And Refresh

A  L  O  H  A !

Take A Deep Breathe.

Exhale through your nose.

Repeat 2 more times.

Drinking With Young Elvis in Waikiki

How Times Have Changed:

"Chad Gates [Elvis]:

You know what you need? 

A good old-fashioned spanking.

Ellie Corbett:

M-Maybe I do. Nobody ever cared enough 

about me. Even for that.

Chad Gates:

Alright, Eleanor. I better prove that somebody 

does care. [He pulls her over his lap]

Ellie Corbett:

You wouldn't dare.

Chad Gates:

Oh wouldn't I dare? Wouldn't I? [He spanks her, and Ellie begins to cry out] I got a feeling that this is gonna make both of us an awful lot better."

Blue Hawaii

"Blue Hawaii is a 1961 American musical romantic comedy film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical. The movie opened at no. 2 in box office receipts for that week and despite mixed reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing movie of 1961 and 14th for 1962 on the Variety national box office survey, earning $5 million. The film won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1961." Quotes.net Link

Residential Honolulu

Not what we say about our blessings

but how we use them is the 

true measure of our thanksgiving.

              W.T.Purkiser

Linking To:

Happy Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World

T Tuesday

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Love You,

                                   cloudia

Tool Belt Gals

A  L  O  H  A !

A Warm Golden Blue Sky for You

" Life is too short 

to be little. "

                    Benjamin Disraeli

 " Happiness belongs 
to the self-sufficient "
                 Aristotle 

Plumeria / Frangipani

 “Oh, that's the beauty 

of the rose, 

that it blossoms 

and dies.” 

        Willa Cather

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There was a time

when I was young

that I wanted to work

with my hands.

My teacher's husband

hired me

to do the scutwork

on his urban

renovation jobs.

I was 18 years old.

I pried hundred-year-old nails

from ancient wood

with a 

Stanley Wonder Bar.

I dismantled stairs,

spackled dry wall,

used a miter box

to cut cove molding

so it met perfectly

in corners.

The belt sander,

the drill driver,

and trusty hammer

were my daily companions.

One day

we build a 

free-standing wall!

A pony tail

on a construction job

was quite unusual.

But every day now

I see young women

in hard hats,

working along.

And some part of me

thinks:

"I helped do that!"

And who knows,

maybe I did.

What paths

have YOU cleared?

Thank YOU

for making a path

here with us!

            Fondly, Cloudia

Transgender Samoans

 'glorious miracles'

'Talofa' means 'Aloha' in Samoa

" To see the Summer Sky

Is Poetry,

 though never in a Book it lie -

True Poems flee. "

~Emily Dickinson

 " -a man's mind grows narrow 

in a narrow place." 

Samuel Johnson

" The sky 

is the daily bread 

of the eyes. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Transgender Samoans

are 'Glorious Miracles'

Tamara McLean, AAP South Pacific Correspondent,

 The Sydney Morning Herald 

July 5, 2011 - 9:34AM

Transsexuals, known as fa'afafine, are common in Samoa and are so socially accepted that the prime minister, Tuilaepa Sailele, is their association's lead patron.

Samoa's prime minister has offered high praise to the country's transsexuals, calling them "glorious miracles of God" who "us men" can't help but find attractive.

Addressing a workshop in the capital Apia, Mr Tuilaepa was full of flattery for the group of biological males who identify as women,according the government news website Savali.

He acknowledged they believed they were a 

"special gender." 

"That is why some of you have spent considerable money on special operations," he said.

"But it is not your will that you are the way you are.

 You are just another shining example of the glorious miracles and creations of our Lord."

The comments were taken as compliments in Samoa-

This story was found at: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/transgender-samoans-glorious-miracles-20110705-1gzr1.html

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