Ted Trimmer "Cloud from Cockpit"
Happy belated 200th birthday to Charles Darwin and US President Abraham Lincoln! 12 February, 09Who says that one person cannot leave their mark on history?
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
W. Somerset Maugham
"Popularity? It's glory's small change."Victor Hugo
" Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent."
Christopher Isherwood
Word gift for visiting writers:
A "Panache" is the spray of feathers issuing from the crest of the helmet worn by a noble or noteworthy warrior or ruler.
"It is I!"
Recently a lonely peregrine falcon landed here in Hawaii. The wanderer's injured beak required some attention, so she was brought to the Honolulu Zoo to rest and recuperate.
The rare, but not unprecedented event causes one to muse on the oceans of sky that separate this most distant fleet of islands from North America where peregrines roost. How high, how far! Those sharp brave eyes!
Soon, her Waikiki vacation done, she will be sent packing to a raptor rehabilitation facility on the continent. Aloha visitor from another realm!
Aloha to the small rare twister that alighted on O`ahu yesterday and slapped a golf course worker around. Aloha and goodbye!
Aloha to the USN Port Royal which floats free of the muck and will soon have her own spa makeover in the Pearl Harbor dry docks.
And what's that cacophonic sound? Is it coming from the zoo? No! The legislature is in session. My neck aches with the testimony I cobbled today for my citizens ad hoc (read: ignored) committee regarding ill advised grandiosity by a lame duck governor administration. . .
Hence this disjointed post, but we are friends by now - you & I. Whats a little disjoint among pals, eh?
The Okinawan Cherry Blossoms are blooming in Wahiawa at the Terao nursery. Local maniacs are preparing their funny costumes for Monday's Great Aloha Run from the Aloha Tower to the Aloha Stadium. . . not me. I'm hunched over a key board.
Then I see your comments, and read your blog posts, and life is beautiful. So Aloha Toronto, Hong Kong, Lancashire, Mumbai, France, Ohio, New York City, Jerusalem, Kansas, Lake Erie, and Crete.
You know who you are. Have a wonderful day!
A L O H A! Cloudia
15 comments:
What a beautiful cloud ! Flowers are very pretty too.
Today I post about the first springflowers of my backyard.
ALOHA,Cloudia ! Have a great week-end !
Cloudia, you can be as disjointed as you please, as long as you keep writing your pearls and posting such pictures!
Hang in there.
We love you.
It must be great to see the sky unobstructed, from the cockpit!
And yes, I too cannot believe the folks in my plane obeyed and closed their window shades.
It is a long trip to use wings to go from here to there. I don't think I'd teach the falcon English so he could relate to me the story of his journey, but rather better for me to learn falcon.
Cloudia,
Maugham's quote is beautiful, and your disjoint is dis joint dis day; and I am always happy to leave my shoes at the door and come in for my visit to dis joint, sistah...
Tschuess,
Chris
Yeah for both, Darwin and Lincoln.
And thank you for your wonderful posts, and bringing us all a bit of paradise, wit and wisdom, through your eyes!
Your post may have been a mish-mash of things but it was sooo interesting! :)
Happy Valentine's Day to you for tomorrow m'dear I hope you're loved one shows he cares. x
I'm definitely capable of silliness - so does that make me truly intelligent too?
I'm starting to think that your photos are beautiful cos your heart is Miss Cloudia ....
Beautiful photographs and as always an interesting post. Thanks for sending the preview to your next column. Very well written. Cheers, Carver
Bonjour, Claude!
Shalom, Dina!
Walking Man: "SCREEEE SCREEE" That's "Aloha" in peregrine, friend!
Chris: You, our heroine & Pommes are welcome here ANYTIME!
Thanks, Charles!
Deborah: Why, thank YOU, Sis!
Ake: You too, my dear friend! (Did you see the Lancashire shout-out? ;-)
Ralph NECKman: We KNEW that you were a clever fellow!
Braja: Thank YOU, beautiful friend!
Thank you, Carver: Very glad to recieve your comment today!
Aloha, friends! The pace of life prevents me from visiting all of YOU wonderful blogs as often as I would enjoy. Thank you for understanding. Please know that I look in and appreciate your artistry and honesty- Fondly, Cloudia
lovely post! ramblingly wonderful! typical hawaiian?!!
namaste and aloha!!
Love the quote by Christopher Isherwood, and how interesting that a peregrin falcon appears in Hawaii. That's some flying.
I agree - the cloud photo is awesome! Since Anna started painting, cloud photos really catch my attention.
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