Winter Waves and Water Lilies

King Kalakaua Park in downtown Hilo has a koi pond and wonderful water lilies. A look back at last year’s loti gives me new inspiration and brings me back to Hilo shorelines.

The king passes by

invisible now

Still enjoying his lotus garden

Right between the Post Office and the East Hawaii Center, this royal pond is a refreshing spot for bees, ducks, and spirits of the past.

Reflections of beauty in the midday sun..

Now it’s a short walk down to the Ocean

The real Big Island shoreline

Let’s wander  from the King’s watergarden to the open sea

for the sport of kings:  SURFING!

  Winter waves, here we come!

Stand on the Moss-Covered Stone

     I will stand on the

moss-covered rock

in the middle of a forest

at the edge of the sea

This is my theme for now

my expedition

Akaka FallsWhere the falling water calls

This is my vision

this is my dream

A rainforest, an island, a song..

    

Let’s take a walk downtown for some fine green moss..  at the edge of the Pu’ueo Bridge in Hilo

The forest rock will have to wait!

(not too long, the good lord willin’ & the creek don’t rise..)

In the meantime here we are in the middle of town. 

And this is the shoreline for sure..

  

Yes this is downtown Hilo!

At the mouth of the Wailuku River

Where the Singing Bridge beckons

and the little lighthouse calls…

   (This one is called Roughwater Morning on redbubble & fineartamerica) 

  Out of order, out of

context, out of

town, the Puna coastline

stands out

out of the blue

or beyond the blue

(horizon)

  an unknown wavewalker 

in the early morning sunlight

in Hilo Bay..

And we come back to the canoes.

   Speaking of canoes..  these are all from Bayfront.. Big Island masterwork!                There’s the Singing Bridge

& a white canoe…

  And the dawn of this new day

gives me hope 

gives me light

    I  will stand my ground!

Sail with me, Walk with me

Come Sail with Me

in a toy boat on Wailoa Sea

Get your feathers wet

Peer into the deep blue

     From the old Iron Works warehouse by the small boat harbor to the famous dragon bridges, Wailoa River State Park keeps the center of Hilo green and natural.  

Walk with me, sail with me…
  These waters will help you find peace..

These waters will calm your soul..

When you are weary sail with me 

in your imagination 

  At times

we come here for solitude,

at other times we gather our families on these shores.

We walk, we paddle, WE SAIL,

We sing..        

   

Welcome Back Neighbors & Friends

Time to turn our eyes again to the shoreline

After all this time

Inspiration from around the world

Even words from South Africa

Remind me where it all starts

YOU ARE A SOURCE

WATER FROM ROCK

Source Becomes Mouth

Mountain Flows to the Sea

 

                                                                                                        

and we see it all

through the eye of tranquility

revisiting, revising, reviewing,

rewording & rewarding

thank you for looking

thank you for sharing the vision

and for reading

Nearing Mid-April

       Some of my favorite images from  recent times..

    (Maybe they didn’t make it into the first cut)

   A tribute to the Merrie Monarch Festival, 2010, Hilo– A Kaumana lehua..

   And now for some Hilo shorelines, always more Hilo shorelines, (that’s what we’re here for, Hilo Shore Lines            

“These shorelines have been blessed..”

                    

 P. S.  I  got a  request for more canoe pictures… let’s see what we can find.

    

And here’s something to think about:  the bridge at Honoli’i..    

   Adios & Aloha from the Islands to the World 

(Tried to delete the duplicates but everything disappears, so the doubles are back..)

One more wave?   And one more waterfall..

After the New Moon of March

A little experiment in combining pictures…

  

Okay, so the lighthouses aren’t in Hilo, & they aren’t ‘real’..  It’s the color combo I’m looking for.  A few more random entries..

              

                         

A Walk on the Edge

Late February

brings us visions of dreams & changing realities

& more pictures than i know what to do with

(no time to sort them out, tho that’s all i’ve been doing lately)

(posting here, posting there, forgetting my first loves)

Walking, walking, walking the shorelines…

 

          And another walk, down the coast a few miles…    

         Only a beginning but it’s going out anyway.

Signing off for now,  with Aloha–       

Kapoho & Kalapana & Makenzie

  Most of my shoreline posts are in or within a few miles of Hilo. 

For a change let’s take a journey down the coast to Kapoho & Kalapana, starting with a stop at

Makenzie State Park (where sister Ann enjoys the view)..   

   

     

  Talk about a twisted trunk!  This one has weathered the wind & waves..  They say Makenzie is on the edge of the known universe..  

No great river of flowing lava right now, but here is some steam rising from the hillside beyond what was once the village of Kalapana..      

Here’s the black sand beach known as Kehena..       

Yes, we’re jumping around a little.. back to Kapoho for a look at the tide pools.. 

Snorkelers' Paradise

               

Farewell to the Old Blue Moon

      

And In With the Golden Sun!

& in w/ the golden sun

and in with the golden sun     The Golden Sun    

&inw/thGoldenson

On to another Sunrise

Another sunset

On to a new decade of light & love, comfort & joy,

Kindness & peace, fun & prosperity!

   

          So let us think good thoughts for the coming year & wish the best for all our friends

& even those we do not know

for the world is now a village    “We Sail– and we sail together”      “The name of our ship is The New Beginning–

& our sails are of hopeful colors..”    {Hopeful Colors would be a good name for a company of artists or a book of paintings}{a band of gypsies or a group of photographers}

The January songs are coming on strong. It seems a good time to update  Strong Currents & Tributaries.

These Hilo shorelines are inspiring a new stream, a brook  ”of unbounded returns” ..              This is the bridge to tomorrow

   and the eye of the universe…

   The eye is watching us..       watching us.     

On the eve of a birthday

I wish you all the best

(in a few minutes I’ll be 62)

   So I wish you red sails & waterfalls

      & flowers in your garden     

Warmth in the Winter

& Wonder in the Spring       Rainbows on your shoulder & a ship to set you free…    

an eye for beauty watching you & an ear for early news

(how can you sink? how can you lose?)

The New Year

still young, will soon be gone

 & what will we have done?

  & what will we have done?

On the eve of a birthday

I wish us all the best

 

Full Moon over Hilo

Ushering in the Christmas Season

    with moonight on the water, moonlight over the mountain, moonlight in our dreams…

    

      A cruise ship passes Coconut Island..  And ducks on a pond at Wailoa..   & a few more frames of falling water..   Changes in the weather, changes in the sky, changes in the water..      

&

back to the full moon