Kilauea, Gifts to Pele

Place where native people come to honor the Goddess of the Fire.

 will always be true, in this new day adorned with wonder_ there is entwined, reputable information that would greatly alter the firm conclusions you have made_ because you are only a man.

So be humble, and thankful.




Kilauea volcanic vent, Volcanoes National Park, Big Island Hi. The Southernmost and largest of the Hawaiian Islands. The southernmost point in the U.S.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawai%CA%BBi_Volcanoes_National_Park

Heliconia Garden

My lifelong companion in the most beautiful garden I have ever seen. Imagine this world.

Paradise is in part perfectly tangible, fluent in its abilitys to appear at will to hearts who can see it in any realm, hand seeded by humble souls who would suffer its blessings at great sacrifice.  Inspired by the Spirit of all things good and beautiful, it is Holy_ Greater than the sum of all its parts.

Image of Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo,  Hawaii ( Big Island )

http://www.htbg.com/

Banyan Tree, Big Island, HI

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

John Muir

Lower right is the prettiest girl I ever knew.

Lava Tree State Park, Big Island, Hi

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

Wall Of Tears Kaui, Hi

In the Iao Vally, waterfalls emerge from the clouds, and the five thousand foot volcanic cliffs, graced in a sheer vertical rain forest. It is a place of cleansing and rebirth. Mega turbulence, light aircraft, and awesome beauty go well together here, where one can see how wonderfully fragile life is.

Haleakala Creator Maui, Hi

Life is a wondrous gift. The world is beautiful. And then one finds that something extra that is magic.

When I was a little boy, I believed  this extraordinary quality existed, and that I would see it.

Michelangelo painted it on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the form of God reaching out to Adam.

Haleakala is that inspiration in the raw.

South Point , HI

This is the southern most point in the U. S. It is a beach called south point on the south end of Big Island HI. Looking south, there is nothing but Pacific from here to Polynesia, and the Cook Islands many hundreds of miles across an unforgiving ocean, yet the ancient indigenous peoples were excellent navigators, and sailed across these waters by seafaring canoe's.

The simple pole structure and rock arrangement here mark a mariner's burial ground were a wooden sign states, "those without reverence for God, do not walk here".

Napali Coast, Kauai

My wife took this shot off her side. I wished we could have made another pass a thousand foot lower to get a better shot of the water.

These pinnacles are from 3 to 4 thousand foot, so imagine the height of the waterfall. We only saw it for an instant, then it was gone. One of those 5 seconds of magic that makes life such a gracious gift.

Keck Observatory

The Universe is a most imaginative example of Heaven, the Earth Its Alter, all things are Holy.

Image of Keck Observatory. Mauna Kea, HI 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._M._Keck_Observatory 

Lava Flow at Volcanoes National Park

Image Taken Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hi

https://www.nps.gov/havo/index.htm