Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

Look at Ele

A L O H A !

 Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, Waikiki

I am still thrilled
 to have moved off of our boat 
after 20 years!

Seems I'm not the only one
 who is happier and healthier 
now that I'm living in roomier digs.

Check out my neighbors
in the short video below:

Thanks for looking in!

 Warmly, cloudia

Listen to the Warmth

ALOHA

Freezing Friends
Welcome to
THURSDAY
in
WARM WAIKIKI

click on photos to thaw out

Thinking of a title for this post,
I came up with
"Listen to the Warm."

Ring any bells?

"To change something, build a new model
that makes the existing model obsolete."
Buckminster Fuller

"A fine quotation
is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit,
and a pebble
in the hand of a fool."
Joseph Roux

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Remember Rod McKuen
("Listen to the Warm")
that rarest of all things:
a popular, mainstream poet?


Before him
it was Robert Frost,
rewarding the average reader
but not disappointing the scholar either.


Who do we have that is like that today?
Kanye West?
(Just kidding!)


Maya Angelou
is considered political.
There is very little that we ALL subscribe to.


The Simpsons,



Celebrating their 25th year, is the longest-running show on TV.
The characters are beloved (and bemoaned) all over the world.


Don't have a COW,
Man!

Perhaps there are no longer "mainstream" anything?
My favorite poets of today are much closer than some pedestal
on the top of a mountain somewhere.
In fact they are bloggers like you & me!

You can even visit them in an instant by clicking:

Walking Man

&

Shay




Aloha ha ha, cloudia

All Happening at Honolulu ZOO

A L O H A!

Glad YOU could make it today. . . come, we go-

click on photos - but DO NOT feed the Animals Hello, Rusty!

"Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark!"

Samuel Johnson

What's Violet looking at?


"Our generosity towards others is key to our positive experience of the world. There's enough room
for everyone to be beautiful."
Marianne Williamson



Three Graces.



"He does it with a better grace,
but I do it more natural.”
William Shakespeare







Hippo Water Volleyball!


"Champions aren't made in the gyms.
Champions are made from something they have
deep inside them
-- a desire, a dream, a vision."
Muhammad Ali




You Handsome Devil!




“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”
Denis Waitley

One of the more interesting specimens!

"Love is to people what water is to plants."

Marianne Williamson





I AM a ZOO

my friends;

And it's not always pretty

behind the scenes.

Inside there's a gracious cat

purring

as the trade winds riffle

my ruff.

There is an ostrich

vain

and silly.

And also a

warthog

(I hope you won't glimpse it!)

Please notice the soul

and beauty

of my amber eyes

but ignore my

temper

and carrion breath.

I am a Zoo entire

my Love.

Except YOU are the grave & regal

elephant of the heart

therein.

You may be scratched,

and wreathed in roars,

or licked to a fare-thee-well,

but OH my love

you will enjoy

a deep and sturdy

Love.

*Bark * Hoot * Snort * Squeal*

Translation:

"Aloha to Each of YOU" cloudia