Showing posts with label photographs by Carol Reynolds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photographs by Carol Reynolds. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Scenic Hawaii Videos (Flowers, Birds, Ocean and Landscape)


Hawaiian Black-Crowned Night Heron
Photo by Carol Reynolds

The Hawaiian Black-crowned Night Heron is very similar to those on the mainland and in other countries.   For my blog post about this bird go here

The first video below has footage of the Nene , Hawaii's state bird, as well as other birds and various flowers.  I thought maybe you would like more information about Nene shown here

Enjoy the beauty of Hawaii in these two videos!







If you view these videos, you will see they are not my own.   I intend to post  videos of my own soon.   

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Flower Power

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the mind."  - Luther Burbank


Double White Hibiscus 
in Makiki (Honolulu) 

White can be beautiful, because there are many subtle hues of colors in the color white when you observe closely.   I agree with the quote above by Luther Burbank; flowers can make you happier and are a joy to have around.    But I have always enjoyed beautiful things, in particular flowers and nature and lovely scenery.    
Better than flowers being sunshine, food, and medicine to the mind is a close personal relationship with God and reading and studying His Holy Word.   That is the best cure for everything, especially in trials and sorrows.   


Almost Lavender Plumeria 
Kaimuki (Honolulu)


Orchid Tree Blossoms 
Honolulu

It is officially Spring now and I thought a blog post here about flowers was rather timely.   Some of the flowers shown here are in the Honolulu area and photos of  others were taken on the mainland when I visited there.    

Water Hyacinth
Honolulu Zoo


Water Lilies
Ala Moana Beach Park Honolulu


Magnolia 
New Orleans, Louisiana

I have only painted 2 magnolia works in my life.   The first one was when my daughter was about 10 years old and she picked a magnolia blossom for me and it was beginning to fade to a pale beige shade when I painted it.....it turned out rather well even though it was not the pretty white you usually associate with a magnolia blossom.    Several years later I completed a much smaller painting of magnolia blossoms and it got stolen at an art show in a mall.   Maybe I better stick to painting other flowers.   

Iris
New Orleans, Louisiana


Lily , Honolulu


Ti Plant in bloom

Ti plants are native to the Hawaiian Islands as well as the Philippines.   I have one on my lanai here but it has never bloomed for me.   They are quite popular landscaping plants here in Honolulu and elsewhere in Hawaii.

I hope you enjoyed this visit to my blog and I will post more flowers at another time.   Here in Hawaii something is always in bloom because it is like Spring all the time.   In the winter it gets a little cooler (especially at night) but not that much and it rains more here in the winter months.  Hawaii is a perfect place for flower lovers to live !


Friday, September 13, 2013

Plumeria, Cassia, And Other Flowering Trees at Foster Botanical Gardens - Oahu, Hawaii



"Yellow" African Tulip Tree Blossoms


Yellow African Tulip Tree 

The above photo gives you an idea of how tall this Yellow African Tulip Tree can grow.   The close-up shot of the blossoms themselves are not a true yellow, but they are more yellow than the orange-red ones that I have photographed and painted in the past.   


Pink Cassia Tree Blossoms

These pink blossoms on the Cassia tree are my favorite; the yellow Cassia blooms are nice, but not as dramatic as the pink.  Below is a close-up of the yellow Cassia tree flowers.   


Yellow Cassia Tree Blossoms


Orange Flowered Cassia Tree

The shot directly above is of the Orange blossomed Cassia Tree.    They are rather nice, aren't they!
I am not getting too technical about each tree on purpose.   Hope you are enjoying these photographs.
Guess what kind of tree the blossoms below are found on ?


Nutmeg Tree Flowers

On previous visits to Foster Botanical Gardens I had seen the "fruit" of the Nutmeg Tree;  this visit last week found me in awe of the unusual flowers on this "spice" tree.  Below is a shot of the nutmeg tree in bloom.


Nutmeg Tree

Information about flowering trees would not be complete unless I included the Plumeria tree. 


Rainbow Plumeria Tree

Some rainbow plumeria flowers have more pronounced and vivid and distinct color variations on each bloom, so I am hoping I am correct in that this is a "rainbow" plumeria.   Regardless, it is beautiful !  Plumerias are found everywhere in the Hawaiian islands in white, pink, red, and yellow.    It is time I do another oil painting with plumeria blossoms !
Just for fun I am including the photo below of some cattle egrets that are always to be found at Foster Botanical Gardens.   I don't know what kind of tree they are sitting in; I must go back and find out.  But the tree in the background with pink blooms is probably a Cassia tree.


I could make many more posts here with the treasures found at Foster Gardens.   Check back again soon.