A Walk In The Park And Sky 🦋

A  L  O  H  A !

 "Be open minded, 

you never know who 

may cross your path.

So tip your hat!"

        Karen Sather

"To find extraordinary things,

go to the ordinary streets."

          Mehmet Murat ildan

"If you're walking down the right path

and you're willing to keep walking

eventually you'll make progress."

              Barack Obama

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Our World Tuesday

𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐐝𐑅

Thank YOU
Friend!
               Warmly, Cloudia

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

Pohaku

A Secret Obsession

A  L  O  H  A ! 
                                 [WARNING: Material of Aviation Nature]

" The natural function of the wing

 is to soar upwards 

and carry that which is heavy 

up to the place where 

dwells the race of gods. 

More than any other thing 

that pertains to the body 

it partakes of the

 nature of the divine."

                                   Plato

" There is no sport equal 
to that which aviators enjoy 
while being carried through the air 
on great white wings. "
Wilbur Wright, 1905

"No one can realize 

how substantial the air is, 

until he feels its

supporting power 

beneath him. 

It inspires 

confidence at once. "

                           Otto Lilienthal

" We returned home, 
after these experiments, 
with the conviction that
sailing flight was not 
the exclusive prerogative 
of birds. "
                   Otto Lilienthal, 1874

" Can the magic 

of flight 

ever be carried 

by words? 

I think not.

                       Michael Parfit, 

                              Smithsonian magazine, 

                           May 2000

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Walking in Waikiki

I spotted a 

Japanese woman,

a visitor

(we can tell)

 blonde Mohawk

sprouting from 

her shaved head.

She wore.

denim shorts,

and a studded 

leather collar.

In contrast

to the beach-clad

throng.

If she had been "young"

I would have smiled

and reminisced,

but she looked 

at least forty,

So I wanted

to talk to her.

Suddenly, a fighter jet

thundered low overhead.

She turned to watch it

(I was behind)

and said "Cool!"

"Yeah it is" 

I agreed.

We shared a smile,

so we had our 

moment after all;

Two overgrown

adolescents

in love

with cool stuff

that goes

F A S T !

We now return you

to our normal

sedate

fare.

Thank You!

                        'Cool' Cloudia

Balsamaceous:

 Possessing healing or restorative qualities.

A   L   O   H   A  !

" I just spotted some ducks

 practicing their 

teenage girl faces. "

 Anon

A morning walk is so restorative

Hardworking people,

 like this lady driving a limo,

have no time to dally

I used to miss a lot of these

small moments too.

Some of us are 

very blase` about 

EVERYTHING-

Y  A  W  N


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                  Warmly, cloudia

Put It All Together

A  L  O  H  A !

" Every great accomplishment 

is the story of

 a flaming heart.  "

Arnold H. Glasgow

" The glow 

of one warm thought

 is to me worth more

 than money.  "

Thomas Jefferson

 

" Here lies one

 whose name was writ

 in water.  "

John Keats

 Three Graces

" Extraordinary afflictions

 are not always the punishment 

of extraordinary sins, 

but sometimes the trial

 of extraordinary

 graces.  "

Matthew Henry

 

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C

 is for complete,

 nothing further needed here.

 

L

 is for look,

 the way you look at life.

 

O

 is for old fashioned,

 you cherish the past.

 

U 

is for unique,

 your love of life.

D

 is for desire, 

your thoughts do aspire.

I 

is for instill,

 the lesson of life.

A 

is for affirm,

 the certainty of knowledge.

Put them all together

and what do you have?

QUITE

an ego trip

on my part!

LOL!

Your kind visit 

adds an irreplaceable element 

to my day: YOU!  

Thanks FRIEND

              Warmly, cloudia

Walk in Ala Moana Park

ALOHA !

Go ahead and click on the photos

Slow Down! This isn't the 'mainland.'

Let's walk in Ala Moana Park

before her parking lots are closed

and become staging areas

for APEC security. . .

Nature is so nurturing, welcoming . . .

SAY! is that tree SNEERING at us?

He's a mean drunk!

" Bacchus, n.: A convenient (nature) deity

invented by the ancients

as an excuse for getting drunk. "

 
Ambrose Bierce

 

 " Bacchus hath drowned more men

than Neptune (god of the seas)."

Thomas Fuller

And speaking of seas,

Ala Moana is a beach park.

Outrigger Canoes at Rest

 

Pupukahi i holomua

" Unite to move forward."

 

Each Hawaiian in the canoe

has to pull together on the call

for the canoe to move forward,

quickly forward.

 

 Each canoe has a soul that is awakened

and reawakened

with blessings.

Anyone who talks to their vehicle

 should understand this!

 They all have given names as well

I ka 'olelo no ke ola, i ka 'olelo no ka make.

  " In speech is life, in speech is death."

 

" Imua means “go forward” in Hawaiian.

Most often said with an  exclamation point:

 IMUA !

Red Rovers

These are not Hawaiian Outrigger Canoes.  What?

Ah! Here he is with his head ON.  (At Splendor of China)

" As soon as you trust yourself, 

you will know how to live. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,

Faust

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Isn't it wonderful

just to walk

aimlessly

in the park

together

like this?

Thanks for being here today!

YOUr comments make my day

                                                     Warmly, cloudia

    

Envied by Princes

A L O H A!

" It is not talking

 but walking 

that will bring us

 to heaven. "

  Matthew Henry

" I have two doctors,

 my left leg and my right. "

   G. M. Trevelyan

Sad Fish, Puzzled Fish

"To find new things,

 take the path you took yesterday."

 John Burroughs

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What a gift it is

to walk unmolested.

To be anonymous

among others

in the busyness

of life.

To pass

 through the streets,

the meadows

that know one

well.

Before he ran for president

Barack Obama

walked alone in Waikiki,

my mother noticed him

but no one else did

yet.

We lament our powerlessness

but in this

we have 

what is denied

to kings:

a simple walk down the street

free of notice

free of strings.

       Enjoy it!  cloudia