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Hawks & Peacocks

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“In many traditions, 

hawks are sacred: 

Apollo’s messengers 

for the Greeks, 

sun symbols for the 

ancient Egyptians and, in

the case of the Lakota Sioux, 

embodiments of clear vision, 

speed and single-minded 

dedication.”

       John Burnside

Don't seek TRUTH, 

just stop being so invested 

in your own point of view, 

and it will reveal itself to you. 

Peacock  Car

“How come it can’t fly 

no better than a chicken?’ 

Milkman asked.

Too much tail. All that jewelry 

weighs it down. Like vanity. 

Can’t nobody fly with all that [stuff]. 

Wanna fly, you got to give up 

the [stuff] that weighs you down.’

The peacock jumped onto the 

hood of the Buick and once more 

spread its tail, sending the 

flashy Buick into oblivion.” 

           Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

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Wild Bird Wednesday

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Sunrise Waikiki

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Waikiki By Night Looking Towards Diamond Head.

Dark Space To Left: Ala Wai Canal & Ala Wai

Community Park

“There’s always people 

looking the other way when 

the miracles take place -

Dawn Reddens The Alenuihaha Channel;

Molokai 41 Miles Away. Link

- people who want only 

a good night’s sleep when 

the stars are dancing, 

comets falling, the angels 

leaning low out of midnight 

with their trumpets, 

their cantatas of longing.” 

                       Paul Russell       

No Morning Like Oahu Morning

"Each morning we are 

born again. What we do 

today is what matters most." 

           Buddha

View From The 38th Floor

Waikiki was a sandy area where 
fresh water 

from the mountains mingled 

with the salt surf creating a place 

famous for healing from ancient times.

Hawaiian Royals kept gracious beach

homes here, while Hawaiians grew taro 
and Asian subjects raised ducks and rice.

Though an urban resort today, 
I heard roosters crowing while 
taking the pre-dawn pics above. 

Hawaiian spirits live again.
Every Day - Every Night

Linking to:
Our World Tuesday

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All photos shot from apartment of a friend.

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More From Iolani Palace

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Ko`olau Mountains 

Beyond Palace Gate.

[State Capitol Pillar, Right]

“These things...they 

are who you are. 

They brought you here. 

To this day.” 

             Laura Dave

"The Life of the Land is Perpetuated 

in Righteousness"

[Royal - Now Hawaii US State - Motto]

 Feather Lei Link

Royal Decoration

Cloak Room

Queen Liliuokalani
Composer of Aloha `Oe

  "At noon of the tenth day of April, 1877, 
the booming of the cannon was heard which announced that I was heir apparent 
to the throne of Hawaii."
HRH Liliuokalani,
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen January 1898
  

  

Inside the Palace Garrison

Outside

Yesterday's Post

Was Part 1

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"Honi Mai"

The Honi is the traditional Polynesian greeting. 
The people of old (and sometimes today) 
greet by pressing noses and inhaling together. 
Thus we share HA, the breath of life,
 and our Mana, our spiritual energies.

Linking to:

Mural Monday

Hawaii's Royal Palace

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IOLANI  PALACE, Honolulu

Named for the soaring Hawaiian Hawk [Io] 

of Heaven [Lani]

My friend kindly stopped at the palace.

No way I could be in Honolulu

without paying my respects

to those whose guest

-or returning subject of the heart-

I was for 30 years.

"Built in 1882 by King Kalakaua, 

Iolani Palace was the home of 

Hawaii's last reigning monarchs 

and served as the official royal 

residence." Link 

Just to be where they were,

to stand where they stood

forges a bond of rich Aloha

with the magic and soul

of these islands and people.

Throne Room, note Kahili flanking the thrones. Link

Having been fortunate enough to visit 

inside this restored treasure before,

our objective was simply to be on

this last piece of sovereign ground.

As I said: to contemplate Hawaii's

essence, and to pay due respect.

Royal Regalia:

From Chiefs to Constitutional Monarchs.

From Kahili to Crowns

So what are we doing inside?

Visiting the gift shop on the grounds

I was exclaiming and explaining

much of what we saw to my friend.

Blue Room

The young Hawaiian man

operating the gift shop told us:

"It's Kama`aina Sunday!"

"Kama'aina (Hawaiian: kamaʻāina, lit "child of the land") is a word describing Hawaiʻi residents born on Hawai'i regardless of their racial background, as opposed to "kanaka" which means a person of Native Hawaiian ancestry." Link

In this case, it meant that the Palace 

is free to locals today,

that he was kindly recognizing 

our local status and [shared]

reverence  for the soul of Hawaii,

and that we were being

invited into the palace!

[He did NOT ask to see ID before

giving us the sticker badges to wear.]

Mahalo Bruddah! Link

Just one of many examples of

how beautifully I was treated

by everyone, friend and stranger,

while home in the islands!

State Dining Room

Iolani Palace had electricity and telephones 

years before the White House.

The lights came on, thrilling the assembled

masses, on the evening of July 26, 1886

Hinge Detail

“In October, 1819—six months before the first Christian missionaries arrived on the islands—Liholiho, under the inspiration of Kaahumanu, one of the widows of his father, suddenly, and in the presence of a large concourse of horrified natives, broke the most sacred of the tabus of his religion by partaking of food from vessels from which women were feasting, and the same day decreed the destruction of every temple and idol in the kingdom.”  *

HRH King David Kalakaua, 

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii

“In 1840 the first written constitution was given to the people, guaranteeing to them a representative government. In February, 1843, Lord Paulet, of the English navy, took formal possession of the islands, but in the July following their sovereignty was restored through the action of Admiral Thomas. In November of the same year France and England mutually agreed to refrain from seizure or occupation of the islands, or any portion of them, and the United States, while declining to become a party to the agreement, promptly acknowledged the independence of the group.” 
HRH King David Kalakaua

There are no back stairs at Iolani Palace.
Those who served and worked there
used this same stair as the Royals.

Their immediate predecessors had been 

hereditary Ali`i - High Chiefs - wielding the power of life and death. But these gracious, 
modern monarchs had a deep concern for the conditions and future of their Hawaiian Kanaka. They maintained their independence and standing in the international system until losing it to treacherous local business
interests a few years later. 
           AUWE! Link

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E Nihi Ka Hele, 

Written by King David Kalakaua 

in honor of his Queen Kapiolani  

upon her visit to Queen Victoria

on the occasion of that Royal's

Jubilee:

*  “On the 30th of March, 1820—some months after this strange religious revolution—the first party of Christian missionaries arrived at the islands from Massachusetts. They were well received. They found a people without a religion, and their work was easy. Other missionary parties followed from time to time, and found the field alike profitable to the cause in which they labored and to themselves individually. They acquired substantial possessions in their new home, controlled the government for the fifty or more years following, and their children are to-day among the most prosperous residents of the group. This is not said with a view to undervalue the services of the early missionaries to Hawaii, but to show that all missionary fields have not been financially unfruitful to zealous and provident workers.” 
 HRH King David Kalakaua

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