Saturday, July 23, 2011

Idle Saturday

A L O H A !



" Correct me if I'm wrong,
 but hasn't the fine line between
 sanity and madness gotten finer? "

George Price















"Perhaps more people 
would give heed unto the word of the Lord
if the Lord had a funny blog."

Angel
in a Robert Mankoff cartoon in the New Yorker










" There are many paths 
up the Mountain
 but the view of the moon
from the top
is the same. "

Old Japanese Proverb







Magic 
 " Sandra’s seen a leprechaun,
Eddie touched a troll,
Laurie danced with witches once,
Charlie found some goblins gold.
Donald heard a mermaid sing,
Susy spied an elf,
But all the magic I have known
I've had to make myself."

  Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends


" Long summer day
Patterns on the ocean sand
our idle footprints "

Shiki


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Thanks for visiting today!
If you haven't seen it, 
please visit yesterday's post - 
I'm sorta proud of it.               Warmly, Cloudia

42 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cool, beeuutiful photos! The thought of the Lord on a blog is a nice thought. DrumMajor

Teresa said...

Loved the quote about the Lord having a blog!! The picture of the sunset is also really great. Have a great idle day of rest after yesterday's tremendous production!

santastu said...

That fine line between sanity and madness
can't be seen from the side I'm standing,

Hilary said...

Wonderful photos as always. Those petunias belonged on a July 4th post. ;)

FilipBlog said...

The third picture is in the colours of the Dutch flag so I like it.

Greetings,
Filip

DeniseinVA said...

Beautiful pictures, beautiful quotes and I am off to read yesterday's post :)

The Weaver of Grass said...

I love that Silverstein one!

malory said...

Nice pics !
http://mesconfessionsparisiennes.wordpress.com :)

Commander Zaius said...

" Correct me if I'm wrong,
but hasn't the fine line between
sanity and madness gotten finer? "

George Price


Its damn near microscopic.

Sally said...

Enjoyed today's column, but yesterdays was very special. It took me back, it made me very sad. We have done so well,felt such pride in this exciting field...imagine one person could cancel such an important venture so easily. Our world has certainly changed...since when are shrimp on a treadmill, etc. more important!

Marguerite said...

Love that first quote! Great pics,too! Happy weekend!

Lynn said...

Yesterday's post was good, but so is this one. Lovely, as always, and I can feel the sand between my toes.

Laura said...

thank you for so many smiles dear one!

Windsmoke. said...

The old Japanese proverb rings true. The clouds in the first photo remind of soldiers lined up and ready for battle :-).

Elephant's Child said...

That first quote is frighteningly true. Gorgeous photos as always.

Anonymous said...

Somewhere I read, that who is searching for humans, will find artists, and yes, we are probably walking upon a tight rope.


Please have a peaceful Sunday.

daily athens

Charles Gramlich said...

Love the Shel silverstein quote.

Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...

lovely nature shots.
enjoyed your quotes and words.

Happy Weekend.

Jeannie said...

: )

黄清华 Wong Ching Wah said...

Yes, some days I do feel a little bit beyond sanity ...

21 Wits said...

Your first quote really hits the mark ....and the second one would be quite refreshing really...there used to be a billboard around town with a man in a suit tipping his hat and all it said was "What if I swore less..." talk about a great message....

Anonymous said...

Ah, what lovely shots!

Kay said...

Shel Silverstein has always been one of my favorite poets! This is such a beautiful post, Cloudia. I'll go look for the moon tonight.

Fireblossom said...

The fine line between sanity and madness certainly got a *lot* finer for me, when I had no power for all but 7 of 72 hours! The 102 degree day was especially fun. Not! ;-)

PerthDailyPhoto said...

You should be proud of yesterdays post Cloudia. Although I think you should be proud of them all, it's a real pleasure to read the quotes accompanied by the beautiful images.

Indrani said...

Such wonderful shots. I like the quotes you select for them.

Shauna said...

awesome photos. yep the moon
she always appears the same, yet
has many moods.

Myrna R. said...

Loved all the quotes and photos. What a gift you have to bring us joy.

I did go back and read your previous post. Amazing! You're right to be proud. Thank you for it.

Friko said...

Magic.

Greetings from Shropshire

Rudolph Aspirant said...

Greetings from Norway. I have always loved Hawaii, I am fond of petunias and I also prefer sunsets to sunrises, hence I decided to add your blog to the blogroll of one of my blogs, although I did nickname it slightly different over there, "Comfort Zone", instead of "Comfort Spiral"...don't ask me why...I sometimes give the weirdest nicknames to the blogs from my blogroll...I hope you won't mind. I just loved the openess and hospitable feel of your blog, even though I cannot decipher those sign marks you sometimes use at the end of your posts. (I've never been good at understanding or using symbols, or SMS style avbbreviations either !) I think I need a dictionary or a legend ! How do you say "see you later" in Hawaiian ? In Norwegian it is: "Vi sees", pronounced "vee says".

Cloudia said...

Mahalo!!

SandyCarlson said...

Oh, to make our own magic. Shel was right--and now wonder kids love him.

Brian Miller said...

yes that line has got a little thinner...love me some shel...

nice colorful flowers too.

aloha from va

magiceye said...

namaste /\ from mumbai
aloha!

Linnea said...

What a nice dose of Hawaii for today! By the way, I love Phil S's poetry. I have all his books and love paging through them randomly.

Pietro Brosio said...

Joyful pictures! Surely, it would be so uplifting if the Lord had a blog.

Akelamalu said...

The Mermaid Watching sign fired my imagination! :)

Samantha said...

Wonderful photos!

Anonymous said...

XOXO from Alabama

Betty Manousos said...

another inspiring post with lovely flower shots!

betty xx

Cloudia said...

Thanks for visiting!

Dr. Russell Norman Murray said...

The red, white and blue flower photo, very impressive.