Looking down on heaven
fading beneath me
underneath soft white clouds
my spirit remains.
Many years ago, when I first stepped out into the Honolulu airport and the warm trade winds touched my face, I felt like I had come home (even though I had never been to the Hawaiian islands before). There is something spiritual in the air that I cannot explain, and it wrapped itself around me in a warm embrace. Nowhere else in the world has ever made me feel this way.
I was lucky enough to live in Hawaii, on the island of Oahu, for a total of 11 years. It was my hope that one day I could come back to stay, but the best I have been able to do is return for a visit from time to time. Due to the prices of the houses, it looks like it will be impossible to retire there.
So, I gaze through a window
as I fly away once more
riding on trade winds,
looking down on heaven
fading beneath me
underneath soft white clouds.
My spirit remains
still with a hopeful prayer
that I will return
one day to stay forever. ~ms
Before I Forget 
Truly beautiful images and writing, Mary!
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Thank you!.
I love the new background on your webpage. The soft colors— you blended so nicely!
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Hello, Mary! I thank you for your coming back, from the bottom of my heart.
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information :
I did not receive the notification e-mail about your new post. There was not such a thing even in other blogs either. I found your new post on ‘Reader.’
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I don’t know the answer to that either.
I only know how to write and take pictures, but if the computer isn’t working right….I have to yell down the hallway for the technology guy (my husband).
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The part which changed setting has a problem, if access to your blog largely decreased in comparison with the past. (If setting of the blog had been changed…) Please, consult to the technology guy.
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new information on August 21
Hello, Mary! I received the notification e-mail about your new post. I am glad that I am able to give you a good report.
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Glad to know that whatever it was, is better now.
I like it when things find a way to fix themselves!
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Thank you Fotostream!
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Such beautiful photos, Mary. I wanted to nominate you for a couple of awards – http://wp.me/p3uIV0-EQ. Donna
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Thank you for the compliment and the kind consideration.
I appreciate it!
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Hoping you are able to get “home” again. Where there’s a will…
It sounds like it’s beckoning you to find a Way.
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There has always been quite a “pull,” that’s for sure.
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I hope all your wishes come true..:)
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Thank you Deepa.
What will be, will be…of that there is no doubt!
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I go to a place here in Ireland about two hours from where I live. For me it is my spiritual home. There is a peace there. Your post so reminded me of it, although that is where the comparison ends as mine is a very small village called Allihies, surrounded by mountain and sea and prone to mists and rain!
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Actually, there is not much difference. The islands have mountains and they are surrounded by sea. It is prone to mists and rain there also. In fact, the passing light rain showers (almost every day) are lovingly referred to as “liquid sunshine.”
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My goodness I would never have imagined that. We took our family away this year but I ache to get away some weekend for a visit to Allihies.
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Beautiful pictures! Your words both happy and sad I do hope that one day you will be able to live there again. Hugs
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Good heavens! Looking through this post, a year and a half later, l see your comment.
Sometimes I wonder about my eyes–how come I didn’t see this? The things that I wrote in this post, well…I am still wishing!
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That is strange isn’t it? Hope your wishes all are fulfilled soon. Hugs
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Truly beautiful pictures and writing! I understand what you mean with the spiritual familiarity of the place, I had a similar experience in Africa.
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Thank you! I wonder why that is….why some places feels so special to different people.
Maybe, if there is such a thing as reincarnation, we lived in those places before?
Or maybe (in the case of Hawaii) it is the way the earth, the sky, the air, and water converge in one spot? I took a class in the Hawaiian language when I lived on Oahu. The language itself is so spiritual! I was told that the meaning of the name “Hawaii” is this:. “Ha” means breath, “wai” means water, and the last “i’ refers to God/Universal energy/Spirit/Supreme Being…(many different words were used to attempt to explain the last letter).
“ha” (breath) and “wai” (water) are found in many Hawaiian words. Aloha.
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Very interesting! Thank you!
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Beautiful words of yearning – may it happen one day soon!
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Thanks….definitely….I’ll keep wishing!
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Beautiful – loving your captures:) Hawaii just does something to me and my whole being when there!
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Yes….it is a little bit of heaven on earth!
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“looking down on heaven
fading beneath me
underneath soft white clouds”………….. beautiful goodbye with sweet memories wonderful Lyrics
with regards
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Amazing! Here is another comment that I missed! Thank you so much for writing.
I never thought that my words above would make good lyrics, but you are right.
It could easily be a song….
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beautiful photos; enchanting landscape. may all your dreams come true
with love, Eddie
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Thanks so much Eddie….I wish the same for you!
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Mary, it is an enchanted place. My mother took my sister and me to Kauai many years ago. I loved it, my sister did not. It remains one of my favorite places on earth. It was hard to leave and even harder to find a way back. Glad you made it back!
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But I could not stay.
Perhaps I should become a wild chicken.
They almost run the island of Kauai!
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You were perhaps always here and part of you always will be. For some the Hawaiian spirit is very strong and its pull irresistible. I thought I would stay for at most 6 months and it has been 10 years!
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Ah! Lucky you live Hawaii!
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Hawaii is a really beautiful place, is not it? LUcky you!!!!
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Lucky when I go there….
and always sad to leave!
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Your blog is great…. Welcome to my blog to get some Downloads on travel & tour with audio video effects
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Thank you!
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Beautiful post, Mary – may your dreams come true.
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Oh….I wish so….Thanks Dina!
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♥
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Goodness, for a brief moment I thought it was Cape Town, South Africa!
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Cape Town, South Africa must be quite beautiful!
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I just love your cloud pics. Just followed you by the way.
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Thanks Arlene! So many images and stories in cloud formations. They are always interesting to look at, I think…
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The pictures are just epic!
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Thanks! I almost didn’t get those photos.
I had placed my camera in my “carry on” bag and then put the bag underneath the seat in front of me, to keep it safe during takeoff. When it came into my mind that I could be taking photos through the window, I couldn’t reach my bag. Not supposed to take the seat belt off! So I tried to move the bag closer to me with my feet…and that didn’t work.
I could see the the island sliding farther and farther away from me. Frustration! So I took off the seat belt for a few seconds, grabbed my bag, put my seat belt back on, took my camera out—and was able to get some quick shots of Diamond Head and Hanauma Bay before the island vanished from view.
I am so glad that I was able to get a few photos before it was too late!
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wow! Your efforts to get your bag really paid off. Next time you should keep your camera closer, pictures like those shouldn’t be missed. Have a good day Mary. 🙂
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Beautifully captured pictures…you get lost in the beauty of floating clouds in the clear sky, yes, it is heaven there…fabulous!!!
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AND I miss it everyday!
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