A L O H A From Honolulu!
Every year of my life
I grow more convinced
I grow more convinced
that it is wisest and best
to fix our attention
on the beautiful and good
on the beautiful and good
and dwell as little as possible
on the dark and the base.
Richard Cecil
Magnanimous people have no vanity,
they have no jealousy, and
they feed on the true and
the solid wherever they find it.
And, what is more,
they find it everywhere.
Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooks
If anyone ever tells you
your dreams are silly
remember there's a millionaire
walking around who invented
the pool noodle!
Steve Hartman,
CEO and president of
Industrial Thermal Polymers,
invented the pool noodle
by tossing Backer Rods
manufactured by his company
into the pool in the 1980s.
A rose is still a rose,
even hidden
under different petals.
Cheshire Cat
Cheshire Cat
You are the sky.
Everything else is
just the weather.
Pema Chödrön
21 comments:
LOVE Pixie in purple. It was fun learning about the inventor of the pool noodle.
How I love Pixie (in all her colours).
YOU concentrate on beauty for which I thank you.
Pixie in any spectrum is a delight.
As always a pleasure to see.
Beautiful captures and captions!
I'm blown away by the sky in the 1st shot, Cloudia. And the purple Pixie.
Love the sunset shot very much
That is a beautiful tree, I love it.
Pixie is definitely my top pick for playing the role of Cheshire cat, especially when she does it in regal purple. I also love the info about the pool noodle millionaire. Great post today.
Pixie is rockin' the purple.
Adorable Kitty and all the quotes are fab. The one my Pema Chodron has been my mantra for few years now.
Happy to have hopped by.
Cheers!
Natasha
https://natashamusing.com/2023/05/the-early-bird-catches-the-worm-ii-natasha-musing/
You always have the best quotes and photos. The pool noodle is our favorite one today. It's crazy how a simple useless thing can turn out to be such a success!
Your photos are just lovely. Makes me want to hop a plane. Aloha.
Such wonderful photos and such terrific wisdom! That's a beautiful photo of you sweet Pixie!
you are the sky everything is just the weather... wowie! powerful
love your palm tree pics
LeeAnna
Richard Cecil is absolutely right.
What did you do with Pixie? 😉 But the purple thumbnail in the preview was very
noticeable.
Kind regards and thanks for the link to Nature Thursday
Elke
Aloha, Cloudia! I love the photo of the woman laughing at the end of your post. Your pictures and quotes are always inspiring.
Your pictures and quotes are wonderful as always. The Dark and the Base seem to have seeped into the being of all mankind ... our world today has a scary underbelly. But the beautiful is still there for those who want to see it ... and Pixie in blue is one of those moments, LOL. And, who is that funny lady in the last picture :) Happy Mother's Day, Claudia ... I know you are, at very least, a mother to Pixie :)
Andrea @ From the Sol
Oh I wish I'd invented the pool noodle lol! ☺
I love the pool noodle quote and the glorious sky shot!! Thanks for joining #Allseasons
Focusing on the beautiful and good is always the best advice. Thank you for linking up and I hope your week is fantastic!
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