Clouds move

Woke to this cloud family, within minutes the sky was a solid blanket no blue in sight. 

Akua Po just after midnight

From the orchard in the woods, with the light of Mahina on my lolo ... Mahalo Akua, Thank you!!

Hua Po ceremony and ritual; and Salmonberries

Mahina was brilliant in her Hua Holoku last night. Kalei Nu'uhiwa wrote on the 'Aimalama FB page:

" ʻO Hua ka pō mahina o kēia poʻaono nei i ka malama o Kaulua. Howzit Gangeh. Hua is todayʻs moon phase in the Hawaiian lunar month of Kaulua. Tonight is kapu a Hua, a night when ceremony and rituals were done to personal gods. Kapu Hua comes to an end on the night of Akua, ke huli ka Iʻa.Kaulua is the month when the weather switches back and forth between calm and windy or hot and rainy. Prepare for wind Gangeh. High pressure systems will come through Hawaiʻi brining storms to our islands. Lehua blossoms are blooming profusely. Mango and avocado flowers are appearing as well. The soil is wet and perfect for planting. Halalū gather in the bays. Hakamoa rises in the east right after sunset. All the makahiki stars are being dumped out of the ʻupena makaliʻi in the sky. And that Gang is todayʻs kilokilo ʻouli o ka manawa. E ola! "

"Tonight is kapu a Hua, a night when ceremony and rituals were done to personal gods." I mahalo Kalei for that awareness. With that in mind, I made room for ceremony and rituals by writing this awareness in the medicine story A Native Fern. Later, I made sure to invite and thanks my personal gods. My Ma came to me in dreams after I woke from sleep stood under the bowl of the heavens. Ma came with 'practical' gifts like she did when still in her physical self. What a nice visit! Thanks for the lole wawae, Ma.::::big smiles::::

This morning, while Hina is brightening over skies, I spotted the first salmonberry blossoms outside the Quonset. The Hummingbirds will be bliss'n soon!

Migrate or not?

Two birds that did migrate, aren't. The Redwing Blackbirds dangled from a birdfeed fixed at a friend's deck rafter. Surprised and delighted to see them the other day I said, "They're back early!" My friend said, "No, they never left."

The Anna's Hummingbird is a family of Hummingbird who has become a year-world resident of the Pacific Northwest, changing their migration history because humans have taken to feeding them sweet water in feeders.