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
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32 comments:

  1. KayNovember 19, 2009 at 3:26 AM

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

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  2. wennNovember 19, 2009 at 4:32 AM

    lovely..

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  3. the walking manNovember 19, 2009 at 5:45 AM

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

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  4. AnonymousNovember 19, 2009 at 6:35 AM

    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.

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  5. FireblossomNovember 19, 2009 at 7:17 AM

    ....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! ;-)

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  6. DianneNovember 19, 2009 at 7:59 AM

    I love the surf board pic

    and the social life quote is perfect

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  7. claudeNovember 19, 2009 at 8:20 AM

    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 !!!

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  8. Jenn JilksNovember 19, 2009 at 8:24 AM

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

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  9. Charles GramlichNovember 19, 2009 at 8:59 AM

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

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  10. TeresaNovember 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM

    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?

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  11. DarylNovember 19, 2009 at 11:41 AM

    Send some of that sunshine this way .. Aloha!

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  12. AnonymousNovember 19, 2009 at 12:11 PM

    cool photos

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  13. Deborah GodinNovember 19, 2009 at 12:29 PM

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

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  14. DeniseinVANovember 19, 2009 at 2:29 PM

    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.

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  15. AkelamaluNovember 19, 2009 at 2:55 PM

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

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  16. CloudiaNovember 19, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    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-

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  17. Elizabeth BradleyNovember 19, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    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.

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  18. Travis ErwinNovember 19, 2009 at 4:41 PM

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

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  19. sealauraNovember 19, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    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.

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  20. FrikoNovember 19, 2009 at 5:18 PM

    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.

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  21. CloudiaNovember 19, 2009 at 7:18 PM

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

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  22. SandyCarlsonNovember 19, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    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....

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  23. GlennisNovember 19, 2009 at 8:23 PM

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

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  24. JunosmomNovember 19, 2009 at 9:22 PM

    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.

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  25. Feisty CroneNovember 19, 2009 at 11:24 PM

    Surfing looks like so much fun!

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  26. Sepiru ChrisNovember 20, 2009 at 12:50 AM

    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

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  27. AnonymousNovember 20, 2009 at 2:20 AM

    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

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  28. Tammie LeeNovember 20, 2009 at 2:27 AM

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

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  29. Maria VerivakiNovember 20, 2009 at 2:51 AM

    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!

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  30. YahiaNovember 20, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    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

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  31. CloudiaNovember 20, 2009 at 11:31 PM

    Jolly!


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

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

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  32. YahiaNovember 21, 2009 at 8:52 AM

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

    Aloha,
    Yahia

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