Thursday, November 19, 2009

World's Best Weather

A L O H A, My Friend!


Welcome to Thursday
Here in Waikiki



click on photos to smell it!
Ocean Safety: City & County of Honolulu Lifeguards





"The great thing about getting older is that
you don't lose all the other ages you've been."
Madeleine L'Engle







How you get your surfboard to da beach!






"The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

That is why so much social life is exhausting."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh


Back Alley of Waikiki

"That it is shallow to judge by appearences is a well-known saying.

That it is shallow to dismiss appearances is a lesser-known truth."

Yahia Lababidi





Our weather here in Waikiki has been beautiful and breezy.

Cool & pleasant to us, but don't worry:

it will definitely feel like the nicest day

of Summer when you get here.

The Triple Crown of Surfing is happening now on Oahu's

world famous North Shore.

I'm so glad that you stopped by today to visit me

here at da beach!

Hope you enjoy today's pictures and quotes.

If you would like to see videos of the world's top surf athletes, just click the link

below.



http://www.triplecrownofsurfing.com/reefblog/video.php


ALOHA, cloudia

32 comments:

Kay said...

I'm loving that breeze! I hope it keeps up.

wenn said...

lovely..

the walking man said...

Take your surf and balmy breezes and...ha ha ha never mind. Surf's up dude.

Anonymous said...

What seems to have began as a dark and long month, has turned out to become a wonderful 'late summer' even over here - maybe there's something in the air.
A wonderful Thursday for you.

Fireblossom said...

....Maybe it's the mother in me, but that boy on the scooter just doesn't look safe at all! It looks like something my son would do.

Scoot away quickly, young man, before I ruin all your fun! ;-)

Dianne said...

I love the surf board pic

and the social life quote is perfect

claude said...

I like very the first quote.
I think noone can forget the other ages wa have been in our life.
Cool the manner to get the surfboard to the beach !!!

Jenn Jilks said...

Ahhh, the beach! Great photo, friend. I love the motocycle with the board!

Charles Gramlich said...

Wow, the Lindbergh quote sure hit home. That's exactly right.

Teresa said...

Now all the young man is lacking is a family of 7 kids stretched out along the surf board!!

So, Cloudia, when do we get pictures of you hanging ten?

Daryl said...

Send some of that sunshine this way .. Aloha!

Anonymous said...

cool photos

Deborah Godin said...

I'll remember that when it's dark and cold up here...that's it's always summer and breezy on da beach!

DeniseinVA said...

I shall enjoy looking at the links Cloudia, thank you. So many inventive ways to get those surfboards to the beach. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Akelamalu said...

I would love to feel that sun and breeze right now!

Cloudia said...

LOL!

Don't hate me because I'm balmy.
Just consider me your "avatar."
MMMMM, I have a sudden craving to move to Detroit!

Love you guys-

Elizabeth Bradley said...

We're having rather nice weather here in Southern California but rain is supposed to be here Saturday and we could use it. Love that Madeleine L'Engle quote, thanks Cloudia.

Travis Erwin said...

Are those leaves colored that way due to fall or are they always reddish?

sealaura said...

HOla Amiga,

lovely pics. great quotes. i agree although I am a bit of a social butterfly, it has to be with the right kind of fun beachy people or else it is exhausting to be a social cat.

hugs from cali.

Friko said...

the quotes are brilliant, I'll copy them if I may?

It's cool and breezy here too, and VERY WET out of the ocean! You could some and surf in the field by the river.

Cloudia said...

Thanks for visiting today!
Look in your inbox for my answer, Travis.

SandyCarlson said...

I love the Anne Morrow Lindbergh quote, Cloudia. Makes me think of my Buddhist friends and his advice not to waste energy on frivolous social niceties. There is "you" understood and "nice to you" understood....

Glennis said...

I like the way that chap was getting his surf board to the beach, very inventive. Would be nice out there too.

Junosmom said...

Hi Cloudia, missing you and thought I should stop by. Take a photo of that head, would like to see.

I agree on social life - too exhausting. Talked to a friend tonight who had a rude thing said to her. Finally, I said, "why do you care what she thinks? It's about her, not you." Worked well.

Going out to give Etta her bedtime snack. Sleep well.

Feisty Crone said...

Surfing looks like so much fun!

Sepiru Chris said...

I wish I was at "da Beach". I admit to being quite surprised at the height of the waves for the men's morning runs. 3 feet? And over a reef?

I am sure that that is technically challenging (my surfing is amusing to real surfers)... and the reef certainly adds a risk dimension...but where are the big waves?

Tschuess,
Chris

Anonymous said...

Teresa -- see Cloudia "hanging ten" in her previous posts in her kayak...or I bet she "hangs ten" maybe in flipflops on the motorcycle...is that good to ride a motorcycle barefoot? DrumMajor

Tammie Lee said...

you make me miss Hawaii! Your photos are unique and wonderful and so alive with color.
Spirithelpers

Maria Verivaki said...

i think i would like to live in a house with a view of that back alley - i've just been peeking through all your photos and they are so refreshing!

Yahia said...

Happy to see my quote up on your page, among so many fine others.

If you care for more sayings, I've 299 others where that came from:

"Signposts to Elsewhere"
www.janestreet.org/press

All the best,
Yahia

Cloudia said...

Jolly!


Yes, small waves - the contest was suspended....

And a QUOTEE showed up! First time!
Thank you, Yahia

Yahia said...

Well, CloudIa, this quotee is actually alive...
which makes it that much easier to show up;)

Aloha,
Yahia