Eloquent Fence

A  L  O  H  A !

" Why grab possessions like thieves,
 or divide them like socialists 
when you can ignore them 
like wise men? "
Natalie Clifford Barney

Crown, Pandas, Jewels. Who is TS?

The story of Hawaii

is composed of many

Stories, and chapters

 of Arrival.

In the mists of mythos

before the time of men

the little people,

the Menehune came.

Industrious, and one with nature,

they improved the isles

with fishponds [for aquaculture]

Walls, and terraces.

Some say they hide

in the hills to this day,

claiming even to 

have seen them!

The first human Hawaiians,

Polynesian voyagers

in sailing canoes,

lived an idyllic eden

that ended to some extent

with the second wave of 

Polynesian migration

bringing the KAPU [taboo]

system, and strict castes,

including wise [and fearsome]

holy men, and warriors.

Kamehameha of the Big Island

conquered all the main islands

[except Kauai, treaty]

in the years after 

western contact,

and built a strong nation

to weather colonial times.

Missionaries,

 plantation workers from

China, Japan, Puerto Rico,

the Azores,

American business men,

plantations. . . . 

Ultimately wrested it all away

from Hawaiian sovereignty.

During the 70's & 80's

Japan was ascendant

and made it's mark

on Hawaii real estate.

Today,

it appears to be

the Chinese

buying mansions in Kahala

and waving the Panda

[with a crown, and emerald,

and a T S wreathed]

Don't you want to know

the story?

Who lives behind this fence?
[or more likely visits from time to time]

Where did they get their $$$$$$?

We'll never know them,

because they are behind

a gate.

Not a friendly, come on in

and set a spell

ranch fence.

That one looks electrified!

And then there's the 

language barrier.

{Teresa Translator,

when will you be here

for a visit?}

Linking to Good Fences

Thank YOU

for coming right in!

                   Fondly, cloudia