Fruits in Season

A second crop of mountain apple is ripening though fruits are not as abundant as the first crop.  Also reaching peak ripeness is the Groff, Hak Ip, and Bosworth varieties of lychee.

Clear skies makai, thunder clouds mauka at Kīlauea in Puna.

      The sky is intensely blue over the ocean south of Puna and nearby Kaʻū, as seen from Kealakomo mauka as lehua bloom, toward Ka Lae O ʻĀpua.  New and fresh winds directly from the east rustle lau kukui

Hāpu‘u Fronds Unfurl in Puna

The pattern continues of scant rainfall, and an atmosphere full of the breath of Pele and the smell of lava flow-induced forest fires in the mauka areas of Kea‘au-Puna.  Hāpu‘u fronds unfurl often in groups of three, lehua petals carpet