Monday, August 1, 2011

Puff

A L O H A !


" Never ascribe to malice
that which is adequately explained
by incompetence. "

Napoleon



" Like a welcome summer rain,
humor may suddenly cleanse
and cool the earth,
the air
and you. "

Langston Hughes






" Puff, the Magic Dragon, lived by the sea,
and frolicked in the Autumn Mist
in a land called Honah Lee "
 
Peter Yarrow


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Puffy clouds

free of crowds

quiet or loud

                             all is allowed. . .    warmly, cloudia

31 comments:

Joop Zand said...

The first photo is EXCELLENT !!

greetings, Joop

Feisty Crone said...

Great Langston Hughes quote, Cloudia. And I'm humming "Puff the Magic Dragon."

Lynn said...

I'd love to see those dragon boats in the water. Photos - all lovely today. The first one is intriguing.

Bitch said...

Coming quietly!
Greetings!!!!

Anonymous said...

Ah- such lovely summery shots!

FilipBlog said...

I thought these dragon boat were more a Chinese tradition.

Greetings,
Filip

Erik Donald France said...

Beautiful. And perfect for a Monday ~~!

Anonymous said...

Puff LOL


hj

Franz said...

Beautiful photographs accompanied by great words!
Kisses from Sardinia!

Anonymous said...

oh how i long for clouds !

please have a good tuesday you all.



daily athens

Windsmoke. said...

Puff the Magic Dragon gets my vote as well as the photo :-).

Hattie said...

Getting homesick!

Anonymous said...

As always, thanks for the quote. Peter Yarrow had a way with words. Okay, now just what is Puff the Magic Dragon all about? I think I know.

wenn said...

those dragon boats are so majestic!

Hold my hand: a social worker's blog said...

I love, love those dragon boats!!!

Doris

SandyCarlson said...

Thanks for this joy-filled post.

Charles Gramlich said...

those dragon boats are amazing.

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Puff! puff! puff! some magic fire haha..nice magic dragon song.

Kavita Saharia said...

Magic dragon for me :):)

Elephant's Child said...

LOVE the dragon boats. Thank you.

Pierre BOYER said...

Lovely pictures...

Pierre

bichonpawz said...

Those boats are very cool! Very pretty pictures! Hope you have a great day Cloudia!!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I think thee are going to be many people humming "Puff the magic dragon" Cloudia, I know I am haha! Lovely post as always.

dr.antony said...

beautiful pics...and your usual style!

Travis Erwin said...

What about the Puff marshmallow dude from Ghostbusters? Where's the love for him?

Daryl said...

Awesome!

Myrna R. said...

Soothing post. I loved the photos and quotes. Can't help but wonder how you gather all your wonderful material.

Bllet News said...

Great title !!!

Akelamalu said...

Lovin' the dragon boats!

Daliana Pacuraru said...

What a great light!
My best regards from Romania!

Cloudia said...

Thank YOU!!!!!