Thursday, July 22, 2010

Every Day Gold

ALOHA means:

'Welcome! Glad to See YOU!'


A Ted Trimmer beauty!



"Until you make peace with who you are,

you'll never be content with what you have."


Doris Mortman




"A good traveler has no fixed plans

and is not intent upon arriving.

A good artist lets his intuition lead him

wherever it wants."


- Lao-Tzu







“How come the dove gets to be the peace symbol?

How about the pillow?

It has more feathers than the dove,

and it doesn't have that dangerous beak”



Jack Handy



Tall Ship!


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Recent research shows
that we soon grow accustomed
to new pleasures:
that new car,
the beach house that was so hard to get.

Investigators advised leaving that beach house
from time to time
so one might have their pleasure freshened.

I know that all it takes
is a ten day off-island trip
for the romance to be re-ignited.

Scene: Airplane cabin, return trip, approaching Diamond Head.
Characters: Me and a nice lady.
Action: I am softly crying.


Nice Lady (sympathetically): "Returning home?"

Me. "Yes" (blubber)

N.Lady: "How long have you been away?"

Me: "tttTEN Days!"


and...scene.

*Applause*


It's official: I've lost it!

But, you know, walking outside on deck this morning
the skies were eloquent, fish were swimming around,
and we're still floating.
"Gotta remember to really enjoy all this," I told myself
sternly...except that I was standing in the bow at the time :)


Our friend Ted Trimmer has been too busy studying photography
to share many new photos with us here.

The other day we were discussing English landscape painters and their genius with light.
"Yes, they specialized in doing the most with their limited, northern English light," Says Ted.

Brilliant! Thanks, Ted for teaching me something new.


And thank YOU for visiting!
cloudia


24 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, I miss Ted's photos on my blog, also!!! I don't see how classes can improve his camera skills. They were awesome to begin with!

Anonymous said...

Aloha to rediscovering your little spot in Paradise!
The beauty of the Islands, and knowing the heartfelt care from the People, is what makes Hawaii so special.
Doves are birds of peace because they "coo" instead of screaming like the Turkey! How'd you get those Doves to pose for you?
My Kansas hibiscus are blooming alot! Biggest one was 10 1/2 wide! I'm trying to catch them when they bloom open...it's not 3 a.m. nor 5 a.m.
DrumMajor

Cloudia said...

you are special

Betty Manousos said...

Love the quotes.. so true!
Great images too, Cloudia

Have a great day!
B

Couture Carrie said...

Aloha, darling!
Exquisite post!

xoxox,
CC

Carol said...

I think the pillow as a symbol of peace is brilliant. Who doesn't want to snuggle into a nice sleep? Even nations without pillows could grasp the ideology behind the symbol and we could all live in harmony with each other because we all smile a sweet little smile (even ex-vice presidents) at the thought of a little nap and surely we would wish the same for all human beings and put all our supposed problems aside.

Peace, baby.

Anonymous said...

The D. Mortman quote is just amazing. And yes, I can understand the feeling of returning home so very much. Please have you all a great Friday.


daily athens

Kim, USA said...

Beautiful quotes and gorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing happy weekend!

SWF~Half moon

SandyCarlson said...

You teach me how to be happy again. Thank you.

Teresa said...

Love your quotes, the picture of the tall ship, and sharing your joy at returning home...

Cloudia said...

you guys make me happy

Brian Miller said...

those first two quotes are amazing and love the ship pic...

aloha from VA!

Reanaclaire said...

Wonder when i can visit Hawaii and say or hear Aloha... :p

Eric S. said...

Ahh, to return home, to that place which holds one heart. There is not a thing in this world that can be better and more refreshing.

magiceye said...

love it!

namaste /\ from mumbai
aloha!

Dinesh chandra said...

Cloudia how r u good post .
good pictures.
regards

dinesh chnadra

bichonpawz said...

Beautiful post Cloudia!! I especially love that beautiful BLUE water!!! Have a great weekend!!
Jeanne

Changnoi said...

Love the photo's - I wanna go there.

Stan Ski said...

Great post! It had a bit of everything.

Kay said...

Have a wonderful weekend, Cloudia!

BLOGitse said...

Beautiful post, again.
Have a good weekend!
Aloha from Casa!

g-man said...

My favorite Tour Guide in the whole wide world....:-)

Margaret Gosden said...

A wonderful header sky shot. I like the trailing cloud above the boats, too. Your quote about 'a good traveler' reminds me of a conversation I had yesterday with Elizabeth, the end of which I think she would agree!

Cloudia said...

Oh thank you for coming!