Rock Crab

Did you know that pineapples came from the family of bromeliads? No wonder the plant looks just like bromeliad except for the showy fruit we know as pineapple. It is called pineapple because it resembles pine cone. It was introduced by the Spaniards to the New World and now it is widely cultivated around the…

I took this photo at the Honolulu Academy of Arts during their exhibition of the Stick Art Show. So primitive yet fascinating to look at. I actually took several photos with my son Alex on it. It’s quite an experience for him. The sticks evokes childhood memories growing up in a rural area in the…

I almost always have surprise every time I go to the garden. There’s the cat and the kittens and this time it’s a toad and it is big too. I always wonder how the soil in my potted eggplant gets disturbed every time as if something is scratching it and leaves an indentation. Then one…

I call it the thirst quencher because it sits right in the middle of nowhere by the beach and anybody who would pass by it would surely be filled and satisfied having a drink from this fountain. I took some photography lessons a while back and this is one of the pictures I took as…

I like to collect small cacti plants and succulents. It started ever since I came to the US in 1981. We live in a small apartment and there’s no place for me to do some gardening. My elder brother has a lot of succulents in their garden so I ask for some. Its just the…

I took this picture six years ago at Bellows beach Park. It was a surprise for me but I was glad at the same time that I was able to capture nature at its’ very best. It looks hungry but I did not see the mother bird. I hope she did not abandon this cute…