Hawaii Photo of the Day

ALOHA!

President Can't Swim - King Is Dead

A  L  O  H  A !

Marin CA Morning

"I like the night. 

Without the dark,

 we'd never 

see the stars."

        Stephenie Meyer

Across The Golden Gate

"If one morning 

I walked on top of the water 

across the Potomac River, 

the headline that afternoon 

would read 

"President Can't Swim"."

        Lyndon B. Johnson

"Greenberg San Francisco"

"Every disadvantage 

has its advantage"

      Ukrainian Proverb

"Honolulu Sewers 1917"

Monarchy Digression

Scene: Me on my

very wet motor scooter,

waiting at a red light

by Honolulu City Hall,

I looked across at 

Lunalilo's Tomb,

he a Kamehameha,

and thought:

"I'm looking at the Tomb

of a King, built when

Hawaii was a Kingdom."

San Francisco

Linking To

Monday Murals

Macro Monday2 

Our World Tuesday

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Thank YOU

Friend!

                 Warmly, cloudia

I've Still Got It

A   L   O   H   A  !

" I intend to live forever

or die trying. "

        Groucho Marx

I think age is a gift 

to those able

 to appreciate it.

My Trusty Steed. She gets me home;

I got her home today.

I was having a great time

riding my scooter to the store.

The world seems more alive

on two wheels,

more immediate and 

beautiful.

It's really about

the full attention

a good rider gives

to the bike, the road,

other drivers,

the sky.

Yes, it makes you feel

extra alive,

and this takes 

less speed to achieve

the longer you ride.

I don't need to go

100 MPH

to have a good time

[get my 'Ya Yas'  as we used to say]

And before you ask,

Yes, I have ridden

motorcycles

over 100 mph.

These days, that just

takes too much attention,

too much work,

but when one's mind is 

full of demons

it's great to fill your head

with LOTS of other input.

The wind shrieking like

a hurricane at 100

helps obliterate 

regrets too.

Today, she sputtered.

Then she shuddered.

Then I was parked on 

the side of the road.

Groceries, including

icy treats

in a big chill bag.

Well long story short,

I pushed a ways.

Then she started 

and

took me a ways.

Then

I pushed halfway home

the rest of the way

through Waikiki.

I still got it!

Nothing worse

than waiting for help

in the hot sun.

Glad I pushed.

If I wanted to ride

in a pickup truck

with my bike

I would own

an AMF/Harley

from back in the day!

Incidentally, 

I also repaired

my computer yesterday.

Something was very wrong.

I figured that an update

to a program I don't use

totally messed things up.

So I used 

REVO UNINSTALLER

[that's a link]

to remove the entire program

(REVO gets ALL of it)

and bingo:

no new laptop for me!

So remember. 

Ask yourself calmly:

Do I have power/petrol?

Then:

1. Restart

2. Internet connected?

3. Google your problem!

[someone else has fixed this, include error codes]

4. Sites like How To Geek [link also]

 have LOTS of great tips!

5. Re-install your operating system

as a last resort. Some geeks

do it annually!

[many repair places just do this too]

Or use the Factory Reset.

[Google or HTG can tell you how.]

Even I did that once 

when I had a computer virus.

Now time for icy snacks on the couch!

Thank YOU for looking in today

                               Fondly, cloudia

Riding the Wind

A  L  O  H  A !

Oahu has been enjoying 

wintry windy wet

WEATHER!

After all the recent

change, shock,

passings, holidays. . . 

It's kinda nice

to cozy up

indoors,

listen to the 

winds,

see the rains. . . 

Perhaps a

golden sunset,

 a sudden gap

in the clouds

as they

rush over us. . . 

Only got up 

to the mid 70s f

today.

Zipped out

on my scooter

for a quick

grocery raid.

Riding on two wheels

demands total 

attention

to EVERYTHING.

Wind gusts

make it more-so

to a factor of 

10.

When I entered

the H-1 

to go to the 

very next exit,

I had to 

WHOOP!

And Yell!

And ride the wind

like a tornado,

like a surfer

on a 40 foot wave,

skittering over the 

pavement,

relaxed

at full

attention.

YAHOOOO!

I'm an experienced

Rider.

I was riding

THE    W I N D!

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Thanks for visiting!
                         Warmly, cloudia 

Back Streets Back Roads

A  L  O  H  A !

A Nice Summer Day to Wander

" I live on a one-way street
 that's also a dead end. 
I'm not sure how I got there.  "

Steven Wright

So many wonders to see!

"You need to let

 the little things

 that would ordinarily

 bore you 

suddenly 

thrill you.” 

Andy Warhol

Just riding past- what's happening HERE?

“There are no

 ordinary moments. 

There is always 

something 

going on.” 

 Peaceful Warrior

Wait! Look at the trousers. Could it be?!

" It always amazes me 

to think

 that every house 

on every street 

is full of so many stories; 

so many triumphs 

and tragedies, 

and all we see 

are yards and driveways.  "

Glenn Close

YES!  Lion Dancers at Practice!

" Great works 

are often born

 on a street corner 

or in a restaurant's

 revolving door.  "

Albert Camus

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Isn't Summer just the time for wandering?

After daily routines of school for months

the child in each of us awakes to

June light and realizes: Freedom!

I like the back streets,

 the carriage ways, back alleys

and lanes- 

 of which Honolulu has many.

One of the things I learned from Dad:

The main routes - are not the ONLY way.

Civilians knew the main roads,

but we knew the shortcuts, sights,

and logic

of going just one block over.

On my scooter

I still prefer our leafy residential streets

most laid in the 20th Century

of which this small island city

is a singular museum.

There is a picture of the President

on a visit home after his grandma "Toot"

had passed,

walking alone (for the moment)

down my fave little Young St

(I guess his too)

a block from where he grew up

in her home. 

Are YOU wandering this Summer,

in your town?

Region?

Country?

Continent?

World?

Can't WAIT

to see your pictures,

and hear YOUR stories;

but as for me,

I'll be ambling around

Honolulu Town

on my little scooter.

Toot!   Toot!

Thank YOU for stopping

                              Warmly, cloudia

Riding the Mist

Aloha My Friends!

"First a howling blizzard woke us,
Then the rain came down to soak us,
And now before the eye can focus -
Crocus."

Lilja Rogers

"Now every field is clothed with grass,

and every tree with leaves;

now the woods put forth their blossoms,

and the year assumes its gay attire."

Virgil

"It's spring fever. 

That is what the name of it is.

And when you've got it, you want

- oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want,

but it just fairly makes your heart ache, 

you want it so!"

Mark Twain

"In springtime, love is carried on the breeze.

Watch out for flying passion

or kisses whizzing by your head."

Terri Guillemets

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Spring has come to Hawaii.

"What," you say,

"There are seasons in the islands?"

Oh Yes! 

Trees & plants in flower everywhere,

even more than usual.

Monday night was unusual

with thousands of lightning strikes

(no injuries or damage- just a great show).

"From what we could calculate

there were over 15,000 lightning strikes 

in a five hour time frame from 5-10 p.m. (Monday) statewide," 

said Meteorologist Tom Birchard, with the National Weather Service.

As if that wasn't interesting enough, two equally rare waterspouts

formed during the show

just off Honolulu

and danced a duet!

"We were watching it

and all of a sudden the tubes came down.

They started to form waterspouts

and then the waterspouts twisted back and forth,"

said California visitor Thayton Towner.

"It was gnarly. All I saw were two tornadoes

and all of a sudden -- they combined into one.

It felt hard core out there," said Honolulu surfer J.D. Walker. 

"We saw a smaller one form then a bigger one.

Then they started to converge and they crossed each other.

It was pretty crazy." Moiliili surfer Timo Tidwell told KITV News

"No, we stayed out there. We wanted to see what would happen.

Then the rain started to get super heavy and we couldn't see the waves -

- so we just came in," said Tidwell.

In just a matter of minutes the waterspouts weakened and disappeared

as the lightning storm raged on.

That WAS unusual weather!  

Yesterday teased with sun, then ambushed with rain-

But today I was able to get on my scooter

and ride through the breezes,

& sunny skies, 

while dramatic traveler clouds

punctuated the BLUE

with their steamy white and silvered pewter.

So much is going on in our world; 

so much to talk about.

Perhaps TOO much!

Ah, I just wanna ride on my scooter. . . .and eat good ice cream!  

Just fired up the computer

to say ALOHA to all my pals out there-

Now to go a visiting, to see how the season 

is treating all of YOU!  

Do You have Spring fever? Tell us about it!  cloudia