Wednesday, January 7, 2015

La La La !

A  L  O  H  A !
The Sea Is One Thing

From The Beach -













- Another Thing,

 Far Out

In It.












How Is The Blooming Flower

In Your Own Garden -














- Less Marvelous

Than The Changes

Rung By The Moon?





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Just Some Musings,
& Wonderings
of my Wandering
Mine.

[ 'Mind'? ]
YOU Decide!
              Fondly, cloudia

Yellow Bird Oahu

 A  L  O  H  A ! 
Yellow Bird by Steel Drums Of Trinidad on Grooveshark
" We dance around 
in a ring and suppose,
but the Secret sits 
in the middle and knows. "
                            Robert Frost





" True friendship consists 
not in the 
multitude of friends, 
but in their 
worth and value. "
                    Ben Jonson

Linking to



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Thank You
for flying by!
            Warmly, cloudia

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Whales Are Here!

Whale Mom & Calf Video

Our whale friends
are in Hawaiian waters
again!

Their numbers
are increasing,
but they still need
our protection.

What are they
telling / teaching
us?

>< } } (°>
whales are NOT fish

Thank You
for swimming by-
              Fondly, cloudia

Resolutions For OTHERS

A  L  O  H  A !
Our Private Beach

“ There is no 
human problem 
which could not
be solved 
if people would 
simply do 
as I advise.”
              Gore Vidal







Hey!
 Learn some wise
 humility, 
know-It-Alls!
            cloudia







Click photo to meet them

" More of us 
need to realize 
that the 
person before you
is a unique individual, 
not a neat label
 or category to
fit your narrative. "
                     cloudia



)i(

OK!

I'm kicking out the jams!

Breaking my rules
and telling Others
What To Do.

[Don't worry,
you, my friends,
are already 99%
Perfection]

Know-It-Alls
are tres annoying
to those of us
who DO know most,
yet behave
kind & cool
to others.

If Socrates could say
"I wander about 
in unending perplexity-"

And Einstein:
“A true genius 
admits that he/she 
knows nothing.” 


Who are we to swagger?

The greatest folk
I have met
have been kind
and humble!

(  )

I'm SO glad
WE met!
Seeing the genius
in You
has broadened
my life
considerably.

Thanks for 
visiting,
and for 
emboldening me
to shoot my mouth off
            Fondly, cloudia

Monday, January 5, 2015

Oh No! Super Monday! Run!

A  L  O  H  A !
Wouldn't you rather be surfing,
or watching surfers?
I caught this back-lit family
Saturday on 
as they walked up the trail
from the shoreline below.







 " Once there is a distance 
between you and 
your thought process, 
a new freedom is born. 
With this freedom, 
a new perception 
arises. "
            Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

















The tiny dots (click on them) are surfers below

" Turn life 
into play 
and you can 
keep 
your body 
and brain
 younger! "
                      Josh Catchur 


















Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer,
Legendary Life-Saving Hero,
 Father/Ambassador
of modern surfing 
to the world.

When you surf, especially Waikiki
you surf with the Duke's spirit!

Seen above in Mural at The Wave Hotel
Linking to Monday Mural

" If one is lucky, 
a solitary fantasy 
can totally transform 
one million realities. "
                    Maya Angelou

Linking to Our World


(_)


January is cold.

The new year is 
just finding it's legs
like a newborn
giraffe.

And then there are
the bills. . .

Some people remain
celebration-unsteady
too. Watch for them.

But today is the day:
The first normal 
"Work Day"
"School Day"
after a protracted
Holiday Season.

Here is my tip
to YOU:

Just show up.

Just find your class.
Everyone there
is more disoriented
than you.

Look awake.
Make it through
the day.
It will all be easier
tomorrow.

And to those like
myself:
"They've gone now.
We can clean up,
drink a second cup,
take the camera
for a walk."

When you love
what you do
'Normal Time'
is the Best Time
of ALL!

I wish YOU
Love & 
Pleasant Musing-

           Fondly, cloudia

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Hawaii Sock Weather

A  L  O  H  A !
"Some people confuse
 blurting out whatever 
crosses their mind, 
with honesty;
But that is like 
calling a burp 
a song. "
            Cloudia Charters







" When you build 
bridges 
you can keep 
crossing them. "
                          Rick Pitino












We are freezing.
I am wearing socks
as I write this.

You can tell locals 
from Honolulu visitors:
Locals are wearing sweaters,
jackets, fashionable boots.
Visitors
are going to the beach
in bathing suits.



It didn't get above 
73f yesterday!
And what awesome 
sleeping weather
in the low/mid 60s.
73 degrees F = 22.78 degrees C














A front full of rain & wind
passed through last night,
but it looks like the President
might just get in a 
game of golf today.

[that was written yesterday.
He took the girls
to the beach]

What fun it's been
to see the girls,
sometimes hand in hand
with their Dad.

How great
that Barack & Michelle
spent time with military
families on Christmas
as they always do.

And the wedding that got moved
for presidential golf?
The military couple understood
that such things can happen,
and said
it made their wedding day
speaking informally with
the President:
"My bosses bosses bosses boss!"
As they happily put it.
[ceremony moved to a
 'prettier' location close by]




)i(

Thank You
for visiting-
Sightings of YOU
stir up almost as much
excitement as a
Presidential motorcade!
               Fondly, cloudia







Saturday, January 3, 2015

Ain't I a Critter

A L O H A !
 " Everyone 
you will ever meet 
knows something 
you don't. "
                             Bill Nye, 
                                               Science Guy 

Linking to 


Do animals,
individual animals,
have things 
to teach us?

 =^..^=

Thank You!
            Warmly, cloudia