Quiet Side of the Canal

A   L   O   H   A !

Making Summer Memories

" We learn 

only 

from those 

we love. " 

                       Goethe

Watchful Eye

" The best teacher 

suggests 

rather than dogmatizes,

 and inspires

with the wish 

to teach oneself. "

                                  Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Today's pictures come from the 

Mauka, or 'Mountain' side

of the Ala Wai Canal.

Link

 Those towers are the "back" of

Waikiki. 

" Nature often

 holds up a mirror 

so we can see 

more clearly

 the ongoing processes 

of growth, renewal,

 and transformation 

in our lives. "

                             Mary Ann Brussat 

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Waikiki Beach Early

A   L   O   H   A !

Mornings Are Gentle in Waikiki

" Gentleness
 is the antidote
 for cruelty. "
                      Phaedrus 

You Might See a 

Hawaiian Voyaging Canoe

Or An Outrigger Crew

" Many individuals have,
 like uncut diamonds, 
shining qualities 
beneath 
a rough exterior. "
                                    Juvenal 

Stand Up Paddling (SUP)

is Back in a Big Way!

" Life is a process. 
We are a process. 
The universe 
is a process. "
               Anne Wilson Schaef

" Today is the day

 in which to express 

your noblest qualities 

of mind and heart, 

to do at least 

one worthy thing

 which you have 

long postponed. "

                         Grenville Kleiser

May You Enjoy One New Thing Today!

[ First ice cream cone, beach day, ball game, 

or picnic &etc 

of the season 

counts ]

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Honolulu Murals

A   L   O   H   A !

Downtown Honolulu Business District:

Sugar Workers of Hawaii's Plantation Days

 are seen here on

 the Davies Pacific Center.

   Link

Contemporary Wall Art 

outside Waikiki 

See other Monday Murals

Here

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June Among The Low Bushes - Waikiki

A   L   O   H   A !

" I walk without flinching

 through the burning cathedral 

of the summer. 

Banana Leaves - 

[A Giant Species of Grass]

- My bank of wild grass

 is majestic 

and full of music. -

- It is a fire 

that solitude presses

 against my lips. "

                 Violette Leduc, 

                                     Mad in Pursuit

" It is in

 the treatment of trifles

that a person shows 

what they are. "

                                  Arthur Schopenhauer

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June is Fair Delight!
Wishing YOU
All Her Best

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Teresa and the Vandellas

A   L   O   H   A !

Let's Slow Down enough 

to Be Present.

So we can Notice

More of what is

Right before us.

Ocean refuses

No River;

Open Road

No Rover.

So Drift on over,

Lover of Souls

of Sights

and Smells and

Sounds.

Thus we 

Rebound

Ruthless in Peace

With the Patience

of the Disabled.

Teresa of Avila

Wrote the Rockin`

"Heat Wave." 

She got the Most

Out of Everything

the Universe threw

at her.

So strike up

the Yawn.

Stare out at

the Lawn

Painting the 

Mural of Your
Dusk and Dawn. . .

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Some Hawaii Birds

A   L   O   H   A !

DOVE

TWINS

House Finch

Kolea - Golden Plover

Enjoy Creature Saturday Posts

Here

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Heron Boy

A   L   O   H   A !

" The happiest people in the world

are not happy all the time.

Awareness

of the suffering

and struggles

of others

makes us empathetic. "

Shawn Achor

Boy & Heron

 " I am so absorbed 

in the wonder of 

earth and 

the life upon it 

that I cannot think 

of heaven and angels."

                                  Pearl S. Buck

" If a child 

is to keep his

 inborn sense of wonder,

 he needs the companionship 

of at least one adult 

who can share it, 

rediscovering with 

him the joy,

 excitement, and 

mystery of the world 

we live in."

                      Rachel Carson

" Those who contemplate 

the beauty of the earth

 find reserves 

of strength 

that will endure 

as long as life lasts. "

                              Rachel Carson

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