Thursday, October 6, 2011

Painted by Sunlight

Gilded by Moon


A L O H A !
click on the photos  please
“It is better to be generous than just.
 It is sometimes better
to sympathize
 instead of trying to understand.”

Pierre Lecompte de Nouy











"By plucking her petals
you do not gather
the beauty of the flower. "

Rabindrath Tagore











Octo-pod

Physical beauty
is such a strange thing. "

Jock Sturges  













" It's a strange world. 
Let's keep it that way. " 

Warren Ellis 




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At the gates of joy
a butterfly shadow flits
or is it a shadow butterfly?
It's quieter here than I expected
the only pounding music
is coming from my heart.
Cleared - renounced - renewed
ready to go within
but no hurry - never again;
Trust the unfoldment
and loiter here
by
the gate
of Joy. 


Thank YOU for loitering here!
Your comment is a butterfly 
            warmly, cloudia

31 comments:

Jeannie said...

Beautiful as always

21 Wits said...

...and flying with the butterflies is always just a flutter away! Have a great day....singing their song....

Daryl said...

always a pleasure to see what you see

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Your Octo-pod looks like our mangosteen? Lovely clouds in th esky.

My Unfinished Life said...

some wonderful images as always!!

http://sushmita-smile.blogspot.com/

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Yes let's keep it a 'strange world' and it's always a pleasure to 'loiter' here Cloudia!

bobbybegood1 said...

Your posts are so inspiring, Cloudia, and this one is no exception. I love loitering around your place. The octo pic and comment reminds me that there is beauty even in the ugly and unusal. Cheers!!

Charles Gramlich said...

Great poem!

Erik Donald France said...

Loitering peacefully is a fine art of life~ cheers ~

Sandy said...

"It's a strange world - lets keep it that way." I approve! =)

Hattie said...

That first quote is so true and something I learn and then have to re-learn.

Travis Erwin said...

" It's a strange world.
Let's keep it that way. "

AMEN!
and Howdy from Texas.

Lynn said...

Just lovely!

Lori Skoog said...

Happiness is Cloudia in her new digs.

FilipBlog said...

I love the yellow flowers.

Greetings,
Filip

Pierre BOYER said...

Enjoy your day !

Pierre

Windsmoke. said...

The octo-pods beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Pounding music from my heart is the rhythm of life :-).

Elephant's Child said...

Lovely. Thanks.

SandyCarlson said...

"Trust the unfoldment." Yes. So true and beautiful. You write about a beautiful moment.

Commander Zaius said...

“...It is sometimes better
to sympathize
instead of trying to understand.”

Pierre Lecompte de Nouy


Yeah, I often feel the same way.

Cloudia said...

LOVE these remarks!!! thanks so much :-)

magiceye said...

.....beautiful.....

namaste /\ from mumbai
aloha!!

Rahul said...

Lovely pictures and very nice write up1

Jana said...

beautiful nature pictures! greetings from tulipland the Netherlands!

the walking man said...

But officer I am not loitering, I am simply standing in place.

Dianne said...

I love the octo-pod

La sonrisa de Hiperion said...

Un placer haber vuelto por tu casa.

Saludos y buen viernes.

Cloudia said...

Thank YOU for visiting!

Indrani said...

Wow! great shots, I have never seen an octo-pod before.

SandyCarlson said...

I needed this one again. Perfect. Thank you so much.

Anonymous said...

Did lots of that "I'm just gonna stand here at look at that thing" while visiting sights on 3 of your isles. Funny how we have to justify "smelling the roses." DrumMajor