Mighty Mighty Turtles

A L O H A, 

                    Turtle Fans !

 

 King Dragon Turtle

" You must welcome change as the rule

but not as your ruler. "

Denis Waitley

 Friends Who Never Leave / Self Portrait

" A tattoo is a true poetic creation,

and is always more than meets the eye. 

As a tattoo is grounded on living skin,

so its essence emotes a poignancy 

unique to the mortal human condition.  "

V. Vale and Andrea Juno,

Modern Primitives

So WHAT?!  Can't EAT them!

" Find your place in the sun.

Especially if it happens to be on that nice pile of warm, clean laundry."

Miss Kitty

'^'

Diamondback terrapins have left the waters
of Jamaica Bay (off New York City)
to lay their eggs for centuries, 

long before we ever learned to fly 

or built JFK Airport.

They see no reason to change now! 

Last week, the annual Airport Turtle Roundup commenced,

spawning Tweets,
  and lots of bemused news stories
about fast jets and slow turtles.

All the world loves a MoM!

Meanwhile, here in Hawaii, 
officials are reassessing the status of the
HONU,

the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle.

So scarce in the 1970s
that they were put on the Endangered List,

these beloved creatures are now common in our waters,

perhaps even eating enough Limu (local sea 'weed')

to imbalance the reef eco-system.

Brace yourself:
there is even talk of allowing a LIMITED catch

by Hawaiians for cultural and subsistence purposes.

It will NOT be open season on turtles!
(Though the whole idea makes me queasy)

So turtles are doing fine.

In fact, they RULE!

You got a problem with that,

Kitty?

        What say YOU?  cloudia

Kindly

A L O H A!

Dialogue: Island & Sea.

Kaneohe Bay

" I feel we are all islands - in a common sea. "

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Dialogue: Old & New

" In true dialogue,

both sides are willing to change.  "

Nhat Hanh

 

Sky- ialogue:  High Cloud & Low Cloud

" The sky is that beautiful old parchment

in which the sun and the moon

keep their diary.  "

Alfred Kreymborg

__[___]__
  ( ´_?`)

 The only real tonic

for life's struggles

& sorrows

is kindness-

Kindness received,

Kindness

given.

         Play Nice!  Fondly, cloudia

 

Waikiki Summer

A L O H A!

Welcome Back to Virtual Hawaii

Three Sisters

"The defining function of the artist

is to cherish consciousness."

       Max Eastman

Father & Son

" Without that ache between us,

what was I made of? "

Kiran Desai,

of his deceased father

Double Trouble

 " Age, like distance

lends a double charm.  "

Oliver Herford

Spa Treatment

" I am not afraid of storms

for I am learning how to sail my ship.  "

Louisa May Alcott 



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Yes,
I am learning to sail
the seas of life.


Scrape the barnacles,
apply another coat-
of lipstick!


I'm coming to your town,
ocean-drunk
and unsteady on my feet,
but bringing stories
showing my turtle tattoos;


Thank you for inviting me to dinner
though I wear no shoes.


          Your Comments are Cherished!  cloudia

Blogger Ate My Work

A L O H A!

Welcome Back to Virtual Hawaii

" A problem well put

is half solved. "

John Dewey

" There is a bit of insanity in dancing

that does everybody a great deal of good. "

Edwin Denby

 

This morning while most of you slept,

Blogger decided to misbehave again.

I think I was working on today's post

when it just stopped functioning!

(Hawaiian Standard Time is 6 hours behind

New York in Daylight Savings [Summer] Time).

What a strange sensation to be told 

"ERROR 404"

that Blogger does not exist!

There is a site:

Down For Everyone Or Just Me?

that will tell you, well,

just that.

Most frustrating of all,

I couldn't comment on YOUR posts!

So: I was there! I loved your post!

Ah Summer;

Even Blogger is lazy !

 

" The only thing I knew how to do 

Was to keep on keepin' on 

like a bird that flew. "

BOB DYLAN

Comment please?  Warmly, cloudia

Every Person

A L O H A !

Welcome Back To Virtual Hawaii-

"The mind I love must have wild places,

a tangled orchard

where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass,

an overgrown little wood, 

the chance of a snake or two, 

a pool that nobody's fathomed the depth of,

and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind."

Katherine Mansfield

" No man is ever free,

and he couldn't stand it

if he was. "

Faulkner

Mother & Daughter

 

 

 

 

 

" We relish news of our heroes,

forgetting that we are

extraordinary 

to somebody too. "

Helen Hayes

" Only one letter

divides the comic

from the cosmic. "

Nabakov

> < } } ( ° >

Every person in your life

from parents, partners & children

to the guy in the next car

is a gift.

There are great,

and small,

gifts. 

 

Some come in 

strange packages.

 

But all are gifts.

How will you

recieve

them?

             Thank YOU for being a gift in my life.  Share a comment!   cloudia

Friend Change

A L O H A!

Welcome Back To Virtual Honolulu

"Some people see things as they are and ask

why?

Some people dream of things that never were and ask why not?

Some people have to go to work

and don't have time for all that."

George Carlin

 

" The only way to let your dreams come true

is to wake up. "

Paul Valery

“Still round the corner there may wait,

A new road or a secret gate.”

J.R.R. Tolkien

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If change is not your friend,

Life itself

will seem your enemy.

Enjoy your day;

It will never come

again.

       fondly, cloudia

Save the Queen

Theater, that is. . . 

A L O H A   &

Welcome Back to Virtual Honolulu.

Today we visit the Kaimuki neighborhood.

Even when you live in a place like this-

"There's no place like home," 

"The Wizard of Oz," 1939.

  You still enjoy going inside a dark palace of magic,

like Kaimuki's QUEEN THEATER- seen here in the 1930s.
Happy 75th Anniversary to the old dame.

"Toto,

I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas

anymore," 

"The Wizard of Oz," 1939.

Today, she is in disrepair. 

The neighborhood would love to save her!

"I am big! It's the pictures that got small," 

"Sunset Blvd.," 1950

 

"Here's looking at you, kid,"

  "Casablanca," 1942

"The stuff that dreams are made of,"

  "The Maltese Falcon," 1941.

View from the tiny parking lot in back: all the way to Punchbowl

"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" 

"White Heat," 1949

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"Built in 1936 on a 10,396-square-foot parcel of prime Waialae Avenue real estate near the top of the hill, the Queen Theater grew to two stories and went from a neighborhood movie house to a porno theater to the place where people would go to watch "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" while dressing in full cult-following regalia.

The theater has not yet been declared safe for people to walk around in, but the lobby has been cleared. "

Honolulu StarAdvertiser

Paula Devi of EVERYDAY Radiance was kind enough to share an award with me.

She wrote:

" Cloudia of Comfort Spiral Cloudia brings us beauty - both visual and written. In sharing with us her amazing photography of her Hawaii, its flowers, colors and people and sharing thought provoking quotes, you cannot but leave her blog thankful you visited. "

Thank YOU, Paula,   

As Well as EACH of YOU who visit & comment here!

                                            Sincerely, cloudia