Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Clark Little

Align Center
ALOHA!


Click on the "Clark."

Another Masterpiece by Hawaii surf photographer, Clark Little.
His site HERE


"You cannot step twice
in the same river."

Heraclitus




"My future starts when I wake up every morning...
Every day I find something creative to do with my life."

Miles Davis






"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought."

Dorothy L. Sayers


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On Saturday,
I went to the Honolulu Books & Music Fest.

Clark Little, the surf photographer, whose work I've posted many times with credit,
had a booth, so I went over to check him out.

Never having seen Clark,
I assumed the guy who looked like he just walked off the beach was the artiste.
The professional-looking camera he was holding
sealed the deal: it was definitely him.

"Aloha, Clark.
I'm a blogger, and I've posted your amazing shots
a number of times WITH credit.
People enjoy and comment on them.
Is that cool with you?"

"Oh yeah, sure.
And thanks!"

So there you have it:
share the things you love
but always be careful
to assign rightful "props"
and links
to those
(like you and me)
who share their creations
with the world.


Aloha!
cloudia

Monday, May 17, 2010

Loyalties

ALOHA!




Click on the pics - if you wish!

"Our national flower
is the concrete cloverleaf."


Lewis Mumford




"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle
and plant a flower
wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. "

Lincoln



"Happiness held is the seed;
Happiness shared is the flower."

John Harrington





"Brass shines as fair to the ignorant
as gold to the goldsmiths."

Elizabeth I






"The fact that I can plant a seed
and it becomes a flower,
share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's,
smile at someone and receive a smile in return,
are to me continual spiritual exercises."
Leo Buscaglia



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It seems to me
that our most enduring loyalties
are to those
who have treated us
with kindness. . .


Like YOU!


Thanks, cloudia

Friday, May 14, 2010

Aloha Fridaze"

Oh Yeah! Staring-into-Space Season is Well UnderwaY


care to click the pics?
Few things in this life are as pleasant
as an afternoon walk. . .



"Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm." Disraeli










Jewels are strewn about
for those with eyes to see them.




"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly." Henri Bergson




Green and dappled triumphal arches of shade. . .
perhaps some of the magic remains
in these groves. .




"Happiness is not a destination.
It is a method of life."

Burton Hills









Fit for a fairy princess to dance around.





"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance,
the wise grows it under his feet."

- James Oppenheim


"The poor are where God lives."

Bono




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Waste of time?

According to the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
chronically anxious people
(read: 'all modern people')
may see a significant increase
in their risk of heart disease.

That's in the 'DuH!' category,
eh?

But remember:
walking and wasting time
is an investment
in your most important wealth:
your health.

What can I say?
I care about you-

NoW go waste time!

cloudia





Thursday, May 13, 2010

Thank You, Bird

Aloha, Seeker of Wise Pleasures!




Click on the images to drink their inner truths

"The day is coming when a single carrot,
freshly observed, will set off a revolution."


Paul Cezanne



the dear jacaranda!



"We live in a rainbow of chaos."

Paul Cezanne






Thanks, bird, for missing my camera.



"Faith is the bird that feels the light
when the dawn is still dark."

Rabindranath Tagore



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Do you still dream of flying?
Do you still consider strapping on some wings,
or a cape,
and running full speed
down the leaf-covered hill?




Are the birds your friends
whisperings secrets
of love
just to you?




Does your heart soar
and plunge
while whily wind
whoops
promising freedom
and speed?




To swim, to fly, to dance;
casting your fancy to capricious Gyre's chance.
Something it is - called the essential
"You"
that longs
not to leave this earth
but to kiss it from the
Blue. cloudia






Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Detroit of the Pacific

Aloha!


Click on the photos, eh?
Oh oh!
He's about to
BARK!



"I allow no one to touch me."
Paul Cezanne



"Don't find fault, find a remedy."

Henry Ford



"Anyone who stops learning is old,
whether at twenty or eighty.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. "

Henry Ford

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A Korean company has decided to build electric cars
right here on Oahu!


How will I EVER tell Walking Man?!




CT&T's Hawaii manufacturing plant

could generate 400 jobs

Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

A South Korean carmaker plans to build a $200 million all-electric car assembly plant at an as-yet-undisclosed location in Hawaii in a move that could generate up to 400 jobs.

Seoul-based CT&T, an international electric car manufacturer, has signed a deal with the state to build a three-acre plant and educational center on Oahu.

The manufacturing facility, estimated to cost up to $50 million, will be able to build 10,000 cars annually. The manufacturer is considering four sites on the island and expects construction to begin within 18 to 24 months.

In the meantime, the company will start to import a fleet of electric vehicles fully assembled for sale. “In addition to the jobs we’ll provide, there may be as many as 1,000 jobs from the ripple effect of our factory being built here,” said Joe White, chief operating officer of CT&T USA. “The state is poised for the type of vehicles we produce.”

Hawaii’s lower speed limits fit perfectly with CT&T’s cars, he said.

Its two-seat C-Zone model sells for between $8,000 and $13,000, while the E-Zone model costs between $12,000 and $20,000.

The agreement is in line with the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, which aims to have 70 percent of the state’s energy generated from clean sources by 2030. Established in 2002, CT&T manufactures electric, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles.



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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Cloud Wandering

Aloha, Dear Friend!



Click on the canine and his friends
"I am always doing that which I can not do,
in order that I may learn how to do it."

Picasso



"True wisdom
is knowing what to
overlook."

William James




"How could I forget that day?
There was a light-blue morning wind blowing
and thistledown flying loose
along the tops of clouds
and larks going up and down,
up and down,
in the shining lift of the sky."

Janet Frame


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That last quote excited me.
Spring is a revelation
every time!

Even here in Waikiki
there is a sweet gentleness
in the breezes that blow.

It's easy for minds to wander
like the cloud galleons
sailing across
the mind's eye.

And somehow, the mind's wanderings
will take us where we need to be. . .

Thanks for YOUR visit,
cloudia

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Back! What Did I miss?!

Aloha!
SO Glad
to Be
B A C K!


click on the clouds to dance among them

"Study nature,
love nature,
stay close to nature.
It will never fail you."

Frank Lloyd Wright



"A positive attitude causes a chain reaction
of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes.
It is a catalyst and it sparks
extraordinary results."

Wade Boggs



"In the presence of eternity,
the mountains are as transient as the clouds."

Robert Green Ingersoll



"Inside my empty bottle
I was constructing a lighthouse
while all the others were making ships."

Charles Simic


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It's good to be back.
The silence is velvety.

(Husband has been ill & home this week :)

We made it a sort of getaway
he laid back healing
while I made sandwiches,
store runs,
and put new beers into
the freezer.

Yes,
it was good having the time
and today he's gone in
to run the world
for a few hours
again.



I can't wait to visit
YOUR blog
and see what's happening in
Your world.

Which brings us to a Zen koan:
What IS blogging?
Is it the post you put up?
The comments it garners?
Or is it
visiting all your friends?

Actually, I'm in too much of a hurry
to start my blogosphere tour. . .
You figure it out. . .


TAG!

You're "it!"

Warm Aloha, cloudia