Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

Morning Commute, Kaneohe


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Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L O  H  A !

A Windward Walk

A  L  O  H  A   from   Oahu!

Click to see hiding mountains

 Over the mountains

from where I live

 (Kona side)

is

The Windward Side

(Ko`olau Side)

of Oahu.

It's a good place 

for mornings,

sun rising

out of the sea.

Look!   BUNNY!

Here, 

Sea is Close,

Other Land is far

(Alaska)

Fresh Trade winds

carry the scent of

mountain snow 

and open

ocean waves.

The Mountains-

 Always Close. 

They Have Your Back

in this 

sweet rural district.

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Thank You

for Joining us!

               Warmly, cloudia

US Post Office Kaneohe, HI 96744

Oahu Mountains

A  L  O  H  A !

 Keahiakahoe (above)
[ kay - ah-hee - ahka - hoy ]

 is a 2,820 foot peak 

of Oahu's Ko`olau Mountains.

 Here, she presides over
 Kaneohe Town

on our windward side. 

Kaneohe Bay from Keahiakahoe

 

" One sees great things

 [mountains]

from the valley;

 only small things 

from the peak. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

 

courtesy: theaircraft.net

A US Army air Corps B-17E

 arrived in Hawaii on 18 Dec 41,

 11 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.  

It crashed into the cliffs of Mt. Keahiakahoe 

less than 4 months later on

 Easter Sunday, 5 April 1942.

 Sweet as Honolulu Town is,
in Summer some turn
their eyes to the mountains
above town, our
  ' Mauka'  side


[ Ocean, Kai
is the yin
to Mauka's yang:
' Makai. ' ]


Above is Punchbowl Crater,
home to a National Cemetery
where our military heroes are buried,
including President Obama's
grandfather (who gave young Barack a home)
Stanley Dunham,
a WWII Vet
( Like my Dad )

The mountains are close,

and rural Oahu 

is just beyond them.

( until we stupidly 

pave it over, that is! 

See it NOW )

" I long

 for rural and domestic 

scene,

 for the warbling of birds

 and the prattling

 of my children.  "

John Adams

“ Keep close to Nature's heart...

and break clear away,
once in awhile,

  climb a mountain . . .
Wash your spirit 

clean. ”

 John Muir 

"- like an abandoned theater.

The play is finished,

but the echoes

remain. "

 Arbit Blatas

 Spooky.  Who, or what,

is in that window?

 " It is dismal coming home,

 when there is

 nobody 

to welcome one! "

  
    Ann Radcliffe,

 

Breathtaking pictures taken by a hiker on Keahiakahoe  HERE

Thanks for climbing by today!

Scrawl your

 "i was here"

in comments

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