Through It All - Lēʻahi

A  L  O  H  A !

  Lēʻahi 

 [Lay - Ah - Hee]

Diamond Head

Kingdom of  Oahu -

Kingdom of Hawaii -

Republic of Hawaii -

Territory of Hawaii -

US 50th State -

H A W A I I 

['^']

Mahalo, You

for Your visit!

                     "Spirit of Aloha"

Pull or Push?

A  L  O  H  A !

" Pull the string, 

and it will follow 

wherever you wish. 

Push it, 

and it will 

go 

nowhere at all. "

                 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwarf Pineapple

 “The present 
is the closest that 
you will ever get 
to the future.”  
                Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Palms About Town

" Poetry 
is an echo,
 asking a shadow 
to dance. "
             Carl Sandburg

['^'] 

Gosh!
I Love when You
Dance by here!
                 Fondly, cloudia

Hawaii Skies Watched

A  L  O  H  A !

 Straight Up ~ or ~ What IS That?!

"Just as much 

as we see in others

 we have 

in ourselves." 

                  William Hazlitt

19th Century  

"All we see or seem 

is but a dream 

within a dream."  

                   Poe 

Dome of Rays ~ End of Day

Linking to SkyWatch

Thank You!

                             cloudia

Magic Gate

A  L  O  H   A !
 

" Pessimism 

leads to weakness,

 optimism 

to power. "

                William James

" You don't become 

enormously successful 

without encountering and 

overcoming a number 

of extremely challenging 

problems. "

                 Mark Victor Hansen

" Nothing real 

stands between you

 and your happiness,

only illusion 

and confusion. "

                 Robert Holden

Linking to

Good Fences

" Do you not see 

how necessary

 a world of pains

 and troubles is

 to school 

an intelligence

 and make it 

a soul?” 

                       Keats

['^']

Thank You!

              Fondly, cloudia

High Worker

A  L  O  H  A !

See the small human?

" The best place 

to hide is

 in plain sight. "

                 Edgar Allan Poe

Just going about his business

" Your past 

does not determine 

who you are. 

Your past 

prepares you 

for who you 

are to become. "

                       Joel Osteen

Over The Top!

Take the long road

and do it right."

                     Jim Rash

This fellow is atop an elevator car

at the same building

[See it below]

W o W

Thank YOU

for Hanging Around Here!

                            Fondly, cloudia

Paddling Children

A  L  O  H  A !

Feel Better about that Provocative Title now?

" The whole is simpler 

than the sum of its parts. "

                    Willard Gibbs

Some Hawaii kids

learn to co-operate 

through paddling.

It is healthy for 

mind & body.

The first Hawaiians

came to these islands

in great voyaging canoes.

So this is meaningful

too, as we honor our

host culture.

Ho'okahi ka 'ilau like ana.

 "Wield the paddles together." 

Launching Place

" You must live 

in the present, 

launch yourself 

on every wave, 

find your eternity 

in each moment. "

                 Henry David Thoreau

" Many hands make light work. "

The large heavy 

wooden canoes,

with their

cross pieces 

and the outrigger

called the "Ama"

are lovingly carried

to and from the water

by the crew

" Respect yourself 

and others will 

respect you. "

                   Confucius

['^']

Thank You

for pulling into

our cove!

               Warmly, cloudia

Introduced Hawaiian

A L O H A !

 Brazilian Cardinal, 

Paroaria coronata

- Introduced to Hawaii 

early 1930's;

 Insects, fruit & seeds 

are this bird's meat -

Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday

['^']

Thank You!

               Warmly, cloudia