FLORA ON THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII. (A GALLERY IN PROGRESS)

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THE BIG ISLAND

WEST COAST / KONA KALUA


"AFTERNOON WHISPERS POETRY THROUGH THE COCONUT CROWN,"

"EVES DROPPING ON THE GOSSIP OF FRONDS,"

"A STRENGTH OF PLEATS," 

"A GOOD SALAS ALWAYS BEGINS ON THE RED-GREEN SPECTRUM"

                                 
     

"GETTING INTO THE HEAD OF A PALM TREE"

You are such a "frondly" species. Perhaps you'd let us in on the secrets to your success.

I can sense a subtle wisdom in your growth strategy. Shoot out a slender frondlet from the top of your trunk, and as the leaf catches the light, photosynthesis will make it grow to its full length. Then, as new shoots bud from your head, it will cause that full-length frond to be pushed toward the edge of your head and bend over, spreading out like a living solar cell.

It could take six or eight months to get a new frond into production, but who knows, after that maybe a year or two of free solar energy before the frond wears out, droops and falls off, leaving your trunk one frond-butt taller.

What a visually scintillating growth strategy; literally a life of graceful dancing leaves.

Perhaps some other time you could explain how your very prolific family spread all over the temperate world. You sexy minx!

HILO / HAMAKUA COAST

"THAT CLAIRITY A FOREST FEELS WHEN WAKING FROM A RAIN,"

"THE HAMAKUA MODERN DANCE AND FLORAL FLOOR SHOW COMPANY"

"THE HAMAKUA SOLAR POWERED CEILING FAN PLANT 

IN THE HEAT OF PRODUCTION" 

"BANYAN WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR"

"MAGIC FROM THE SEEDS OF LOTHLORIEN," HONOMU, 

"CHILDREN OF THE FIRE EARTH, CHILDREN OF THE SUN AND RAIN," 

NANUE FALLS

"THE FOREVER COMPETITION OF THE TROPICAL CANOPY QUEENS,"

SOUTH COAST

"OLD MAN BANYAN HAS A NICE SIT-DOWN"

Anyone who works this hard to put nutrients in the leaves deserves to sit down 

in his white pants and enjoy a beautiful day at seaside.

  

 

WALKING UP THROUGH THE GHOST CITY OF MYSTRAS TO THE BYZANTINE FORTRESS ON THE CANYON RIM (9 images)

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"INVITATION IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ANCIENT DREAD,"
 MYSTRAS, PELOPONNESE, GREECE

"IN DEFENSE OF A BYZANTINE MYTH," 

MYSTRAS, PELOPONNESE GREECE 

"BYZANTINE CHAPEL," 

MYSTRAS PELOPONNESE, GREECE

"THE SPIRIT, THE TREE, AND THE SANCTUM," 

MYSTRAS

“CARD TRICK.” MYSTRAS

"TERRA COTTA FLOWER IN A STONE GARDEN 
LONG OVERGROWN," MYSTRAS

"THE LAST MYTH STANDING," MYSTRAS, 

“WHERE BYZANTIUM CONFESSED  ITSELF," 

MYSTRAS, 

"A BYZANTINE VIEW OF SPARTI,"

FROM THE FORTRESS AT MYSTRAS.