Greet the brand new day!

The sun never rises and sets from the exact place in the sky each day-it travels across the horizon, going from one side of the horizon to the other and back again during our yearly seasonal  cycle. This image demonstrates it better:

(copyright image from Basics of Celestial Motion)

The reason I say this is because the light hits our living space differently throughout the year-which is true for each and everyone of us. Therefore, it will cast shadows on a given day in a way that it doesn't for the rest of the year. Such is the case here for what I caught yesterday morning as the sunlight made its way into our living room. I thought it was a beautiful, if not fleeting, show!

I know I've been awol for a month-life got too busy I guess. But, hope springs eternal and I hope to do better this year!

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A Ho'okupu

A Ho'okupu left up at the sacred rock in Palaau Park (I see this done often). "A Ho'okupu is a gift given in exchange for spiritual mana or energy. It must be done with Proper Inner Most Attitude Which Invokes Grace and Blessings.

E Hele Me Ka Pu’olo
Always Take An Offering With You. Make Every Person Place or Condition Better Than You Left It Always.
Wherever You Go, Always Take Something With You.
This Is The Sacred Hawaiian Way, the Way of Abundant Flow Honoring Ke Akua and His Creation/Nature

The literal meaning is 'to sprout, to activate growth' Ho'okupu are native Hawaiian offerings."

Citing taken from The Sacred Way website.
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The Shadows of Some Fronds

Each day now, when I pull up in my driveway in the morning, I am greeted by these lovely shadows. I can't help but notice them. I know that the fact that I notice them has to do with the time of year and the angle of the sun in addition to the time of day. I'll bet that in a few months, it won't be the same. If we weren't so distracted by technology, we would, over time, be as good as other ancient cultures have been with their knowledge of astronomy and the movement of the sun, moon and stars in the sky. All it takes is the passing of time and observation and remembering what those observations were, right?

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What Root Is This?

Cool shadow of a root on the beach I encountered the other day. Trouble is, I don't know what plant this was as it is unrecognizable! Any guesses?


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Cloud Shadows

Flying back from Maui to Molokai last week, the clouds below us were fun to watch. Living below clouds, we don't think of them as having shadows (unless a cloud passes over you that is large enough for you to see the passing shadow). It is such a paradox, though that shadows are not there unless there is light. A paradox and a metaphor. Such is the duality that seems to be present everywhere in life.

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