Sub-Tropical Pacific Weather

A L O H A !

Art & Auto Repair:

Honolulu's Kaka'ako Neighborhood.

Always sights to amaze or appall.

I just drink it all in!

Who remembers the sweet little Theater? Now a dive shop with a tall new neighbor abuilding.

We had thunderstorms with lightning, and flooded streets last night. Today, as above, the hungover clouds cling to the mountains. Tropical weather. All magnificent! Even our humidity is imported from Tahiti 🌴

•°`~

Glad you walked along today!

                                                                 cloudia 🌴

Susceptible to Weather

A  L  O  H  A !

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" Educating 
the mind 
without educating 
the heart 
is no education 
at all." 
                 Aristotle

Royal Hawaiian again

" Tea to the English 

is really a picnic indoors. "

                               Alice Walker

Zip Min @ ZIPPY's

Comfort Food!

Barack Obama's choice

and mine. 

1 Tempura Shrimp

Won Tons,

Fresh Ramen noodles,

Fish Cake (spirals)

Scallion

Char Sui

(red sweet pork)

Scrambled Egg

Tofu

Choy Sum greens

in a 

Savory Broth-

HEAVEN!

" When I'm stuck with a day 

that's grey and lonely

I just stick up my chin 

and grin and say oh

The sun will come out tomorrow

So you got to hang on 'til tomorrow, 

come what may!

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow

You're always a day away "

                    CHARLES STROUSE; MARTIN CHARNIN 

['^']

A weather front 

came through our islands 

from the West

bringing rain and wind

from an unaccustomed direction.

When the winds grow strong

our electricity can be spotty.

Our trees, plants and roofs

are braced for 

North East Trade Winds. 

So a few trees, roofs 
& plants

blew away

taking wires down.

But NOT a Hurricane!

Meanwhile,

it's 71F [22C]

Maybe it's the years

I spent living aboard

our boat,

or our open-air coffee shack

back on the Big Island,

but big rain & wind

make me anxious.

[How many times

have I run from

tsunami threats,

or hurricane?]

Glad my snow days

are behind me!

So how are YOU doing?

Are You susceptible 

to weather?

Keep warm in your heart.

Here is all the sun I can send.

My love is enclosed-

               fondly, cloudia

Hawaii Sock Weather

A  L  O  H  A !

"Some people confuse

 blurting out whatever 

crosses their mind, 

with honesty;

But that is like 

calling a burp 

a song. "
            Cloudia Charters

" When you build 

bridges 

you can keep 

crossing them. "

                          Rick Pitino

We are freezing.

I am wearing socks

as I write this.

You can tell locals 

from Honolulu visitors:

Locals are wearing sweaters,

jackets, fashionable boots.

Visitors

are going to the beach

in bathing suits.

It didn't get above 

73f yesterday!

And what awesome 

sleeping weather

in the low/mid 60s.

73 degrees F = 22.78 degrees C

A front full of rain & wind

passed through last night,

but it looks like the President

might just get in a 

game of golf today.

[that was written yesterday.
He took the girls
to the beach]

What fun it's been

to see the girls,

sometimes hand in hand

with their Dad.

How great

that Barack & Michelle

spent time with military

families on Christmas

as they always do.

And the wedding that got moved
for presidential golf?

The military couple understood
that such things can happen,
and said

it made their wedding day

speaking informally with

the President:

"My bosses bosses bosses boss!"

As they happily put it.
[ceremony moved to a
 'prettier' location close by]

 LINK

)i(

Thank You

for visiting-

Sightings of YOU

stir up almost as much

excitement as a

Presidential motorcade!

               Fondly, cloudia

Sweet Air is Back

A  L  O  H  A!

The "Ha" in Aloha 

is the breath of life 

that we all share. 

Try it now, 

just let out a good 

'H a'

Today as is normal

Honolulu's air 

is sweet and delectable,

not too humid, 

not too dry.

Clean, sweet, breezes

 scented with perfumed people,

blossoms, restaurants, 

bakeries, and the sea.

Of course traffic

smells like traffic

anywhere.

This is Feel Good weather.

(] \ [)

Hope YOU feel good too!

                 Fondly, cloudia

Thank Goodness It's Raining

ALOHA, FRIENDS!

Thank goodness
it's JUST raining!

Hurricane Ana 

is lingering

 in our neighborhood
as it brushes our islands
with Rain Rain Rain.

Very grey and unsettled.

Kitty has taken to her cave
under the bed.

My feelings are Gratitude 
that the hurricane 
stayed offshore,
accompanied by
 a sort of 
storm exhaustion.

    "Anyone 
who has ever built 
a new heaven 
acquired the capacity 
in his own hell." 
                     Nietzsche  

]\[ 

Your visit
-Your caring-
is a ray of sunshine
on this grey day-
Thanks!  
                     Fondly, cloudia

Trade Wind Happy

A  L  O  H  A !

 When the Trade Winds blow,

 it makes everyone feel young

like this fellow enjoying 

a ride in the back 

of an open vehicle

How wonderful to work 

high on a roof with the

 Ko`olau Mountains watching

Surf is up too!

" If you can spend 

a perfectly useless afternoon 

in a perfectly useless manner, 

you have learned how to live. "

                                       Lin Yutang

[]

Blow away Volcanic haze!

Come freshening North East Winds

bring the scent of far off cold

and open ocean-

Clear the skies

and open our hearts

to Delight!

Bright Sun

Glinting waves

Fresh visitors.

Thank YOU

for visiting today!

Hope YOU are feeling it too-

                    Warmly, cloudia

Hot Hazy Days in Hawaii

A  L  O  H  A !

" By all these lovely tokens 

September days are here, 

With summer's best of weather 

And autumn's best of cheer. "

                            Helen Hunt Jackson

Salt & Sea Spray are visible in the rays of the setting sun

Northern Bloggers are posting

 crisp blue skies. Soon 

we'll see their pumpkins, 

frost, flamboyant 

Autumn leaves. 

We feel the pleasure 

of our friends Down Under, 

as they enter Spring

and sing of her 

glories in flowers, 

birds and vistas.

But as Sun  departs

or rushes to you

she lingers over

Hawaii's Sub-Tropical

location.

These are hot hazy days,

warmer than our 

Summer was.

Trade Winds are OFF

as we dream of breezy

sunny winter ahead!

These afternoons are 

best spent in the shade.

Surf to soothe 

at dawn and dusk!

[ ( ) ]

Thank YOU

so much for visiting!

                       Fondly, cloudia

One Day Winter

A  L  O  H  A !

" We are all travelers 

in the wilderness 

of this world, 

and the best we can find 

in our travels 

is an honest friend. "

Robert Louis Stevenson 

" Quiet minds 

cannot be perplexed 

or frightened 

but go on in fortune 

or misfortune 

at their own private pace,

like a clock 

during a thunderstorm. "

Robert Louis Stevenson 

                    

                        

" Old and young, 

we are all 

on our last cruise. "

Robert Louis Stevenson 

=^..^=

Tropical Storm Flossie

poured rain on the Big Island,

high winds, rain,

lightning and thunder

on Maui.

Here on Oahu

we had a rainy, humid,

threatening day

followed by a rainy

Night. But

today was sunny,

like waking up from

a nightmare,

or Winter for a day.

Hooray!

May your day shine

and pleasure

be thine.

                                     cloudia