaii.

Tidepools and private little beaches

Ambling among tidepools bracketed by lava smoothed by ocean waves.
Hilo, Hawaii.
Puffy white clouds reflected in water so clear you can see all the way to the bottom.

Overtaken

Puttering along  through caves of towering trees whose uppermost branches intertwined to form a canopy though which only dappled light passed.
Entrophy. The second law of thermodynamics.





Soil's cool jaws shall caress you.  Or something to that effect.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Backyard Orchids Hawaii

Barring destruction, Orchids are immortal. They are considered the most highly evolved flowering plant on earth. Orchids have been around millions of years, and are "air plants" that cling to trees.
The fragrance of some orchids defies description, while others may resemble familiar fragrances - raspberry, coconut, lilacs and citrus. Hawaii is known as the Orchid Isle. These 20 plus year old backyard orchids were in beautiful bloom yesterday up Hamakua way.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Waves

Transparent water

The Beach

The beach is more than a place, it is a place to be transported. The price of admission? Nothing. Just time.  I took this picture at Hapuna Beach, Hawaii with a Nikon D40.