It was cold all day – especially during the 5.5 hours on my bike. YUCKO. Several times I wanted to turn around and return home. Combined with a nagging injured left knee, the adventure wasn’t particularly ‘warm.’  All the mental images I drew from (during my ride) were of the beach (Kailua-Kona), the Pacific and of Hawaiian flowers (because they smell so darn good).

So, my photo of the day is “Pentas lanceolata,” otherwise known as Pentas. Where winters are not too severe, pentas are perennial. They may always be treated as an annual and replanted after danger of frost for long-lasting summer color. Frost? Who mentioned frost? Burr. Let’s just consider the day ‘done’ and move onward. Nuf said.

Aloha.