March Into First

A  L  O  H  A    from  Honolulu!

“Rocket ships
are exciting
but so are roses
on a birthday.” 

                   Leonard Nimoy

Linking to

I 'Heart' Macro

'Emergent From Shadow'

" In a dark time,

 the eye begins to see. "

                                Cavett Robert

Linking to

Shadow Shot Sunday

The small, homely, neighborhood temples

of Honolulu  have always charmed me.

This Chinese example is one of

my favorites, close to Waikiki.

Linking to

 InSpired Sunday

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for visiting!

            Warmly, cloudia

Aging Dance

A  L  O  H  A   from Honolulu!

Kumu hula   Mapuana de Silva
 Halau Mohala 'Ilima 

“ She is one of those ladies 

who is more beautiful

 at sixty than 

she could possibly 

have been at twenty. 

(how I hope

 someone says that 

about me someday) !” 

                           Mary Ann Shaffer

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CITY DAILY PHOTO: AGING  

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Thank You!

             Warmly, cloudia

Grateful Hand

A  L  O  H  A    from  

Honolulu!

 " Whatever hour 

God has blessed 

you with, 

take it with 

grateful hand. " 

                          Horace

 Pink Angel Party

" Morning 

without you 

is a dwindled 

dawn. " 

                  Emily Dickinson

Foreground, Background, Diagonal

" There is deep wisdom 

within our very flesh, 

if we can only 

come to our senses 

and feel it. "

                   Elizabeth A. Behnke

Fearsome Centipede

" Fear is the

 bane of all creatures, 

it is our black hole 

we cannot live without.” 

                    Isabella Irini Poretsis

Linking to

 Saturday Critters

Self Portrait of Sort-rait

Linking to 

Weekend Reflections

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for visiting!

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Live Long and Prosper

“I’m touched by the idea 

that when we do things 

that are useful and helpful - 

collecting these shards 

of spirituality -

 that we may be 

helping to bring about 

a healing.” 

                 Leonard Nimoy

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Thank YOU,

"Mr. Spock"

YOUR Default Settings

A  L  O  H  A    from   Honolulu!

" Nothing is 

ever the same

 as they

 said it was. "

                     Diane Arbus

Cunard's Queen Elizabeth visiting Hawaii

" There are people 

who live their whole lives 

on the default settings, 

never realizing 

you can customize. "

                       Robert Brault

" To be ignorant 

of what occurred

before you were born

 is to remain 

always a child.” 

             Marcus Tullius Cicero

 Amphibious Assault Ship 

USS Makin Island (LHD 8)

Visited Hawaii recently. 

I thought it was

a historic vessel. 

But she's just well used

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 Delivered to the U.S. Navy  

16 April 2009  

Commissioned at Pascagoula, Mississippi  

26 June 2009 

U.S. Coast Guard

The sea is 

a singular neighbor

bringing good, bad,

all things - anything.

Beautiful, ugly,

roaring, whispering.

The sea, 

our neighbor

barely notices us;

Yet never fails

to charm.

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" I could never stay 

long enough on the shore;

 the tang of the untainted, 

fresh, and free sea air 

was like a cool, 

quieting thought. "

                 Helen Keller

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Thank You, Captain

for sheltering here

a while!

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SkyWatch Honolulu

A  L  O   H  A !

"  To attract good fortune,

 spend a new coin 

on an old friend, 

share an old pleasure

 with a new friend,

 and lift up the heart 

of a true friend -

by writing his name

 on the wings 

of a dragon. "

                   Chinese Proverb

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SkyWatch

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Thank You!

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Right Ways to Do

A  L  O  H  A   from  Honolulu!

 Pretend these are Your Feet

" It is part of the cure 

to wish to be cured. "

                        Seneca

 " If you make friends

 with yourself 

you will never 

be alone." 

                 Maxwell Maltz

Mo`ili`ili  Baseball field

" Those who cannot 

change their minds 

cannot change 

anything. "

George Bernard Shaw

Linking to Tex's

Good Fences

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Remember when

there was one way

to do something:

The Right Way?

Enforcers of 

The Right Way

can be pretty Serious

about Right & Wrong!

Scientists have found

we can ward off

Mental Decline

by sometimes doing

accustomed things

in unaccustomed ways;

Brush your teeth

with your non-dominant hand.

Take a new way home.

I get bored

with dental floss

and switch to those

disposable plastic

flossers.

(Extravagant I know)

Then I get bored

and switch back.

[This could be an 

argument for Polyandry]

After a while,

the Right Way

becomes stale.

Don't become stale.

I post every day,

but I shake it up too:

Sometimes it's Good,

other times a 

Goof.

Thank You

for goofing around

here with us!

                         Fondly, cloudia