Friday, April 2, 2010

Circular

Aloha, Friend!




click on the pics!
Let's take the plant for a drive.


"What is it
to be a gentleman?
The first to thank
and the last to complain."

Serbian Proverb


Pink Ladies - or white ladies blushing?


"Full many a flower
is born to blush unseen
and waste it's sweetness
on the desert air."

Thomas Gray






Gem!


"The weak
can never forgive.
Forgiveness
is the attribute
of the
strong."

Gandhi

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Spring is coming back around,
unless you live in the southern hemisphere.
Then yours is our twin counter-circle.
Circles in circles:
we Dance!

The circuit of the Earth
is in our DNA.
It's part of us,
the part that
makes us
"we."
All inside the ring.

Easter, Passover,
April fools,
the ecclesiastical year,
are layered atop
forgotten
or fading
folk faiths:
The last vestiges
of most ancient ways.


All the way back
go the links of life's chain;
to the city, through the clan,
and into the cell itself-


We are all born together
into this regime of circles,
of seasons
of moons
of years.

Oh beginning, middle,
and end!

Oh birth,
oh death,
oh today.

(One of 365)


Completing another circuit

we begin.


Aloha, cloudia





37 comments:

claude said...

Pretty flowers and green plant !
Happy Easter time and Aloha, Cloudia !

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

The weak
can never forgive.
Forgiveness
is the attribute
of the
strong."

Gandhi

Love this quote. Happy Easter Aloha. tQ

the walking man said...

Every day is the completion of a day, a week, a month, a year, a century, a millennium, a lifetime. Every flower is the same.

Fireblossom said...

All right, Cloudia, fess up girl. Did you tell those pink ladies one of your jokes??? ;-)

Brian Miller said...

like that forgiveness is an aspect of the stron gquote. hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Madama Sebastian said...

Good Morning Hawaii

christopher said...

Very nice...the spring photos, the quotes, the poetry...well done!

Akelamalu said...

Thankyou for the flowers today Cloudia. Happy Easter. x

Teresa said...

Love the picture of the man taking his plants for a drive :). Great thoughts on circles in circles and cycles.

Jingle said...

lovely Haiku,
Thank God, i finally logged in,
very fresh and beautiful post!

Jingle said...

it is hard to forgive,
you have done beautifully in showing us a way...

Happy Weekend!

Mehmet Osman Çağlar said...

Hello, Claudia :

Wishing you a very happy weekend my
dearest friend!

Aloha from Türkiye my dear friend!

Maude Lynn said...

Gorgeous flowers!

Daryl said...

Gorgeous photos and words as always, aloha from NYC, Cloud!!!!!!!

gabrielle said...

oh how I love the flower exhaling its fragrance to the desert.
blessings

Travis Erwin said...

The words is in need of more gentleman I'm afraid.

who said...

I like the quotes and really like the poem at the end. Who wrote it? I am assuming it was you.

Cloudia said...

Yes, the "poem" is mine.
Thanks!!

DeniseinVA said...

Beautiful! Aloha :)

moneythoughts said...

What a beautiful blog! Thanks for visiting my blog and for your funny comment about the name of my blog. It never crossed my mind that someone might think of it that way, but I thought your comment cute. Hope you don't mind, but I am going to start dropping by. : )

Junosmom said...

Forgiveness with eyes opened is even greater.

Cloudia said...

It is a gift to see YOU here!

Mahalo nui

laughingwolf said...

hope your good friday's grand, cloudia :)

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the Gandhi quote.
A wonderful entry for Good Friday indeed !

Please have a wonderful start into the weekend and a nice Easter celebration as well.

Barbara Martin said...

Moving potted palms is a chore and the man has the right idea by using the back seat.

Lovely photos, Cloudia, and thanks for your visit.

Lisa said...

This is beautiful writing Cloudia.

Cloudia said...

You came! Thanks :)

Lynda Lehmann said...

Nice quotes and terrific photos to go with them!

SandyCarlson said...

Indeed. Everyone from Google down to my kids and who knows participated in April Fools Day. And now to take a big bite out of spring and savor every flavor!

LadyFi said...

Life is indeed a circle. Great photos and wise words.

Dinesh chandra said...

Good post Cluodia how r u.

Regards
Dinesh Chandra

Marguerite said...

Beautiful poem, cher! Loved the photos, too. Have a Happy Easter! Aloha from Cajun Country!

Rajesh said...

Beautiful shots with wonderful words. The flowers are very pretty.

Anonymous said...

I'm not going to be showing my plants your post... I am afraid they'll be thinking they should be taken out for drives too ;0)

Jingle said...

very colorful and impressive post!
I love your style!

Anonymous said...

wow

Cloudia said...

Thank YOU!