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Hawaiian fishing canoe with striped sail resting on signature stand. Length of model: 18 inches. 12/2016
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Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) in my garden on the Big Island of Hawaii. These lizards were introduced to the islands in the early 1950's through the pet trade. Importation of reptiles and amphibians into the Hawaiian Islands is now prohibited, other than an occasional red ear slider water turtle.
Hawaii, a U.S. state, is an isolated volcanic archipelago in the Central Pacific. Its islands are renowned for their rugged landscapes of cliffs, waterfalls, tropical foliage and beaches with gold, red, black and even green sands. Of the 6 main islands, Oahu has Hawaii’s only big city, Honolulu, home to crescent Waikiki Beach and the Pearl Harbor memorials.
Shot with a Sony a6000
This may have been the best weather of the whole trip (this time). it was cloudy and choppy most of my vacation.
Believe it or not this sunflower field is in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. I never knew they grew sunflowers on the island but apparently they've had this field for awhile. However it was closed to the public and they used to get a lot of trespassers sneaking onto the field to see the sunflowers. So, this year, they decided to open the field to the public so they wouldn't have to keep chasing trespassers away. And I'm glad they did because it was very cool to see sunflowers against a Hawaiian sky.
I couldn't resist stopping to take a photo of this lonely tree on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA. (Day 6)
Hawaii National Guard’s Spc. Jonathan Ganir, assigned to Task Force Hawaii, administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a Department of Education employee at Kealakehe High School, March 6, 2021, Kona, Hawaii. Over 700 DOE employees received their second dose of COVID-19 vaccines during the mass vaccination event. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. John Schoebel)
Hawaii Five-O - the original series ! – a tv show which prompted boyhood dreams of living in Hawaii some day. As luck would have it, I was able to live that dream, enjoying 5 glorious years in Honolulu! This photo is of the original hardback book of Hawaii Five-O, which was a gift to me by my parents some 40 years ago.
MacroMonday favorite TV show theme
Kailua-Kona, HI
6/23/17
Aloha once again, it is my pleasure to present to everyone a modern day Western Waste Industries and Waste Resources sister company, Pacific Waste and their brand new Diesel Peterbilt Amrep! For anyone not familiar with Western Waste Industries, they were founded by Kosti Shirvanian (owner of Pacific Waste, Aloha Waste and Waste Resources), in the early 1990's they were 1 of the top 5 largest Waste haulers in the U.S., they were Orange with a large White stripe down the middle of the body, they primarily bought Stagg and Amrep's on Peterbilt in SoCal and were bought out by U.S.A. Waste (Waste Management) in 1996.
Almost everyday in Hawaii I would drive past Pacific Waste's yard to see what trucks were on route. They have a fleet of (11) FL's along with I believe (4) Roll Off's Their FL's consist of (6) STS all of which are ex Waste Resources and still had WR on them, (1) AVI (3) New Way's and (1) brand new Amrep. Unfortunately to my knowledge all (6) STS and the AVI never left the yard along with (1) New Way (that was used once or twice). Both the AVI and few STS FL's were being worked on so hopefully someone can find a STS on route in Hawaii.
I had seen the Amrep a few times going to Waste Management's landfill a few times during the trip but never on route. Thankfully on my last weekday in Hawaii I finally found the Pacific Waste Peterbilt Amrep. This truck is beautiful and reminds me of Western Waste every time I look at it. I was informed by the scout truck driver that this shiny Diesel Peterbilt Amrep is currently the newest truck in Pacific Waste's fleet and had been used for less than 2 weeks. The Amrep sounded amazing and brought back memories of Western Waste.
A cool aspect of Pacific Waste is that over 3/4 of their dumpsters are plastic. Unfortunately I did not get a picture but I saw a couple times trough out the trip the scout trucks will stack 2 plastic dumpsters, bring them out to the street and leave them stacked with trash in them and the FL will pick up each one individually and then re-stack them for the scout trucks.
On a side note, while I was on my way to an event earlier in the week I saw a Blue and White Superior Sanitation ex LA AVI FL with the hopper still in LA colors. I did not have a camera at the moment and throughout the rest of the trip I looked for it but unfortunately never found it. Pacific Waste has 3 times the stops a Superior and to make things worse the Superior AVI was on recycle and I did not see many Superior recycle dumpsters. Amazing how there are 2 companies on Kona with a AVI.
Pacific Waste is the sister company of Waste Resources in California and Aloha Waste who are in Maui and as of 2016 Honolulu.
I also included a brief clip at the end of the Hawaiian Mongoose, the mascot from P.F.I. Rubbish. In case you missed P.F.I. Rubbish I strongly recommend watching the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Xeaffzngw&t=38s
Pacific Waste Peterbilt Amrep Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3Q2_jvqztY
Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins, Stenella longirostris, Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. The front dolphin has a Cookie Cutter Shark bite out of it's dorsal fin.
Kitesurfing or kiteboarding off Kahana Beach, Maui, Hawaii.
Kitesurfing or Kiteboarding is an adventure surface water sport that has been described as combining wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, and gymnastics into one extreme sport. Kitesurfing harnesses the power of the wind to propel a rider across the water on a small surfboard or a kiteboard (similar to a wakeboard). The terms kiteboarding and kitesurfing are interchangeable. And one of the best places in Hawaii to do this is Kahana Beach on Maui, because it is protected by an offshore reef, where the gentle trade winds blow into the beach most of the year.
Hawaiian Chest Tattoo-- spears and shark teeth in fish hook pattern designed by me and tattooist. Photo taken on same day as completion -- done in 2 consecutive days, 17 hours studio time, 7 hours needle time.
Tattooist: Paul Taylor of San Francisco