Sunday, April 23, 2023

Any Patch of Sunlight

A L O H A From Honolulu!

She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
"Winter is dead.”
A.A. Milne





Any patch of sunlight in
a wood will show you something
about the sun which you could
never get from reading books
on astronomy. These pure
and spontaneous pleasures
are ‘patches of Godlight’
in the woods of
our experience. C.S. Lewis


Ebisu,
in Japanese mythology, one of the
Shichi-fuku-jin
(“Seven Gods of Luck”),
the patron of fishermen
and tradesmen.
He is depicted as a fat,
bearded, smiling fisherman
often carrying a rod in
one hand and a tai
(sea bream—i.e., a red snapper
—symbolic of good luck)
in the other.
He is a popular Shintō deity,
and his
image is frequently seen in
shops and places of commerce.
Britannica.com


the late afternoon sunlight,
warm as oil, sweet
as childhood ... Stephen King



Live your life
from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls. Melody Beattie

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


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17 comments:

  1. Thanks for the upbeat, sunny post today. I love the ebisu. He makes me smile. Pixie and I are both transfixed by today's mural. We are wondering if it depicts a female-headed dragon or the spirit of an ancient Chinese empress. Pure golden joy on the blog today.

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  2. I have an Ebisu at home. I love the smile

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  3. Great sunny post. I like that. Good start of the week.

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  4. Beautiful images, love the shadow shots, the sky images and your cute Pixie.
    Have a happy day and a great new week!

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  5. Humbled and Happy!!
    Thanks Dears

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  6. Such pleasant images of Hawaii!

    best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  7. Hello Cloudia and Pixie, think you for my daily dose of beauty and wise thoughts.

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  8. "Winter is dead."
    I wish. We got down into the 30s for the last couple of nights. Yesterday it seemed kind of cool in the house. I had turned the furnace back on so what was up? Well, the furnace quit. That was yesterday's project. Getting the furnace going again. YouTube videos didn't help this time but I managed to get it fired up.

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  9. A beautiful sunny and happy post. The mural is fantastic. Have a wonderful week, Cloudia and Pixie.

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  10. I do like the mural!
    We've a chilly day today. I think winter is just napping!

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  11. Great quotes, Pixie sure steals the show and the mural is wonderful with the couple.

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  12. Beautiful Asian mural. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Cloudia.

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