My Day, Your Day

A L O H A !

In this place -

- There is grace

Today is a flame

 Relieved by grace.

So meet me again tonight-

 In our special place.

We are called

to be bridge builders;

but too many of us

are merely

toll takers.

You are welcome for free,

here on the Spiral Jetty.

       Warmly, cloudia

Artist Site HERE

See Turtle

A L O H A !

Local swimming companion
of my talented friend, Erika Swartzkopf.

Available for purchase @

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/turtle-4-erika-swartzkopf.html

“ Try to be like the turtle --

at ease in your own shell. ”

Bill Copeland

 

  Surfing Madonna 

“I will go back to the great sweet mother,

Mother and lover of men,

the sea.”

 

Algernon Charles Swinburne

" May your trails be crooked, 

winding, lonesome, dangerous,

leading to the most amazing view.
  May your mountains rise

into and above the clouds. "

 

Edward Abbey

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Even if you are on the side of the

 

angels

 

behaving self righteously

 

out of anger

 

always accomplishes

 

the work of the devil.

      Warmly, cloudia

Clouds

ALOHA !



Click on these photos !

"At the beach, life is different.

Time doesn't move hour to hour

but mood to moment. 

We live by the currents, 

plan by the tides, 

and follow the sun."

- Anonymous

" Rest is not idleness, 

and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees 

on a summer's day,
 listening to the murmur of water,

or watching the clouds float across the sky,
 is by no means a waste of time.  "

John Lubbock

" The sky and the strong wind

have moved the spirit inside me

till I am carried away 

trembling with joy.  "

Uvavnuk

"  Only from the heart 

can you touch the sky. "

  Rumi
 

" Clouds come floating into my life,

no longer to carry rain or usher storm,

but to add color to my sunset sky. "

  Rabindranath Tagore

"The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine,

bracing and delicious.
  And why shouldn't it be?

- it is the same the angels breathe. "

Mark Twain, 

"Roughing It"

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Thanks for floating by

           on this Summer's Day,   warmly, cloudia

Puff

A L O H A !

" Never ascribe to malice

that which is adequately explained

by incompetence. "

Napoleon

" Like a welcome summer rain,

humor may suddenly cleanse

and cool the earth,

the air

and you. "

Langston Hughes

" Puff, the Magic Dragon, lived by the sea,

and frolicked in the Autumn Mist

in a land called Honah Lee "

 

Peter Yarrow


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Puffy clouds

free of crowds

quiet or loud

                             all is allowed. . .    warmly, cloudia

Saturday Hula

ALOHA,   FRIEND !

 Let's look in on the Prince Lot Hula Festival

" Hula is the art of Hawaiian dance,

which expresses all we see,

smell, taste, touch, feel,

and experience.

It is joy, sorrow, courage, and fear. "

Robert Cazimero

"Have you ever heard 

the earth breathe? "

Kate Chopin

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  Moanalua Gardens 

is a place long associated with Hawaiian history.

This great Monkey Pod tree 

is known to be over 100 years old. 

During the 1850s, King Kamehameha V

had a Summer cottage in the valley.

 Here, away from the prying eyes

of Honolulu Town, the court could enjoy

hula, chant, the Hawaiian language,

and the other traditions that outsiders

were trying to eradicate.

Lovely Hula Maidens

  "He lei poina ‘ole ke keiki "

' A lei never forgotten

is the beloved child  '

This Hula Mound

is an important place to devotees of the tradition.

" I cannot help feeling that the chief end of this meeting is plantation profits,

and the prosperity of the country,

the demands of society,

the future of the Hawaiian race

only comes secondarily if at all. "

Sanford B. Dole

1800s

" A'a i ka hula, waiho i ka maka'u i ka hale "

 Hawaiian Saying

' Dare to dance, 

leave shame at home.'

'KALO' is better known as 'TARO'

the staple food of Hawaiians

"Tell me what you eat,

and I shall tell you what you are."

 
Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

(1755-1826)

The stone Poi Pounder, the Kalo Board, 

and the Bowl: THIS is Hawaii !

Note the plastic glove

" There is no love sincerer

than the love of food."

 

George Bernard Shaw

Bringing Home the Kalo

Wrapped in a Traditional Ti Leaf Package. 

" We may find in the long run

that tinned food is a deadlier weapon

than the machine-gun. "

 

George Orwell

Below is a snippet of Hula and Chant

for you to experience.  Mahalo for Visiting! cloudia

colors

A L O H A !

Beach Morning Mellow

" It was morning;

through the high window
I saw the pure, 

bright blue of the sky 

as it hovered cheerfully. . . 

It too seemed full of joy, 

as if it had special plans, 

and had put on its finest clothes

for the occasion.  "

Herman Hesse

YELLOW!

" The world is glittering with gold,

and yellow streamers of sunlight

wind through the tree boughs

like GOD was throwing

a party. "

Christine Anderson

'Green Dream'

" A scoop of pure honey

set in a green bowl."

Godfrey Smith

My Blue Heaven

“If the sight of the blue skies

fills you with joy,

if a blade of grass springing up in the fields

has power to move you,

if the simple things in nature have a message you understand,

Rejoice, 

for your soul is alive.” 

 

 

Eleanora Duse 

 

 

And now. . . 

     . . . Let's DANCE! cloudia