Above it All

Aloha Dear Guest

"The heart is the best reflective thinker."

Wendell Phillips 

“"If I had a world of my own,  everything would be nonsense.  Nothing would be what it is,  because everything would be what it isn't.  You see?”"

Alice "in Wonderland"

Quite Innocently Displayed

“Life is a great big canvas,

 and you should throw all the paint you can on it.”

 Danny Kaye 

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The National Weather Service has issued a high surf warning

for north and west shores of Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Molokai

from noon Wednesday until noon Thursday.

Forecasters say wave faces will be between 25 and 35 feet on Oahu's North Shore.

With light trade winds, conditions look ideal for the most elite of surfers.

Eddie Aikau Surf Invitational organizers told surfers there is a good chance the

"Only when conditions are right" contest 

will run this week at legendary Waimea Bay.

When waves are consistently 25 feet and higher,

the best in the world surf mountains of water.

The last time the contest was held was in December of 2009.

Spectators from around the world always clog traffic on Oahu's North Shore for this event.

But who could blame them? 

For to witness surfing's greatest show

is something never to be 

forgotten!

You can read about Eddie HERE

Thanks for visiting today.
What say YOU?

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Bonus!

Going UP!

chatoyant

means: "changing in luster or color."



Aloha & Welcome Today!

Scientists have looked at the wings of flies and wasps
against white backgrounds for years.
Biologists at Lund University in
Sweden made a breathtaking discovery when they used black
backgrounds: COLOR!
  (from Wired Magazine HERE)

"It takes a long time

to become young."

Picasso

"Power without love

is reckless and abusive.

Love without power

is sentimental and anemic."

Martin Luther King

"We are not enemies

but friends.

We must not be enemies.

Though passion may have strained,

it must not break our bonds of affection."

Abraham Lincoln

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We all long for love.

But once we can see

beyond our own seeking

we notice that others

have the same appetite.

When you willingly become

a source of love

you will never be 

lonely,

infective,

hungry.

As "Kevin" a former athlete

seriously injured and impaired

in an accident told author 

Tom Corwin:

"I became aware that the part of me

that I can control is spirit.

That's what drives me

and it's what makes me feel good.

I'm not saying I'm always happy,

but when I'm less happy

I've learned to witness myself.

I still suffer occasionally ,

but I've developed the tools

to come back to the beauty

and power of spirit."

When we begin to see these things

a formerly Black & White,

win / lose,

 world

shows us a beauty

that we never imagined.

That is my wish today

for you

and for me.

Please join us in "comments"

    and add YOURs!  cloudia

Percolating

Aloha     Welcome      Friend!

Finally,
I seem to have cracked the egg
of the new year. . . .







 . . . I'm beginning to whisk things up
                                         in preparation to COOK!

 Aspirations must dance
                  in perfect step with patience. . . 

. . . in perfect timing.

  You must stand up, must be

          present, must face forward and balance 

           life's ebbs & surges with the skills of a Soul Surfer.


Life's UP!  Thanks for paddling by here:)
                                          Hows YOUR year shaping up? cloudia

Saturday Cartoon

ALOHA!

It's Play Day Saturday :)

"Man is most nearly himself

when he achieves the seriousness

of a child at play."

Heraclitus

"Edison failed 10, 000 times

 before he made the electric light.

Do not be discouraged

 if you fail a few times." 

Napoleon Hill 

"Walking with a friend in the dark

 is better than walking alone in the light."

Helen Keller 

"My wife was afraid of the dark... 

then she saw me naked

 and now she's afraid of the light."

Rodney Dangerfield

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And now for your Saturday cartoon!  This gem features the great Cab Calloway:





More About Those Cultural Giants the Fleisher Brothers:

Local Boy Proud

ALOHA!

"All colors are the friends of their neighbors

 and the lovers of their opposites."

 

Marc Chagall 

"Colors are the smiles of nature."

 

Leigh Hunt

'Love is what makes you smile

 when you're tired.'

Terri - age 4

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Hawaii is a small fleet of islands.

We are further from land than any other archipelago.

Yet, out of this tiny place,

 with our small population,

we have given the world our current US President,

and this fellow

 who used to perform as a boy

for the visitors

 here in Waikiki.

 Well he's all grown up and moving the world

with his songs. 

Bruno Mars!

(Be sure to leave a comment and tell me

 what you think.

What are YOU listening to today?)

for whom the pale moon gleams

Warm Aloha Welcome to

Y O U

"Ask not what tomorrow may bring,

 but count as blessing

 every day that fate allows you."

~Horace 64 B.C.

"We can't stop all the evil in the world,

but we have total control

over how we treat each other."

President Obama

“We are the music makers,

 and we are the dreamers of the dream.

 Wandering by lone sea breakers,

 and sitting by desolate streams.

 World losers and world forsakers,

 for whom the pale moon gleams.

 Yet we are movers and the shakers

 of the world forever it seems.”

 Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy 

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Thanks for looking in!

Your visits & comments

        make my day :) cloudia

Grateful Hog

Aloha Pal!            

Glad to See You :)

"This is the highest form of human intelligence,

 to observe yourself without judgement. "

Deepak Chopra

Don't worry about the difficulty
of loving everyone;
Just love each one
at a time.

"We can't always do great things,
but we can do simple things
with great love."


Mother Teresa

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The population of Africa's Mountain gorillas
has risen a remarkable
26% in recent years.

Home prices in Hawaii have risen just over

 100% in ten years.

As of January first, no fishing is allowed in Waikiki

 so that nature may recover for one year.

Kilauea volcano on the Big Island called HAWAII

 has been erupting for some 28 years;

The longest ongoing eruption any where on our planet. One more home (built atop an older flow - duh!)

is threatened by the pouring hot lava.

Skies over Honolulu have been changeable murals of pewter, blue & salmon

 with showers here and there.

But today is to be unambiguous
BLUE, with Steamy White Clouds,

 and SUN

before another front brings capricious sprites of rain

to our Oahu valleys. 

So today I must be out at play,

getting my fix of the weather

than makes you HIGH.

The Sony Open is in town (FORE!)

Elton John is coming to Maui.

I have my health

and this month's rent.

We pray for dialog to replace demonization

in our US politics.

(We can never do great things-

or even average things well-

if we are always fighting each other.)

I'm Grateful that you came by today!

When we make a point of noticing

and "listing"

the sources of gratitude in our lives

it multiplies to our enrichment.

We are all the descendants of humans

who always saw the lion coming

because they always stayed alert for danger.

That's why we tend to be hyper-vigilant for problems
 and threats.

But Our mental and spiritual survival

now demand
 that we be as alert

for sources of Aloha, Possibility & Healing.

Will you allow yourself off of the treadmill of worry?

Life is never "all sorted out" as long as you live,

and uncompleted tasks will be on your final "list."

So here's permission:

You are done worrying - and you have this day

begun a life of

defiant gratitude. (if you want to)

Notice THAT forces of evil: POW!

So how crazy am I?

      See you in "comments" :) cloudia