Morning, Ladies

A L O H A !

What a magnificent day!

" Be faithful to that

which exists nowhere

but in yourself,
 and thus

make yourself

indispensable. "

Andre Gide

Life I love you!

" Her appearance is so interesting
it suggests that her appearance
is the least interesting thing
about her. "

Rebecca Mead

Morning, Ladies!

" We come to love 

not by seeing a perfect person,

but by learning to see

an imperfect person

perfectly. "

Sam Keen

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Thank you for visiting,

YOUr comment is welcome

                                                 Warmly, cloudia 

 Happy Halloween & Diwali

BOO!

 Trick or Treat

Totoro!

Autumn Reds Hawaii Edition

A L O H A !

Kindly click on the photos

 Our palms don't turn red in October. . . 

" I saw the lovely arch
Of rainbow span the sky,
The gold sun burning
As the rain swept by. "

  Elizabeth Coatsworth,
 November

Red Romantic

" An optimist is a person 

who sees a green light 

everywhere,

while a pessimist sees only 

the red stoplight... 

the truly wise person 

is colorblind.  "

Albert Schweitzer

Red Rectitude

" I sometimes wonder 

if two thirds of the globe 

is covered in red carpet.  "

Prince Charles

Red Roof

" When in doubt wear red. "

Bill Blass

Red Rescue

" Whenever you're sitting across

from some important person, 

always picture him

sitting there in a suit of long red underwear.

That's the way I always operated

in business.  "

Joseph P. Kennedy

 

 

 

 
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hope this wasn't

red-dundant!

YOUR visit makes my day

Thanks!

leave a comment of any color you wish

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To Live & Die in Hawaii

A L O H A ! 

Every person wants & needs
the same basic things, 

though each of us
does them in our own way;

But in Hawaii especially
 we live - and die - 
in our own unique culture. . . 

Hi Ho Oxygen Tanks AWAY!

In hospice care. 

"Riding Home"

" And when the day arrives 

I'll become the sky

and I'll become the sea

and the sea will come to kiss me

for I am going home. 

Nothing can stop me now.  "

Trent Reznor

 

A Day

A L O H A !

You gotta click on  these photos

You never know what the day holds.

Yesterday, I had so much fun on my scooter

that I was thinking of trying to share that pleasure

with you in a post.

When I went downstairs this morning,

Scooty wouldn't start.

Silly how out-of-sorts

such of things can make one.

But they sure do!

"Hey it could be worse,"

the kind Hawaiian security guard offered,

"you coulda had an accident."

I was nice to him (I hope)

but preoccupied and upset.

While I was walking on some errands near-by,

sirens came from every direction.

I was sure that it was an exercise for APEC:

the Convention Center is on that block.

But the sirens all converged

just ahead of me. 

You can't see her here,

but our magnificent Honolulu Fire Dept crew,

HPD, and the Paramedics

were ALL there for a downed bicyclist. 

All this urgent effort, society coming together,

to help ONE person. . . I don't know. . . 

it just really touched my heart.  

With everything

going on in the world, we still care about a 

stranger.

  Somehow, that makes me feel like we

can wise up, get together, 

and solve our problems.

Yes, we never know what a day holds. 

Today, or tomorrow, 

could be life-changing.

I just wanted to share these thoughts 

with You,

"Strangers."

Who have become friends!

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Days End

A L O H A !

“ The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,

The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea,

The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,

And leaves the world to darkness and to me.”

 

 Thomas Gray 

 

" Wherever you go,

go with all your heart. "
 

Confucius

" A faithful friend is a strong defense;

And he that hath found him 

hath found a treasure.  "

Louisa May Alcott

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 In this life
it is well
to be on good terms
with melancholy-
But marry
contentment.


Enjoy the contentment on offer
in these Autumn days.

Thank YOU for sharing it here!
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Cleaning Homeless People from APEC route

 A L O H A !

 click on the photos

The New Colossus

 By Emma Lazarus, 1883

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles.

From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" 

Cries she with silent lips.

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

 Jewish-immigrant children wave at the Statue of Liberty.

Photo credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

 How's That Working Out?

Honolulu Star Bulletin

By Dan Nakaso

POSTED: 12:45 p.m. HST, Oct 25, 2011

" State prisoners and Department of Transportation landscaping crews are busy clearing homeless people and their belongings from 17 different areas along Nimitz Highway and the H-1 Freeway that will be seen by delegations attending next month's Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

The week-long clean-up is expected to cost $100,000, said DOT spokesman Dan Meisenzahl.

"We anticipate someone's going to ask us to do it again as we get closer to APEC," Meisenzahl said.

The clean-up crews include 50 DOT landscaping employees and 25 prisoners, Meisenzahl said.

They are primarily focusing on clearing homeless people and their belongings around bridges along the APEC travel routes, Meisenzahl said.

In August, the DOT spent $200,000 just to clear homeless people and their belongings from the H-1 Freeway viaduct near Honolulu Airport.

This week's anticipated $100,000 cost for the viaduct and 16 other locations is much cheaper "because most of them and their stuff is already gone," Meisenzahl said. "

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America's Purpose

A L O H A !

Please Click on Photos

" No one knows

till he has suffered from the night

how sweet

and dear to his heart

and eye

the morning can be. "

 Bram Stoker

" Joys come

from simple and natural things:

mists over meadows, 

sunlight on leaves,

the path of the moon

over water. "

Sigurd F. Olson

" The only true voyage of discovery 

would not be to visit strange lands 

but to behold the universe

through the eyes of another. "

Proust

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" I pledge allegiance

 to the flag

 of the United States Of America. . .

Lottery & Justice

for all. "

Ours is a nation

founded on ideas,

it's just that we disagree

on exactly what those ideas are.

Lately,

there has been an attempt

to label those who care

about our rising

 undeniable,

un-American 

inequality

as lazy or envious.

"You can still become rich." 

they say.

But I would answer

that when my grand parents

were brought to this country

as children,

their parents wanted them to have

more than a ticket in a game of chance.

America was a place

where no matter who you were

you could live decently

if you were willing to work hard.

And they did work hard.

America

was about her middle class,

and about rising, not falling,

standards of living

for ALL of her people -

not about the chance you had

to get lucky.

Today 

some Americans "earn"

millions & billions.

But many others

who work every day

are falling further

and further

behind.

So what is America for?

Winner takes all?

There is much waste and abuse.

There is much hidden behind the 'news.'

Even as we Americans pay more per-capita

for health care,

we fall further

and further

behind the developed world

in health coverage and outcomes.

Look it up.
Where do those dollars go?

When everything is left to the market,

human beings only have the value

of their bank accounts.

Is THAT liberty?

Or justice for ALL?

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Leave us your comment
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Over the Bridge

A L O H A !

Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu

" Difficult times

have helped me to understand

better than before,

how infinitely rich and beautiful
 life is in every way, 

and that so many things 

that one goes worrying about
 are of no importance

whatsoever. "

Isak Dinesen

“He that cannot forgive others,

breaks the bridge

over which he himself must pass 

if he would ever reach heaven;

for everyone

has need to be forgiven”

 

 George Herbert 

“Let every man praise the bridge

that carries him over”

 English Proverb

"The grave is but a covered bridge

Leading from light to light,

through a brief darkness!”

 

 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ The hardest thing in life 

is to know which bridge to cross

and which to burn. ”

 

 David Russell

" The youth gets together his materials

to build a bridge to the moon,

or, perchance, a palace

or temple on the earth,

and, at length,

the middle-aged man concludes

to build a woodshed with them.  "

Henry David Thoreau

" The biggest emotion

in creation

is the bridge to optimism.  "

Brian May

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So much in our lives

could be viewed as a 

transition from one thing

to another.

We go from mother's milk

to solid food.

We transition from home

to school.

We always seem to be

on our way somewhere

else.

Perhaps that's why we love bridges.

They re cathedrals

of going

from one place

to another.

They represent delivery

and freedom;

" The river is wide

and  I just can't get

over."

Moon Bridges were built

as places of contemplation,

both OF their lovely shapes,

and as places

of View.

This one was built during the 

days of the Depression

as a WPA project

to provide meaningful work

and beauty to Honolulu-

kinda what President Obama

wants to do now

with his jobs bill.

Let's enjoy

a contemplative moment

on our rush from Here

to There.

Glad YOU could stand here 

with me for a few moments.

Thank You.

Here's a spray can-

please leave YOUR graffiti

on the 'Comments Wall.'

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BONUS BRIDGE:

George Washington Bridge

by Daryl