Friday, June 17, 2022

As Humans

A L O H A From Honolulu!

True greatness is on
the other side of
temporary defeat
Napoleon Hill






 Albezia "Persian Silk Tree Flower"

A superb tenor voice,
like a silver trumpet
muffled in silk.
Alec Guinness





Japanese Visitors are Back in Waikiki

Travelers are fantasists,
conjurers, seers - 
  Cynthia Ozick





Ravenala "Traveler's Palm"
Our human compassion binds us
the one to the other -
not in pity or patronizingly,
but as human beings
who have learnt how to
turn our common suffering
into hope for the future.
Nelson Mandela




Me and My Shadow

This worldly life
is like a shadow.
If you try to catch it,
you will never be
able to do so.
If you turn your
back towards it,
it has no choice
but to follow you.
 Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya


πŸ‘₯πŸ‘€πŸ‘₯πŸ‘€πŸ‘₯πŸ‘€πŸ‘₯πŸ‘€πŸ‘₯

Love You,
  Pixie & Cloudia


23 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

We have a silk tree - and I look forward to the flowers every year. So do the birds.

William Kendall said...

A double Pixie is quite a sight.

Sintra blogue said...

NICE

eileeninmd said...

Hello,

Cute photo of Pixie. I love the pretty silk tree flower and the palm plant.
Take care, have a happy weekend!

Jenn Jilks said...

I love them all, but the clouds are amazing!
(ツ) from Cottage Country Ontario , ON, Canada!

Fundy Blue said...

Thanks for the beautiful photos in this post and your previous three posts, Cloudia. I anticipate seeing your gorgeous Aloha posts each Friday morning. Have a great weekend!

Cloudia said...

Wonderful 😊

RedPat said...

What clouds in that first shot, Cloudia.

Teresa said...

Cool pictures. I love your shadow.

Cloudia said...

Thanks!

Lydia C. Lee said...

Our streets are being filled with French and Italian speakers at the moment. It gives me such a happy buzz when I hear it....that inch closer to 'normal' #WeekendReflection

Jim said...

Cool palm shot.

Sean Jeating said...

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya obviously did not know Lucky Luke. ;-)

Sandee said...

Beautiful, Cloudia.

Thank you for joining the Feline Friday Blog Hop.

Have a fabulous Feline Friday and weekend. Scritches to Pixie. πŸ’ž

Spare Parts and Pics said...

I don't think I've ever seen a palm like that. Beautiful!!

Light and Voices said...

Pixie is double good this week.

Vagabonde said...

That first photo of the sky with enormous clouds is powerful! Lovely photos and quotations.

s.c said...

Great shots again with lovely quotes. The palm is indeed very special. Good work.

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Great pairings of quotes and images.

James said...

I love the reflection! :-)

riitta k said...

Great quotes combined with pretty photos. The palm tree is amazing!

Cloudia said...

Thanks Pals ❤️

Einari Sinappi said...

Massive clouds at the horizon in first one. Looks like they´re touching that mountain. Nice shot!