Owls & Lullabies

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Kapoi was a Hawaiian man who lived

at Waikiki back in the olden times.
Foraging one day, he found some owl's eggs, and brought them home. That evening he wrapped them in ti leaves to roast them in hot ashes, when an owl perched on his fence

The owl called out to him,

"O Kapoi, give me my eggs!
The owl asked a second time:
"O heartless Kapoi! Take pity on me,
Give me my eggs!" Kapoi finally complied.
Then the owl told Kapoi
to build a heiau, [temple].
He duly did as directed.

But news spread to

the King of Oahu
who bristled at the audacity

of a commoner. He ordered

Kapoi seized and brought
to the royal presence.

The owl who had told Kapoi

to erect a temple was aware

of these events, and gathered

all the owls from Lanai, Maui,

Molokai, and Hawaii to Kalapueo

a beach you may visit to this day

on the Eastern shore of Oahu.

The name Kalapueo literally means

"Owl Proclamation".

The day that Kapoi should

be put to death arrived.

At dawn the owls left their

rendezvous and covered the

whole sky over Honolulu!

When the King's servants seized

Kapoi to put him to death,

the owls flew at them,

with beak and claw.

Thus was fought the

bloody Battle Of The Owls.

The owls emerged victorious and

Kapoi was released by the

King personally who acknowledged

that the Owl Akua (god) is a

powerful one worthy of respect.

From that time to this,

the owl has been recognized

as one of the many deities

and protectors of
the Hawaiian people.

Pueo are honored
as the family Akua

of certain

Hawaiian families

to this day.

Sunlight pierced the
Shadows that dance
A secret path beckoned
At the edge of a glance.

Pixie, What would you do

if you had one year to live?

Pretty much

what I'm doing now,

but with more passion,

more,

abandon, more fun,

and less worry!

So this is my plan

for the year.

Good Plan, I'm IN!

ᳩᳪᳩᳪᳩᳪᳩᳪᳩᳪᳩ

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Monday Murals