Monday, October 26, 2026

Success


 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu


Calmness of mind is 
one of the beautiful 
jewels of wisdom. 
It is the result of long 
and patient effort in self-control. 
Its presence is an indication 
of ripened experience,
   James Allen



I have learned that success is
to be measured not so much by
the position that one has reached in life
as by the obstacles which had to be
overcome while trying to succeed.
Booker T. Washington




Success

To have lived well, laughed often, and loved much; to have earned respect and the love of children; to have left the world a little better— through a flower, a poem, a life helped along; to have seen the best in others and given your own; to leave a memory that brings comfort. Adapted from Bessie Anderson Stanley





Success need not be loud.
A small step changes 
where you stand.
Some victories
are yours alone 
to know.

   Pixie



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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia





Sunday, October 25, 2026

You Can


 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

True friends are those 

who lift you up

when your heart's wings 

forget how to fly.




You Can 

by Cloudia Charters 


Stone is hard,

the opening small.

Yet tender leaves

Appear through it all.


We too reach out

for love, for rain,

to find our green

again and again.


You need not move

the whole stone wall.

Reach for the light.

Grow proud and tall.




We carry inside us 
the wonders we seek 
outside us. 
        Rumi



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We Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie



Usually I don't like to get 
behind a fish truck. . .

Walk tall as the trees, 
live strong as 
the mountains, 
be gentle as
the spring winds, 
keep the warmth 
of the summer sun 
in your heart and 
the great spirit will 
always be with you.
Native American proverb

Linking To

Monday Murals

Eskimo Candy Fish



Saturday, October 24, 2026

Half Our Mistakes


 A L O H A

From

Honolulu


Growing up doesn't mean 
that you are older 
than someone, it means 
that you are no longer 
an amateur. 
           Michael Bassey Johnson








Half of our mistakes in life
 arises from feeling
 where we ought to
 think,
and thinking 
where we ought to 
feel. 
 John Churton Collins








An ounce of loyalty 

is worth a

pound of cleverness.

Elbert Green Hubbard




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Sometimes 
the heart sees 
what is invisible
 to the eye. 
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

💥


Linking To

Saturday Critters


Friday, October 23, 2026

Oh For The Gate

 

 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

When the hornet 

hangs in the hollyhock,

And the brown bee 

drones in the rose,

And the west is a red-streaked 

four-o'clock,

And summer is near its close,

It's, Oh!, For the gate, 

and the locust lane;

And dusk, and dew, 

and home again!

  Madison Cawein




 Remember that everyone
you meet is afraid of
something, loves something
and has lost something. H. Jackson Brown


If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph. Bruce Gilden



Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. Theodore Roosevelt



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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie





Gratitude is not only
the greatest of virtues, but
the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero


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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Grow It Underfoot


 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow. Jonathan L. Huie



Crown Flower, Pua Kalaunu

If you find it in your heart

to care for somebody else, 

you will have succeeded. 

Maya Angelou 






The foolish seek happiness
in the distance;
the wise grows it
underfoot.
James Openheim



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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie




Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Still It Holds


 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

What you leave behind

is not what is engraved

in stone monuments, but

what is woven into

the lives of others.

Pericles


Polynesian woven pouch

The pouch is not large.

Its weave has loosened

where the years 

have pulled.

Still, it holds.



Weave beautifully

your small thread in

the grand tapestry.



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If there are angels on Earth, they are animals.

TC Charters


Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Candle of Comfort


 A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu


The natural world is the 
larger sacred community 
to which we belong 
Thomas Berry 




 Female or immature Common Merganser
 (Mergus merganser, Goosander)

Sometimes 
a good joke
 is a bad idea. 
Howard Dicus 





Make me a candle
of comfort in this world.
Make me burn
with peace.
   John Roedel


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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie


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Links

Travel Tuesday 

Happy Tuesday 

Tuesday Treasures

My Corner Of The World

Wild Bird Wednesday

Signs2 


Five fingers. Five toes. Five ways to

know the world: See, Hear, Touch, Taste, Smell. Five is the body, reaching into life.

Pixie