A L O H A From Honolulu!
Before the world was made,
Before the light had shone,
Before the stars were formed,
Or life had even begun,
There was the dance of gods,
a primordial performance.
The Red Tower Ginger bears
enlightenment, passion, excitement.
Addresses the element Fire
Diversity, wealth, and burning passion.
It is considered a good sign
if you find a red tower
ginger growing nearby.
Here's Yours!
The Japanese have a traditional
lion dance called shishi-mai.
The dance is performed to pray for
good health and fortune. It is
believed that the dance can
cast away evil spirits.
The lion dance is thought to
have been imported from China
during the Tang dynasty.
The dance is also a practice
of Shinto, the faith/way of life
unique to the Japanese people.
She's proud of her children,
Proud of their show,
She's proud of their talent,
Proud of their glow.
Clicking the shutter,
She freezes the time,
Storing it away
In her heart.
In years to come,
The family smiles
at memories
Of the day
The children danced.
I’ll always be near.
In the morning light
the evening breeze,
And the stillness
of night.
I’ll be close by,
watching over you.
ྲྀྲྀྲྀྲྀྲྀྲྀྲྀྲྀྲྀྲྀྲྀ
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie
གྷ
In the quiet moments,
the discoveries are made.
Vera Farmiga
Thank you for yet another beautiful post.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing you. You are most welcome 🤗
ReplyDeleteI love the sky shot at the top. Thanks for sharing about the Japanese version of the lion dance. Pixie is a small lioness who doesn't need to dance to bring us love and luck.
ReplyDeleteI know shishimai from childhood. Your post always brings something new each day
ReplyDeleteI like that clicking the shutter quote a must have for every photographer the world around.
ReplyDeleteGood verses there.
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteThe Lion dance sounds like a fun tradition.
Beautiful photos and quotes.
Take care, enjoy your day and happy weekend.
Photoshop that helicopter out of that first great picture!
ReplyDeletePixie looks thoroughly relaxed.
ReplyDeletePixie knows she is being watched over. Love the mom photographer and your words about her, Cloudia. ;-)
ReplyDeleteNature is so spectacular.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine how beautiful the earth was before humans built upon her and abused her resources?
Have a wonderful day, friend!
Here again enjoying your blog and learning something new about the Lion Dance. Hugs to you and Pixie.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful post with lots to ponder.
ReplyDeleteJolly Party Dears. I want to thank each of you for being part of it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the photo of the red tower ginger. I'm hoping the rest of my day will go well!
ReplyDeletePixie is adorable and she knows it.
ReplyDeleteWorth a Thousand Words
A fabulous post my friend, loved every photo, every word.
ReplyDeleteI like that helicopter shot. Very dramatic skies.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely poem.
ReplyDeleteThe helicopter photo is amazing! You live in paradise!
Really nice post as always. I am beat from 2 days of yard sale. Thank you for joining FFO and have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteThis made me curious about the lion dance so I watched one on Youtube. Pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning photo with the helicopter. Such a beautiful calico.
ReplyDeleteSuch great pairings of quotes and poems with photos.
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