Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Flower Clearly

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
 In the all-too-brief time we’re on the planet, we need to pack it with all the joy, beauty, and goodness we can, and that’s true even when conditions are difficult perhaps even more so.
John Pavlovitz

 

Get a bicycle. You will certainly
not regret it, if you live. Mark Twain


If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.
Buddha





You are the poem 
I never knew how to write 
and this life is the story 
I have always wanted to tell.
 Tyler Knott Gregson


ꢚꢚꢚꢚꢚꢚꢚꢚꢚꢚꢚꢚ

Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie




Good night
May you dream 
of lovely things and 
wake to find them real.
May you fall asleep in peace 
and wake with joy.
Life offers you 
a second chance
called tomorrow. 
   Good night.




Tuesday, July 15, 2025

The Dark Is 0nly Light At Rest

  A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

Shadows 
prove the sunshine.
A tree leans east,
not for light
but memory.
Stones hold the 
warmth after morning.
The dark is only 
light at rest.
         Cloudia Charters



Somewhere, something 

incredible is waiting 

to be known.

               Carl Sagan 




Sign in a hotel: If you are unable to read, please ask the front desk for help.



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 It's actually the quiet ones who often draw the most attention. There's this constant whirlwind of motion and sound all around, and then there's the quiet one, the eye of the storm.
 Amy Efaw

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie





Pope Leo XIV has made waves by introducing the first-ever “green Mass,” a liturgy dedicated to caring for creation and highlighting the Church’s moral responsibility to protect the environment. This builds directly on Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical *Laudato Si’*, which declared air pollution and environmental harm as moral issues, especially since the poor suffer most from pollution.

Monday, July 14, 2025

Happiness Clinks

A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U

So Just Don't Bother!






Nothing is forever in this world, not even our problems. Charlie Chaplin  



Happiness is a cold drink
In a dark place
on a hot afternoon.
Sometimes that's all
the therapy you need.
Let the sun blaze outside, I'll stay here. You'll find me in the shadows Where the glasses clink.
Some worship the sun, So pretty to look out at, I’ll take the shade With a drink in hand. Cloudia Charters
& Pixie



I signed it 
MYSELF!
P I X I E

She certainly did!

𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢𐰢




Even on a fallen leaf
blossoms find a
place to shine. Proof that beauty lingers,
even through
time's changes. At journey’s end,
life still finds a
way to bloom.

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Easy Words Learned With Difficulty

A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

We're going to mess up in life. We're all going to do things and wonder why we did something so stupid. There's going to be times we say things that leave us feeling regretful. We're going to feel mad at ourselves and even shameful at our own actions. Never be too proud to say you're sorry or I love you. These are easy words that strengthen our heart, and give us peace and wisdom.
Ron Baratono




Crimson bottle brush is
a broadleaf evergreen, perennial shrub or small tree in the myrtle family that is native to Australia and South Wales.

We sometimes need to be assured of our merits and to have our most obvious advantages pointed out to us.
Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues




Between sunrise and storm.
My heart is a feather, Fragile as eggshell And tougher than leather. Free to choose The gratitude, where kindness blooms softening moods Or to taste the suspicion, Every hand a fist Clutching for more. Mercy dismissed. All day, We walk this tightrope— One step from warmth, Or toward frost. Choice becomes habit, Habit makes home.
Alternatives are lost. Will we build with golden laughter, Or chase the hollow applause?
Change the garden, Change the harvest. Our choices are seeds and cause. Cloudia Charters



All bad things,
like good things,
must end.
Nihar Sharma

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


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Linking To

Monday Murals

Jaipur Garden Affair




Saturday, July 12, 2025

Do Not Lose

A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U

Never be in a hurry;
do everything quietly
and in a calm spirit.
Do not lose your
inner peace
for anything whatsoever,
even if your whole world
seems upset.
Saint Francis de Sales


The weakest ones
are the wickedest cruel
When the strongest ones
in gentleness rule!
Ana Claudia Antunes



Details matter,
but context matters more.
Seth Godin



Do not anticipate trouble, or 
worry about what may never happen. 
Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin Franklin

Keep Paddling 
with your pals!
Pixie



 I am determined to be 
cheerful and happy in 
whatever situation I may 
find myself. For I have learned
 that the greater part of 
our misery or unhappiness is 
determined not by our
 circumstance but 
by our disposition.

            Martha Washington

𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍𑁍





𑁣𑁢𑁜


Friday, July 11, 2025

Immature Forever

 A L O H A  From
H O N O L U L U
Today is a new day. 
Don't let your history interfere 
with your destiny! 
        Steve Maraboli



You are only young once,
but you can be
immature forever.
Hannah Marks



Thunbergia erecta, 
commonly known as 
Bush Clock Vine 
or King's Mantle. 
Even the tiniest of flowers can have the toughest roots.
Shannon Mullen







A bird might see 
the forest green,  
Worms will know 
the roots unseen.  
The stars above, 
the ground below—  
Each tells a tale 
we’ll never know.  
Pixie


᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩᭩

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia




In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends." ― Kakuzō Okakura

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Lingers

 A L O H A  From

H O N O L U L U


I’ve never lost sleep
Over a kindness I've done.
Those moments dissolve
Like sugar in tea—  
Sweet then gone,  
leaving only warmth
In my cup.




But the times I held back
kept my umbrella shut,  
let the elevator doors close,  
or left a silence sitting there,
heavy as a stone,
Those are the ones
That follow me home.  



Regret is not
The sharp thing  
I thought it would be,  
But a slow drip  
From a faucet I never fixed—  

Sounds of water  
Pooling in the quiet  
Long after midnight.




If I could go back,  
I’d spend kindness
Like loose change,  
Scatter it in the grass,  
Leave it in coat pockets  
For strangers to find.  


Because it’s the
Unopened hand,  
The word I didn't say,
That lingers with regret

Not the gift given,  
But the one withheld,  
Still waiting  
for me to give it.

      Cloudia Charters 



That is a good question 
for you to ask, not a 
wise question for 
me to answer. 
           Anthony Eden

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Love You,
  Pixie & Cloudia

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