Long Walks

A  L  O  H  A !

Honolulu December

I like long walks, especially when 

they are taken by people 

who annoy me.

 Noël Coward

Going For A Ride

It's great to ride with you while 

you're taking care of business.

             Darryl Worley

Know yourself. 

Don't accept your dog's admiration 

as conclusive evidence that 

you are wonderful.     

Ann Landers

Interesting Fact: Ki`i, or Tiki, are

religious images of specific Polynesian

gods historically recognized by 

Polynesian cultures and people. 

What I see:

Tourist items such as these are like

seeing a wall of crucifixes with

different, decorative figures

nailed to them! Done innocently

but possibly jarring to some.

Thanks Smithsonian Channel

"Journeys Of Imagination"

Go find yourself first 

So you can also find me.     

   Rumi

Find out who you are 

and do it on purpose.

Dolly Parton

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Love You,

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Keys And Choices

A  L  O  H  A !

 The key to a good life is this: 

If you're not going to talk about something 

during the last hour of your life, then 

don't make it a top priority during your lifetime.

               Richard Carlson

Ki`i  Link
 Memories are truths we have chosen.

                      C.E. O'Grady

 Brothers

Choose to be kind over being right 

and you'll be right every time.

        Richard Carlson

A low mood is not the time to analyze your life. . . 

The trick is to be grateful for our good moods 

and graceful in our low moods—not taking them too seriously. The next time you feel low, f

or whatever reason, remind yourself, 

“This too shall pass.” It will.

            Richard Carlson

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Thank You!

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Hawaii Photo of the Day

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Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

Tattooing; Honolulu

Polynesian JungleFowl

A  L  O  H  A !

Click on Cluck

The Polynesian Voyagers

who colonized Hawaii

brought red junglefowl

chickens with them.

Today, there are many 

feral fowl

strutting around 

our islands.

This fellow makes 

Diamond Head his home.

I gotta CROW!

Linking to 

Saturday's Critters

Thank You

for strutting by!

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" Junglefowl are established on

 several of the Hawaiian Islands, 

but these are feral descendants 

of domestic chickens.  "  Link

News article about feral chickens 

on Oahu Link

A New Style Hawaiian Wedding

A    L    O    H    A  !

" Happiness 
is a form 
of courage. "


Albanian Proverb

Under my window, on a Sunny Sunday 

here in Waikiki,

I saw a party being launched.

As it developed, we realized that

it was no mere party,

but a wedding.

The Video is 1 minute long,

and curiously touching.

Woven mats given as gifts,

used in ceremony,

are a Samoan custom,

possibly Tongan as well.

Enjoy the spying, er 

show-

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Traditional Polynesian Tattooing - TATAU

A  L  O  H  A !

Saturday, I went to the Tattoo Expo.

Here is a contemporary tattooing scene,

see the tattoo guns

 in the artists' hands?

I specifically went to observe

traditional Polynesian Tatau methods.

Tatau refers to the sound of tapping.

 "The word "tattoo" was brought to Europe 

by the explorer James Cook,

 when he returned in 1771

 from his first voyage to Tahiti and New Zealand.

 In his narrative of the voyage,

 he refers to an operation called "tattaw" 

Wikipedia

(Play Da Song)

These ladies are doing traditional tattooing 
without machines

She is tapping the inked "comb"

with a tapping stick. Tap. . . Tap. . .

Tap. . . .

Gloves and sanitary rules are in effect,

and see, her comb is metal!

This artist is doing Samoan Tattooing.

See the movement-

click on his card

The tapping stick
 is ghostly in this shot

Keone Nunes has breathed new life

 into the Hawaiian Tattoo.

His tribal patterns MEAN something,

 honoring his

ancestors and culture.

LINK

Concentration

His hand tools look 
much as they might have

in pre-contact Hawaii

Polynesian Tattooing

 takes a "village"

Some folks had more fun

 than others.

Hear and see some action:

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