Saturday, August 28, 2010

Guest Post

ALOHA DAZE

Welcome :)



View of urban Honolulu's Makiki neighborhood.

That "hill" at top is Punchbowl,
home of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
where President Obama's Grandfather
(in whose home the boy lived for years)
a WWII veteran, lies among generations of warriors.

The Hawaiians call it Puowaina, "the place of sacrifice,"
which it was once - the human kind.




That's MY view!

I'm Priscilla;
I'm happy that many of you asked about me.
No, Cloudia is just a friend of a friend
(my human Mykal).

That view above is MINE.
You see:
I'm an aristocrat.

My hay is always kept fresh,
here in my Makiki penthouse.



Wanna see Mykal's room?




Look at the rare Seattle Sea-Hawks headgear.
I like when he wears his wing helmet though.
We look like gods together then!



But I haven't forgotten my roots. . .
At my direction
Cloudia has posted a slide show she made
of some country bumpkins

here:




33 comments:

Feisty Crone said...

Aloha, Priscilla. Thanks for the post, and the view of your domain.

DeniseinVA said...

I love this little piggy, Priscilla, that name fits so well. She is adorable. I also loved the collection of hats. My son has his own collection and he would love that one with the wings. Your video had me smiling, in fact this whole post did. Thanks Cloudia and enjoy your weekend.
An English Girl Rambles

ballet news said...

wonderful and original ! thank you

Dayana Stockdale said...

Hey Cloudia! I will most certainly get your book. I am a little lost haole girl that gets stuck in Waikiki too often! I would really love to have coffee. This is my email address: dayanamay at yahoo dot com. please email me soon and we'll figure something out! And, what a sweet little piggy!

Rosaria Williams said...

Cloudia, I see why you like this video and that aristocratic pig.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for providing happiness. Please have you all a good Sunday.


daily athens

Carol said...

Like models on the runway.

magiceye said...

namaste /\ from mumbai
aloha!!

wenn said...

cute pig.

Dayana Stockdale said...

p.s.... there is a Fiction Writer's group in Kapolei that I heard of via meetup.com. Have you heard of them?

Hilary said...

Gotta love that pig.

For some reason, the video doesn't work for me. What happens is that it loads the image of the hats instead.. as if it's linked to that jpeg.

Pietro Brosio said...

Nice and original post, Cloudia!
Happy Sunday :-)

Teresa said...

I love Priscilla and the Seattle Sea Hawks headgear. This post was a highlight of my day!

Charles Gramlich said...

That's some pig.

Anonymous said...

In England once there lived a big
And wonderfully clever pig.
To everybody it was plain
That Piggy had a massive brain.
He worked out sums inside his head,
There was no book he hadn’t read.
He knew what made an airplane fly,
He knew how engines worked and why.
He knew all this, but in the end
One question drove him round the bend:
He simply couldn’t puzzle out
What LIFE was really all about.
What was the reason for his birth?
Why was he placed upon this earth?
His giant brain went round and round.
Alas, no answer could be found.
Till suddenly one wondrous night.
All in a flash he saw the light.
He jumped up like a ballet dancer
And yelled, “By gum, I’ve got the answer!”
“They want my bacon slice by slice
“To sell at a tremendous price!
“They want my tender juicy chops
“To put in all the butcher’s shops!
“They want my pork to make a roast
“And that’s the part’ll cost the most!
“They want my sausages in strings!
“They even want my chitterlings!
“The butcher’s shop! The carving knife!
“That is the reason for my life!”
Such thoughts as these are not designed
To give a pig great piece of mind.
Next morning, in comes Farmer Bland,
A pail of pigswill in his hand,
And piggy with a mighty roar,
Bashes the farmer to the floor…
Now comes the rather grizzly bit
So let’s not make to much of it,
Except that you must understand
That Piggy did eat Farmer Bland,
He ate him up from head to toe,
Chewing the pieces nice and slow.
It took an hour to reach the feet,
Because there was so much to eat,
And when he finished, Pig, of course,
Felt absolutely no remorse.
Slowly he scratched his brainy head
And with a little smile he said,
“I had a fairly powerful hunch
“That he might have me for his lunch.
“And so, because I feared the worst,
“I thought I’d better eat him first.”

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Reader Wil said...

Hi Cloudia! Sweet piggy and chickens! Have a great day!

Fireblossom said...

Anyone who has a pig AND a winged helmet has an embarrassment of riches, I'd say.

Daryl said...

What a fun post .. thanks Ms P! Aloha to Ms C!

Kay said...

We have a whole bunch of that chicken's cousins hear in Pearl City running around. Priscilla lives in the apartment? I hope her human master can keep it clean for her.

Brian Miller said...

nice winged hat! and aloha to priscilla! smiles.

Betty Manousos said...

I love Priscilla! She's so cute with a pretty name!

ALOHA!!!my wonderful friend!

Big hugs,

B xx

Full-On-Forward said...

Haaaa Haaaaaaaa!!

Love the way you Pork fun at the farm animules!

John

bichonpawz said...

Hi Cloudia! Love your post about pigs and chickens! Thank you for sharing!!

Akelamalu said...

Nice to meet you Pricilla! :)

Cloudia said...

LOL!

Priscilla says: "Thanks, of course, think nothing of it."

You folks make my day! (that's me, cloudi :)

Dina said...

Aloha doodle doo to you too! :D

Cloudia said...

Grin :)

Dr. Russell Norman Murray said...

I have nothing against someone having a pig as a pet, and keeping it as a pet.

But, I confess I really like bacon...

But, then again I have not had a pet pig.

Junosmom said...

Glad you have critters like we have here in KY!

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