ALOHA, Friend!
You already know
that we like to wear flowers. . .
Exotic ones. . . .
Or more common ones
like this plumeria. . . .
A lei of flowers on a humble string
is often the first gift a child gives a parent. . .
May First
is Lei Day here in Hawaii.
The City of Honolulu holds a festival
and gives ribbons to
winning lei.
(Lei is plural and singular.
We don't say "leis.")
We drape horses. . . .
And Kings on their special day. . .
These humble lei sellers
of Honolulu's past
beckon you to come visit us!
What are you waiting for?
(There IS a 'Honolulu Hotels' link on this blog! :-)
Warmly, cloudia
31 comments:
Oooooooh a pink plumeria -- I've only seen it once before. DrumMajor
So many beautiful flowers in Hawaii, I would want to wear them all the time if I lived there, and to breathe in the plumeria and other natural fragrances, I wouldn't be able to get enough of them.
Love the leis...especially on the horse. :) Great photos!! Thanks for sharing.
so, people are finally able to wear smiles, and even if around their neck.
please have you all a wonderful thursday.
A bouquet of warm wishes to you, Cloudia! What a beautiful celebration of life, beauty--everything good.
ooo...would so love to be there...those flowers are gorgeous...aloha from va!
Beautiful shots. I love "PLUMERIA" and we have a lot of them here and I love the smell!
What festival and celebration. Looks inviting by warm, friendly people of Hawaii.
warm greetings /\ namaste from mumbai
aloha!
We chopped down our Singapore Plumeria tree next to the patio, because it was making so much rubbish every day. Got fed up with sweeping it away.
Now we have Mock Orange hedges and the fragrance from the flowers is so heady. Best of all, they don't make rubbish.
Those are so pretty! I especially like the horses lei in the final pic-
Have a good week
Aloha!
I couldn't find the hotel link.
I really love the leis and flowers. Your pictures are really wonderful.
Hope you got your camera issues fixed.
Thanks for leaving comment in my post.
pretty!
cj
What's the name of the first flower the purple exotic one, very pretty indeed :-).
Such beautiful traditions and flowers! Great pics and music!
Your common looks pretty exotic from here. Lovely post. Thanks.
I even smell the lei. The sun came to Moscow with your post.
How ya doing, you free spirit you???
I got a Lei each time I got off the airplane on my five trips by air across the Pacific. I don't remember what we did with them...
Let's see if I get my raft into the Detroit rive, through lake Huron into the Mississippi then the gulf of Mexico, through the panama Canal...oh you could look for me around 2017 or so.
GREETINGS!! Say it with flowers.. lovely beautiful flowers!
Lei, leis, leises? haha. love the exotic flower. tQ
Makes me think a bit of Mardi gras.
Cloudia...I have made a couple of New York Style Leis. One for a horse and the other for a donkey. I will have to send you pictures!
Beautiful photos as usual. Could you please send over some of that sunshine?
Is it called "Getting Leid"???
Great pictures! Of course it isn't the same here but the best parties are the ones that hand out leis.
Sorry I don't know the name of the top flower, but it grows on a tree as the plumeria does.
thanks SO much for kindly visiting!
Hi Claudia, We were recently given a welcome gift to Florida. A green stick in pot. It is one of the flowering trees that Leis are made from. It has since sprouted many beautiful leaves and I am waiting for the flowers. Then maybe you cn help me identify the exact name.
What a beautiful celebration. Is the Plumeria in the Jasmine family?
And I guess they smell beautiful too....
Once again I must plead ignorance as to the plumerias cousins, but I'll bet you have a Ti plant. This makes a lucky, fresh, green woven lei....my favorite actually!
thanks EACH of YOU for kindly visiting-
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