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

               

      

And In With the Golden Sun!

& in w/ the golden sun

and in with the golden sun     The Golden Sun    

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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

December 7, 2009

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

Giving Thanks

November 26, 2009

Sometimes

 i exercise my imagination

so let us give thanks for the unfinished

dreams     

     Just shorelines & more shorelines…  

And a few more with boats… Dreamscapes from the Big Island

          No more comments.  Only images for imagining….  Old realities for new realizing…    

Happy Thanksgiving to all & to all a Goodnight!

ALOHA from Hilo Shore Lines

      

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WATERFALLS

August 31, 2009

To keep a promise

& perhaps to represent the journey

from the SOURCE to the SEA

i search my files for falling water…

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  falls&lhs 009  falls&lhs 026  surf,light 001  surf,light 003 

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TREES

August 4, 2009

A tree is a beautiful thing

A living being, a unique individual

This post is a look at some of the amazing trees

growing in the Hilo area

 

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A Tree Fern –“Hapu’u”– trees 003 5-28 020 5-28 018

 &  Banyan fun  in the rain & the sun…  trees 061  trees 058  trees 060

trees 049  (A shadow through a tarp…    A rainy windsheild…)  falls&lhs 001  A twisted trunk… 6-8 032   6-8 023  trees 038  And one more with a view… falls&lhs 018

More Surf, More Light

June 22, 2009

flowers,waves 032Last month I posted “Waiting for a Wave”

because that’s what most surfers were doing.

It’s flat again now but in the meantime

we’ve had a little bit of small-kind wave action.

So here’s a Honoli’i update, followed by some ocean sunrises

(& other lessons in life & light…)surf,light 025                                                                  

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(A few days later now, June 22, a rainy morning with a few bigger waves:)

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Light, More Light!

Morning Is Breaking

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One More Wave
One More Wave

Oops!

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There’s Jamal on the right…

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King Kamehameha Day

June 12, 2009

June 11

Festival to honor King Kamehameha the Great

(Unifier of the Hawaiian Kingdom)

His statue at Hilo Bayfront is draped with leis…

 Kamehameha Statue

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glowing

Canoe Beach glowing across the bay

from MOKU OLA

Coconut Island”

 (the site for a celebration of music, hula, crafts & culture)

Mauna Kea viewed thru treestumps (from Moku Ola parking area)
Mauna Kea viewed through treestumps (from Moku Ola parking area)

 

(another twisted tree)
(another twisted tree)
Another view of Hilo Bay
Hilo Bay

On the way to the Island–

which was historically considered a Place of Refuge…
Moku Ola
Moku Ola

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Now, on to the festival!

(Note:  If anyone knows the identity of these musicians, please let me know so I can give them proper credit.)

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And here’s the mountain (Mauna Kea of course)

Clear on the morning after

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Canoes

May 26, 2009

Canoe Racing is a major sport here in the islands.

Hilo Bayfront is home to many fine examples of

the Hawaiian Canoe:

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These crafts are beautiful to behold whether they are out of the water or in it!

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canoeing across the bay