Friday, May 22, 2026

Lei Season



  A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu


Small lights have
a way of being seen
in a dark world.
Neal A. Maxwell





One joy scatters
a hundred griefs.
Chinese proverb




Never let hard lessons
harden your heart;
the hard lessons
of life are meant to
make you better,
not bitter.
Roy T. Bennett



Lasting Happiness like wonderful,
warm donuts, must be made fresh
every hour!
Pixie


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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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Memorial Day finds hundreds of flower lei decorating graves around the islands, especially military cemeteries like Punchbowl National Cemetery of the Pacific



King Kamehameha Day in June see's the lei draping of his statue. The Napoleon of the Pacific United ithe Hawaiian Islands into a unified kingdom that took it's place among the nations.


Graduates in Hawaii often 
wear lei up to their eyes!
This obedience school graduate 
 sports several!

Cindy's Lei Shoppe has long been recognized as a landmark in Honolulu's Chinatown, one of the oldest lei stands in Hawaii, and the local favorite to buy fresh flower leis.








15 comments:

Barbara Rogers said...

I love these leis. So beautiful. Pixie looks peaceful, yet might be dreaming!

Tom said...

...and for graduation, they aren't all made of flowers!

DrumMajor said...

I wondered how the King's lei were placed on him up so high. Glad Cindy's is still ticking. Linda in Kansas

Kathy G said...

I will be smiling about Pixie's doughnut comment all day :-)

RedPat said...

Lovely pics and words today, Cloudia. ;-)

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
Great photos and inspiring words. I like the dog wearing the leis.
The monk seal is a great sight and the sky capture is beautiful.
Take care, Happy Friday! Have a great Memorial Day weekend.

DVArtist said...

I love all of the photos and the making of the leis. I can't imagine anyone being such a miserable human that they would throw rocks at a Munk Seal. However, I'm wrong. I hope "they" throw the book at this guy. I'm glad the seal is OK.

William Kendall said...

Pixie earned that nap.

Christine said...

Lovely post-Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

My name is Erika. said...

That bird of paradise in your blog header is amazing and beautiful. Give Pixie a pat for me.

peppylady (Dora) said...

Look seal is having a lovely little nap.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

What a gorgeous bird of paradise flower in your blog header photo! And I love all the leis in your photos. When I was in Maui once, my partner and I attended a lei-making workshop to make our own leis, which we wore for more than a week -- they kept fresh in the fridge crisper between wearings.

James said...

I bet the leis smell good 😊

Jocelyn said...

Gorgeous sky.

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

I love all the leis. So beautiful. And that Pixie is quite the poet.