Saturday, August 1, 2009

Saturday Beach Summer Sighs

ALOHA
Waikiki Beach Goers!
(You're Here Now ;-)


click on photos to enlarge "To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a
Book it lie-
True Poems flee."
Emily Dickinson

"Summer set lip to earth's bosom bare,
And left the flushed print in a poppy there."
Francis Thompson

Do you see the Seal Face?

"Oh, the summer night
Has a smile of light
And she sits on a sapphire throne."
Barry Cornwall



"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
Albert Camus



"There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart."
Celia Thaxter




Greetings my friends!
Isn't it a perfect day to savor us some Summer?
Please leave me an "Aloha" in "comments" to make me smile a silly smile.
Then go for a paddle, a wander, an ice cream cone, or a guilty stare over the horizon of the every day.

24 comments:

the walking man said...

Let me have my coffee first, then read some of the goings on in that place we call world, then go and visit people m then decide if there is more edits necessary, then do all the things the old lady wants done, then I'll go out and look to the far horizon and set the sun down and go to sleep hopefully a dreamless one to wake up and come back to Hawaii for my morning dose of "good" but only after they serve the coffee on the morning flight.

Such is the day. It is mine and I will be glad therein.

Aloha

Anonymous said...

Aloha dear Cloudia. I hope you are enjoying a wonderful weekend.

Anonymous said...

I have got to get me one of those big wheeled water things. Those kick ass!

Wil Harrison.com

Reader Wil said...

Have a great summer weekend, Cloudia!

claude said...

Today our summer sky is cloudy. Sometimes the sun shines and the temperature is not to hot.
I send you my smile and tell you ALOHA, Cloudia !

Noe Noe Girl...A Queen of all Trades. said...

Love it!

Teresa said...

Howdy Cloudia! Love the pictures and the quotes. We have clouds this morning, but it's supposed to be a warm sunny day. I will think of you around sunset, too. Have a wonderful summer weekend! Say hi to the sea turtles.

Charles Gramlich said...

Love Cornwall's piece. very lovely.

Anonymous said...

We had popsicles at the med center yesterday. Old men turn into little angels with the promise of a popsicle. Once an adult; twice a child. For my Kansas-warped summer, I can pick a red or white hibiscus most every day from my garden, and set it into my indoor tabletop waterfall. They're 8 1/2 inches across in size. Aloha, DrumMajor

Junosmom said...

I'd like a bike like that to ride through my horse pasture.

Deborah Godin said...

August 1, and you've given us so many delightful quotes to hold onto summer with! Lovely little seal face, and not a peep out of him!

Cloudia said...

You folks are the coolest visitors!
What a delightful crop of comments. Of course, those of you whose e-mail I posess have already recieved your smiles ;-)

Aloha dears-

Dina said...

OK, I did it. Good advice.

Seals are sweet even when in stone.

Cloudia said...

Dina!!

Anonymous said...

Odd. I seldom see faces in clouds but I saw the seals face right off.

A nice post. What a nice weekend it is here in Ohio Cool weather. Everything is lush and green.

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Eric S. said...

Aloha fair lady. I did see the seal face. and my favorite quote here is

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
Albert Camus

Enjoy your summer day.

The Grandpa said...

Aloha, Cloudia.

What a glorius summer post. Continue to smile sweet friend. It brightens all our days.

Yesterday we bought hooded sweatshirts--an absolute essential for enjoying a Sonoma coast summer.

Barbara Martin said...

Funny you should mention ice cream cones, Cloudia, as I had one today when I picked up my soul songs book.

Elizabeth Bradley said...

Aloha Cloudia! I will have a frozen fruit pop, and a ride on that three wheeled contraption you've pictured. Lordy mercy, what is it?

Maria Verivaki said...

this is pretty much what we are up to on our island - it's to hot to think at the moment...

Unknown said...

Cloudia,
These are gorgeous! Thanks for the beauty and the Emily Dickinson quote and all the other cool details!

Bubblewench said...

Aloha! Hope you are enjoying the beauty of summer. Heck, I know you are. :)

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Cloudia said...

VERY cool seeing you guys here!!