Riding in the back
of a pickup truck.
Catching some Sun
and breeze.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Up There
A L O H A !
“Appreciation is a
wonderful thing:
It makes what is
excellent in others
belong to us as well."
Voltaire
Click on photo
"If we do not plant
knowledge when young,
it will give us no shade
when we are old."
Lord Chesterfield
Thank You!
Fondly, cloudia
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Nature by Another Name
A L O H A !
California isn't Hawaii,
but the Earth is full
of different
B E A U T I E S.
From Northern Fiords
to Mumbai, bloggers
share life as
never before in
History.
Here I am finding
Beauty by Another Name
" A friendship can
weather most things
and thrive in thin soil;
but it needs a little
mulch of letters
and phone calls and
small, silly presents
every so often -
just to save it from
drying out completely.
Pam Brown
"Peace is not
something you wish for,
it is something you make,
something you are,
something you do, and
something you give away."
Robert Fulghum
[His books are still cutting edge!]
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Thank YOU
Sister&Brother Bloggers
who give it away
everyday!
Warmly, cloudia
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Wild Winds Westward
A L O H A !
" We inherit from our ancestors
gifts so often taken for granted...
Each of us contains within...
this inheritance of soul.
We are links between
the ages, containing past
and present expectations,
sacred memories
and future promise. "
Edward Sellner
“Riches: A dream in the night.
Fame: A gull floating on water.”
Chinese Proverb
" You are the gull, Jo,
strong and wild, fond
of the storm and
the wind, flying far
out to sea, and
happy all alone. "
Louisa May Alcott
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Thank YOU!
Warmly, cloudia
Monday, December 28, 2015
Roll On By
A L O H A !
" You can't get mad
at weather because
weather's not about you.
Apply that lesson
to most other
aspects of life. "
Douglas Coupland
" Sunshine is delicious,
rain is refreshing,
wind braces us up,
snow is exhilarating;
there is really no such thing
as bad weather, only
different kinds
of good weather. "
John Ruskin
" Nature is so powerful,
so strong. Capturing
its essence is not easy -
your work becomes a
dance with light
and the weather.
It takes you to a
place within yourself. "
Annie Leibovitz
" Wherever you go,
no matter what the weather,
always bring your own
sunshine. "
Anthony J. D'Angelo
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Thank YOU!
cloudia
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Sausalito Mural
A L O H A !
This Sausalito salon
is perfect for a
fashionable Mural Monday.
Click on photo to enlarge.
[needs it I know]
Simply Soften
A L O H A !
" I love you -
I am at rest with you -
I have come home. "
Dorothy L. Sayers
" Those who love deeply
never grow old;
they may die of old age,
but they die young. "
Ben Franklin
" What is that
unforgettable
line? "
Samuel Beckett
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Thanks, Friend!
Warmly, cloudia
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Dawn Birds
A L O H A from Marin California!
" A misty morning
does not signify
a cloudy day. "
Ancient Proverb
Heron & Gull Await Morning
"I never
really look for anything.
What God throws my way comes.
I wake up in the morning
and whichever way
God turns my feet,
I go."
Pearl Bailey
"Each day is
a little life:
every waking and
rising a little birth,
every fresh morning
a little youth . . . "
Schopenhauer
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Thank YOU
for Spending
some of it
Here!
cloudia
Friday, December 25, 2015
Thursday, December 24, 2015
For You, Friend -
A L O H A !
"A person often
meets his destiny
on the road he
took to avoid it."
Jean de La Fontaine
Linking to
" Without friends
no one would
choose to live,
though he had
all other goods. "
Aristotle
" You are not a
drop in the ocean.
You are the
entire ocean
in a drop. "
Rumi
May YOURS Come True!
Warmly, cloudia
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
The Anti-Terror-ist
A L O H A !
No. I'm not picking up a gun.
But what is the opposite
of harming strangers?
Love your neighbor.
We don't even hear
it's meaning anymore.
Our mind skips over
these words we have
heard before.
But when they crack open
one spies a wonder world
within. Through the peep-
hole of this candied egg
we see not mere possibilities,
but a truer sense of Real.
If you care for yourself
you can care for us all.
But that is the problem;
We do not care for ourselves.
We have been trained
to be unobtrusive and useful
by this world we enjoy.
Care for self
strikes a chord of guilt
doesn't it?
Love your neighbor
as yourself.
If one is ready to die
for an angry idea,
one is ready to kill
strangers over it.
If we live for love.
Courteous to self
and 0ther,
we are spreading
the antidote to
everything we hate.
Say hi to an Angry White Guy,
or a Muslim woman;
A Palestinian and a Jew.
Say 'Merry Christmas'
to a Christian.
Life is good.
A Gift.
Live that,
the power of that.
No telling where
it can take this world.
Thanks for visiting!
Wishing YOU all good things,
cloudia