More colors than a hibiscus decorate the sunset sky on Aug. 2. (Reiko Sekine/Community contributor)

Clouds wreathe Maunakea in late July. (Victoria McKinney/Community contributor)

A splendid pebble crab, or etisus splendidus, is an uncommon red crab with black tips on its claws. They are nocturnal but sometimes can be seen during the day squeezed back in a crack or crevice. Spotted during a scuba dive off the Kona coast in February. (Donna R. Goodale/Community contributor)

A cardinal dances on a Kona windowsill on Thursday. (Janice Tharp/Community Contributor)

Kona Civil Air Patrol
cadets take flight

Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library of the Hawaii State Public Library System marked with completion of upgrade work at the library with a celebration on Saturday, August 2. Thanks to funding from the Friends of Thelma Parker Memorial Library, the library installed a new circulation desk, storage areas, and new windows and screens. The library was closed July 16-19 for construction work and reopened on July 20. Pictured here, Friends of Thelma Parker Memorial Library board members, from left, Sonja Walawender, Arlene Block, Jacqueline Wright, Alice Jenkins, and Claire Winget gather for a photo at the library’s new circulation desk with Pam Akao, branch manager.

Star cacti soak up sun at Old Airport Park in Kailua-Kona on Saturday. (Alan Tharp/Community Contributor)

Hanging orchids dazzle from a porch in Kona. (Bob Viggers/Community contributor)

A honu peeks out of the water at Pu’uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park. (Jean Truman/Community contributor)