A Nobler Art

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Besides the noble art 

of getting things done,

 there is a nobler art of 

leaving things undone. -

- The wisdom of life

 consists in the

 elimination of

 nonessentials. "

                            Lin Yutang

Good Security Fences

" Getting things done is not always what is most important. 

There is value 

in allowing others

 to learn. "

                     R.D. Clyde

Linking to

Good Fences

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If all your plates

are spinning,

life appears

effortless.

Nice Job!

            Fondly, cloudia

Grow Love Live

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" People grow when 

they are loved well. 

If you want to help 

others heal, 

love them 

without an agenda. "

                                Mike McHargue  

" The more I think of it, 

the more I realize 

there are no answers. 

Life is to be lived. "

                    Marilyn Monroe

Cattle Egret

What do you call

an argumentative veg? 

Provacado!

Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday
&
Wednesday Around the World

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Thank You!

               Fondly, cloudia

All There For Your Enjoyment

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" The pictures are there, 

and you just take them. "

                                   Robert Capa

I shoot what 

nature shows me. 

                                                   cloudia

" The gift of fantasy

 has meant more to me 

than my talent for 

absorbing. . . knowledge. "

                                        Einstein

Thank You

for visiting!

            Fondly, cloudia

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Rainbow Tower

A L O H A !

 31 stories high!

 Rainbow Tower, 

Hilton Hawaiian Village, 

Waikiki  1968. 

 Hilton Hotels recently 

spent over $4 million 

on a replica/replacement

286 feet tall X 26 feet wide.

Linking to
Monday Murals

" There are 
many wonderful things 
that will never be done 
if you do not 
do them. "
                           Charles D. Gill


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Crane Your Neck

A  L  O  H  A !

 Morning Crane  

I like how the shadow

continues the line

" Sometimes life 

has a way of putting us 
on our backs
 to force us 
to look up.”  
                      Charles L. Allen 

Activity Up High

" Do just once

 what others say 

you can't do,

 and you will never

 pay attention to 

their limitations again. "

                                James R. Cook

Flying Dumpster

Swinging High

"All growth is

 a leap in the dark, 

a spontaneous, 

unpremeditated act

 without benefit 

of experience. "

                 Henry Miller

Keep in Perspective

" Life is a tragedy 
when seen in close-up, 
but a comedy 
in long-shot. " 
                      Charlie Chaplin

Here is an interesting short slide show
of men up high constructing the crane!

Linking to 
Our World Tuesday


Thank You
For Reaching!
             Fondly, cloudia

Meadows of Blog

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" My religion is Love. 

Every heart 

is my temple.” 

                    Rumi

Linking to
I Love Macro

Love is what We share

in Our meadows

of the WorldWideWeb.

Thank YOU

for being a

unique part-

                       Your Neighbor, cloudia

Shingon Shu Hawaii

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

Shingon Shu Temple, Honolulu

click on photos!

Built in 1917-1918 by Nakagawa Katsutaro, 

a master builder of Japanese-style temples.

 Renovated in 1929 by Hego Fuchino,

  first person of Japanese ancestry 

to become a licensed architect 

in Hawaii. 

Note the steep, hipped-gable  

"Irimoya" roof.

Link

Placed on the 

National Register of Historic Places 

 26 April 2002.

Just inside the gate, 

one may relax and prepare

to commune with the eternal verities.

Click on photo to see the taps (right)

where one may wash and make clean.

[yes, that is a lotus pool]

Statue of Kūkai 

 Known posthumously as Kōbō-Daishi

"The Grand Master 

Who Propagated the Buddhist Teaching"

[in Japan] 774–835 B.C.E

Monk, civil servant, scholar, poet, artist

engineer & founder of 

the Shingon or "True Word" 

school of Buddhism. 

Kūkai is famous as a calligrapher  

and inventor of the kana, 

the characters with which, in combination 

with Chinese characters kanji, 

the Japanese language 

is written to this day!

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. 

As you climb the stairs,

you must pass Füjin,

 Shintö god of wind 

to your left.

[See his bag of winds?]

On your right,

Raijin, god of thunder.

[Look at all his percussion!]

[ This IS a Buddhist temple,

but it is also very Japanese

to mix faith traditions.

This was a piece of 'Home'

to hardworking immigrants! ]

"The bell of mindfulness

 is the voice of the Buddha 

calling us back

 to ourselves. -

- We have to respect 

each sound of the bell, 

stop our thinking and talking,

 and get in touch 

with ourselves, 

breathing and smiling. 

This is not a Buddha 

from the outside.

 It is our own Buddha 

calling us home."

                            Thich Nhat Hanh

Shall We Enter?

Click Photos!

Ceiling Detail

Like Being in a Jewel Box

Many of These Appointments

Were Brought from Japan

The glittering altar 

 Anthuriums = Hawaii

Imbued With 

Lessons & Meaning

Side View: Altar

Note Tibetan Singing Bowl

Turning to Leave

I feel suffused by light

 View From McDonald's Parking

Oh My!

Linking to

InSpired Sunday

Thank You

for visiting

one of my favorite

Honolulu buildings!

                        Warmly, cloudia