Water Fountain

I seldom see dragonfly so when I see one is a real treat. I’m glad I always carry my small camera, you’ll never know when you can see something interesting to capture. When I was young, my cousins and I are always trying to capture dragonflies and damselflies even. But I noticed when I went…

It was a nice day to walk and I decided to go Ford Island. I particularly like the long stretched road they have that used to be a runway for planes. I came across this tower that had been made famous in the movie “Pearl Harbor”, so majestic looking as a foreground to the clear…

I like taking pictures of just about anything I see in nature. It so happened this Pacific plover came my way and I knew I had to capture this cute little migrating bird. I have actually a collection of pictures of the plover. They are very amusing to look at. Besides, they are not afraid…

Once in a while I have uninvited guests in my garden. This gate crasher looks like he really feels at home. I don’t mind. He chases some mice that might be eating my crops so he’s a a little helper actually. And he looks cute too.

I was surprised one day to see a bird’s nest fall from the mango tree. I was sweeping the fallen leaves of the mango tree which by the way did not give many fruits this year. The tree was pruned last spring and then new leaves sprouted and the old leaves fell one by one…

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…