I am a Rock

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" You can't 
turn back the clock. 
But you can 
wind it up 
again. "

Bonnie Prudden










Click on Rock

" The ability to 
live in the question
 long enough 
for genius to emerge 
is a touchstone 
of creative success. "

Jonathan Fields

" As life runs on, 
the road grows strange 
with faces new - "

James Russell Lowell 

“ Suffering
is the sandpaper 
of our incarnation. 
It does its work of 
shaping us.” 


 Ram Dass

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A New Style Hawaiian Wedding

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" Happiness 
is a form 
of courage. "


Albanian Proverb

Under my window, on a Sunny Sunday 

here in Waikiki,

I saw a party being launched.

As it developed, we realized that

it was no mere party,

but a wedding.

The Video is 1 minute long,

and curiously touching.

Woven mats given as gifts,

used in ceremony,

are a Samoan custom,

possibly Tongan as well.

Enjoy the spying, er 

show-

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Skywatch Hawaii

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  Cirrus Uncinus or "mares' tails"


" I'm never going

 to be famous. -

" My name will never 
be writ large 
on the roster of 
Those Who Do Things. -

" I don't do any thing. 

Not one single

 thing. -

 I used to bite my nails, 
but I don't even do that
 any more."
       
 Dorothy Parker

" Thus times do shift, 
each thing his turn does hold; 
New things succeed, 
as former things grow old." 


Robert Herrick


See Skywatch 
Around our World
HERE

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Hawaii Sun Wonders Scene

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Fern Yearn

" The world is 
my country, 
all mankind are 
my brethren,
 and 
to do good 
is my religion. "


Thomas Paine
LINK

Sun-Tipped Pegasus

“ Better keep yourself 
clean and bright;
 you are the window
 through which 
you must 
see 
the world. ” 


 George Bernard Shaw

Glimmer Party
Ala Wai Canal,
by Kalakaua Ave Bridge

" Aristotle taught 
that the brain exists 
merely to cool the blood 
and is not involved 
in the process of thinking. 
This is true 
only of 
certain persons. "

 Will Cuppy



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Bonus Sillies:

Act Cool to Freely Bloom

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Circle Dance of the Palms
" Of course 
there is no 
formula for 
success 
except perhaps 
an unconditional 
acceptance of life 
and what it 
brings. "


Arthur Rubinstein

" To freely bloom - 
that is my definition 
of success. "

Gerry Spence

“ A photographer 
is like a cod, 
which produces 
a million eggs 
in order that 
one may
reach maturity.” 


 George Bernard Shaw


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 Striking out 
on my own 
way too young 
gave me, 
some skills
that still inform
my life today.

Maturing too young
can make one 
a child's version
of an adult.
But you can also
continue to grow
through a succession
of maturities.

When you are 
young
walking into adult 
situations
[ like renting a room ]
it is important
to act 
like you belong 
there.

Never crane your neck
looking at all the 
tall buildings
 like a visitor,
but walk &
 behave as if 
you were born there,
that this is 
Your Turf.

Short version: 

'Act Cool.'
BE Cool!

Walk with confidence
but not swagger.

The Earth
is Yours,
ALL of it-
YOU belong here.


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Honolulu Streets

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 Do click to enlarge these photos!

Hawaii Theater  1130 Bethel St, Honolulu, HI 

" Cities, like 

cats, will 

reveal themselves 

at night. "

Rupert Brooke 

Hawaii Convention Center 1801 Kalakaua Ave, Honolulu

[from Kalauokalani Way]

   " When dealing with 

the insane, 

the best method 

is to pretend 

to be sane. "

Hermann Hesse

Inner Lip of Diamond Head Crater

Looming above Kaimuki Community Park

 3521 Waialae Avenue, Honolulu

“ Be an

opener of doors 

for such as come 

after thee - ”

 Ralph Waldo Emerson 

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streets with us!

What a pleasure - an honor really, 

that you friends stop here; 

You who comment: 

  Appreciated 

and especially 

fun!

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Crane Story

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Hawaii Skies

" Do not blame God 
for having created 
the tiger, 
but thank Him
for not 
having given it 
wings. "


Indian Proverb

 Honolulu Skies Sprout Reaching Cranes

" Each of us 
is carving a stone, 
erecting a column, 
or cutting a piece of 
stained glass 
in the construction of 
something much bigger 
than ourselves. "

Adrienne Clarkson

" If people only knew 
how hard I work
 to gain 
my mastery,
 it wouldn't seem 
so wonderful
 at all. "

 Michelangelo Buonarroti

Click on this shot - 
I love how casual the man in red looks

" The most powerful force 
ever known 
on this planet is
 human cooperation - 
a force for 
construction 
and destruction. "

Jonathan Haidt



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