Canada Day

A L O H A     C  A  N  A  D  A !

 " Canada is a place of infinite promise. 

We like the people, 

and if one ever had to emigrate,
 this would be the destination,
not the U.S.A.
The hills, lakes and forests
 make it a place of peace
and repose of the mind,
 such as one never finds
 in the U.S.A. "

John Maynard Keynes

" Canada

is the greatest nation

in this country. "  

Allan Lamport

former Mayor of Toronto

 " Canada 

is one of the planet's 

most comfortable,
and caring, societies.
 The United Nations

 Human Development Index
cited the country

 as the most desirable place
 in the world
 to live. "

Time magazine

 " Canada stands as a model 

of how people of different cultures

 can live and work together

 in peace, prosperity,

 and mutual respect. "

Bill Clinton

 And we in Hawaii, 

especially Waikiki

appreciate our many 

Canadian friends,

guests, 

and part time residents.

Sorry for the delay,

But O Canada!

We salute YOU

with much Aloha

on your Special Day

                         Warmly, cloudia

Oahu Mountains

A  L  O  H  A !

 Keahiakahoe (above)
[ kay - ah-hee - ahka - hoy ]

 is a 2,820 foot peak 

of Oahu's Ko`olau Mountains.

 Here, she presides over
 Kaneohe Town

on our windward side. 

Kaneohe Bay from Keahiakahoe

 

" One sees great things

 [mountains]

from the valley;

 only small things 

from the peak. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

 

courtesy: theaircraft.net

A US Army air Corps B-17E

 arrived in Hawaii on 18 Dec 41,

 11 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.  

It crashed into the cliffs of Mt. Keahiakahoe 

less than 4 months later on

 Easter Sunday, 5 April 1942.

 Sweet as Honolulu Town is,
in Summer some turn
their eyes to the mountains
above town, our
  ' Mauka'  side


[ Ocean, Kai
is the yin
to Mauka's yang:
' Makai. ' ]


Above is Punchbowl Crater,
home to a National Cemetery
where our military heroes are buried,
including President Obama's
grandfather (who gave young Barack a home)
Stanley Dunham,
a WWII Vet
( Like my Dad )

The mountains are close,

and rural Oahu 

is just beyond them.

( until we stupidly 

pave it over, that is! 

See it NOW )

" I long

 for rural and domestic 

scene,

 for the warbling of birds

 and the prattling

 of my children.  "

John Adams

“ Keep close to Nature's heart...

and break clear away,
once in awhile,

  climb a mountain . . .
Wash your spirit 

clean. ”

 John Muir 

"- like an abandoned theater.

The play is finished,

but the echoes

remain. "

 Arbit Blatas

 Spooky.  Who, or what,

is in that window?

 " It is dismal coming home,

 when there is

 nobody 

to welcome one! "

  
    Ann Radcliffe,

 

Breathtaking pictures taken by a hiker on Keahiakahoe  HERE

Thanks for climbing by today!

Scrawl your

 "i was here"

in comments

                           Warmly, cloudia

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