Gabe

ALOHA

Aloha, Dear Gabe. . . Until we meet again. . .

Hawaiian Superman:

The Big Man, Gabe, vacated his usual place of honor at the Harbor Pub some months back

to live with his grandchildren and family in Georgia.

Recently, he went into the hospital there for a routine surgery.

He never regained consciousness.

This full-blooded Hawaiian gentleman leaves a giant empty space in the lives of his many friends around the island.

Grown men wiped away tears the other eve

as everybody’s favorite band, Simplicity played his Aloha Party.

One time Gabe told us the story of his first childhood visit to downtown Honolulu.

Young Gabe, a boy from the country of maybe 5 or 6, watched as the double doors inside da department store opened to admit the people. When the doors opened again – the people were gone! “Don’t make me go in there! I don’t want to disappear!” The boy Gabe had wailed.

Gabe was walking history, a lot of mine included, come to think of it.

Aloha, Big Man, Aloha `Oe.

Parting is bitter; but you’ve always been really sweet. . . .

You see Hawaii is not paradise because it is perfect.

Rather, it is a paradise because we choose to greet life’s changes not with regret or despair, but with deep appreciation, acceptance, and aloha. . .

Paradise is what you make of it, and where you find it. . . And if you are lucky, you will make friends like Gabe. . . .

ALOHA! cloudia

Let's Fly

ALOHA

It's

Monday

but

that's OK,

Friend

Todays Song:

Click on the clouds to dream among them

Lets sail those endless skies together!

"Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success

but through misadventure."

Amos Bronson Alcott

A good neighbor - NOT a spaceman.

"The longer you can look back,

the further you can look forward."

Winston Churchill

Please Mr. Space Man, won't you please take me along for a ride?

"A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning,

as if supported by the rays of the sun,

a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee,

joy accompanied me as I walked. "

Anais Nin

Thanks for stopping by!

ALOHA, cloudia

Sunday Song

Aloha, Friend

Welcome
to

Sunday
in Waikiki

click on the clouds for a magical ride

"I have the nerve to walk my own way,

however hard,

in my search for reality, rather than climb upon

the rattling wagon of wishful illusions."

- Letter from Zora Neale Hurston to Countee Cullen

"Great works are performed not by strength

but by perseverance."


-Samuel Johnson

"Much of the beauty of art emerges
through the struggle of the artist with his limited medium."
Henri Mattisse

And now...

A song. . .

ALOHA, cloudia

Color and Cheek

Aloha

it's

Saturday in

Waikiki.

Welcome Friend

click the photos,

and click your heels together while repeating:

"There's no place like the blogosphere."

At the end of the rainbow. . .

"Mere color, unspoiled by meaning,

and unallied with definite form,

can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways."

Oscar Wilde

colorful creatures celebrate the simple fact of life. . .

"Of all God's gifts to the sighted man,

color is holiest,

the most divine,

the most solemn."

Ruskin

One week ago today.

"I'm not funny.

What I am is brave."

Lucille Ball

Thank YOU for visiting today;

ALOHA, cloudia

What Am I?

It's

Aloha Friday

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Welcome!

Click on the photos please

There is much of interest under Hawaiian skies. . .

"Keep the circus going inside you,

keep it going

don't take anything seriously,

it'll all work out in the end."

David Niven

Here light is dancing, but what is this lamp?

"Some memories are realities,

and are better than anything

that can ever happen to one again."

Willa Cather

Why would anyone want to wear fur in Hawaii?

"He who wants to do good

knocks on the gate;

he who loves

finds the door open."

Rabindranath Tagore

Oh wait! There is an ear. . .

"If you wish to avoid seeing a fool

you must first break your mirror."

Francois Rabelais

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Yes, it is sea-going Kitty. Aloha, sailor!

“The stray cat Oscar added many thing to our menage.

Each evening I thought afresh that a nice cat washing his face

by the hearth gives extra comfort to a room.”

- James Herriot

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Whatever you do,

whatever you feel,

you will still be

here;

and you can still

sit still.

You needn't concentrate

or worry

to keep from falling off

the Earth.

And when you do leave here

you will be going

someplace

that some

call "home."

I'm not entirely comfortable

wearing this body

(though it is a privilege)

but I have to wonder

what interesting thing

will happen in this world

next.

We all play a part here

yet seldom know

which is small

or great.

ALOHA, cloudia

Evacuation

Aloha, Friend

Here are a couple of shots from the "excitement."

Here is a shot by neighbor Ted Trimmer

showing dozens and dozens of boats leaving the

Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor

ahead of the predicted Tsunami wave last Saturday.

When a recent TV news story replayed video shot during the emergency

the sound of the sirens wailing caused Miss Kitty to immediately look up: "Not Again!"

Thanks for visiting! cloudia

Hawaii Skies

Aloha, You!

Welcome Back to Waikiki

click on the clouds for elation!

Hawaii skies

"You have been given a gift

of 86,400 seconds today.

Have you used one to say

'thank you?'"


William A. Ward




Well invested time.

"It is very wrong for people to feel deeply sad

when they lose some money,

yet when they waste the precious moments of their lives,

they do not have the slightest feeling of repentance."

The Dalai Lama

"No social system in any country will bring us happiness, health, and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism"

Clement R. Atlee

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Today's Happiness Hint:

In the silly privacy of your sovereign nature,

catch a falling star

and put it in your pocket.

Never let it fade away. . .

Warm ALOHA, cloudia