At the edge of this palm fringed beach at Punaluu is a quiet pond…everyone is at the beach enjoying the hot black sand and looking for basking sea turtles.
But I am more drawn to this beautiful pond filled with purplewater lilly blossoms which are blooming profusely everywhere, I’m tempted to wade in and pluck one out.
Their flowers and leaves are floating effortlessly on the water and palm shadows fall into the water creating rippled abstracts of their blowing leaves…very hypnotic.
I walk around the pond and cross two small bridges connecting various parts and see different scenes unfold with pictures framed in many shades of green.
I love exploring areas that are obviously in slow decay and just waiting for someone to rediscover the beauty of its hidden charms, just like this little pond.
I’m glad a took a moment to explore this and enjoy her little flowered treasures, it was just what I was looking for at the beach….not quite what anyone expected.
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What a delightful, beautiful place, Noel! And your photos are superb! Love the lilies in the water and the shadows! Hope you have a wonderful week!
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Hi Noel, you have discovered your own Shangri La. This is such a dreamy place, and I love your photos. Yes, I could step right into them :)
ReplyDeleteI have been there a few times and always long to return. We have walked all over the lava in the ocean there...it's delightful! And, I LOVE those reflections in the pond!
ReplyDeleteNoel, beautiful scenes and photos! You do live in a wonderful place!
ReplyDeleteHow graceful are those coconut trees. I would really love to see any of the HI islands.
ReplyDeleteyour world is just paradise.
ReplyDeleteThe shapes and colors are really wonderful. Elegant, peaceful, fine.
ReplyDeleteYou live in a beautiful place and your "eye" for photography makes the beautiful place even more outstanding. Great photos. I'll be back.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for stopping by my blog.
Your world is very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSydney - City and Suburbs
Lovely, still moments captured. Definitely a wonderful place to wander about.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty! That's why they call it paradise.
ReplyDeleteRYC: They are not fake rocks, they are real and I touched them. Maybe the lighting made it look like you described them.
I love your reflections and the lushness of everything.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sequence of photographs and words. Hawaii is such a magnificent part of the world and I enjoy seeing and learning more about it from your posts.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pond. Nice place to relax.
ReplyDeleteFriends tell me so much about Hawaii. Lovely and enchanting!
ReplyDeleteNoel: What a neat pond and the Water Lilies are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThat's the kind of spot I would seek out and love as well. Thank you for sharing your secret find!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful place to be and explore..
ReplyDeleteGreat photographs.
Costas
Great place to be! How Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHappy day to you!
hughugs
What perfect reflections - such serenity!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing place, wonderful pics, Noel!
ReplyDeletemarinela x
Very beautiful. Alaska and Hawaii are the only two states I've never been to. Hoping to do both some day.
ReplyDelete~Randy
What beautiful photos you have here! Amazing place!
ReplyDeletePoetry like photography. Makes one glad to know that there are still such places left and you have the luck living there.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing. Please have a wonderful Wednesday.
daily athens
Kaunis paratiisi!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures. Reminds me of the tropical world and the coconut trees where I am from (Kerala, a small state on the south west tip of India)
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a gorgeous area. I remember spending an afternoon on a black sand beach on Kauai, and it was very different from anything else I've seen.
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