Thursday, December 12, 2024

Trees Like Mike

Aloha From Honolulu!

You find yourself refreshed by
the presence of cheerful people.
Why not make an honest effort
to confer that pleasure
on others? 
Half the battle is gained if
you never allow yourself to
say anything gloomy.
Lydia M. Child



We taste and feel
and see the truth.
We do not reason
ourselves into it.
        William Butler Yeats



Trismas Cree 

"Miyo-manitowi-kîsikanisi"

Is the Cree phrase for 
"Have a Merry Christmas" 

The Cree are an Indigenous people who occupy territory in the Subarctic and Plains regions of Canada. There are three main dialects of the Cree language: “th” Woodlands, “y” Plains, and “n” Swampy Cree. 



Melaleuca quinquenervia
Commonly known as the broad-leaved paperbark, paper bark tea tree, punk tree or niaouli, is a small- to medium-sized tree of the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It grows as a spreading tree up to 20 m tall, with its trunk covered by a white, beige and grey thick papery bark.              Wikipedia


Whenever you are 
sincerely pleased 
you are nourished. 
 Ralph Waldo Emerson




Dawn Moon

The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.
     Deng Ming-Dao



F A C E

The greatest evil 
that can befall someone 
is to come to 
think ill of themselves.
                        Goethe


鮑鮑鮑鮑鮑鮑鮑鮑鮑鮑
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia






29 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

I do love trees.
I will have to think about the Goethe quote. From that ill positive change can come - if we/I are ready to put in the work required.

Cloudia said...

❤️🌺

Mike said...

Tree #2 is posed perfect.

Andrew said...

I believe the Melaleuca is an Australian native tree, used for many purposes by our indigenous population.

eileeninmd said...

All the trees are beautiful and I love the sky shot.
Pixie is always a favorite.
Take care, have a great day.

Ananka said...

Classic Christmas song. Great photo :-D

s.c said...

That variety of plants is truly amazing, wonderful the tree with paperbark.

Anvilcloud said...

Miyo-manitowi-kîsikanisi

roentare said...

Love Brenda Lee!

DrumMajor said...

Dandy tree! It looks like it's growing snowballs! Linda in Kansas

Tom said...

...I love "Little Miss Dynamite!"

Barbara Rogers said...

How wonderful to see rainbows right outside your window! Have a great Thursday!

Anne Hagman-Niilola said...

Beautiful Christmas tree.

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Pixie never thinks ill of herself, does she? Blessings, Cloudia!

Teresa said...

Pixie and I are wondering what "swampy Cree" sounds like. I also love that Punk (rock) paper tree. Cool post today. The song is great.

LoveT. said...

Amazing photos. I love the cat <3

RedPat said...

Love the trees and Brenda Lee, Cloudia. ;-)

peppylady (Dora) said...

Look warm.

magiceye said...

Beautiful photos and quotes. Loved that quote about the moon's strength.

Kathy G said...

I can never have enough trees.

Photo Cache said...

Give Pixie some head rubs for me.

Worth a Thousand Words

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Wonderful post as always! This week on my "Beautiful Woman of the Day" blog, I featured Dr. Anne Anderson, an important Cree educator and author from my city here in Alberta. She helped save and preserve the Cree language after much of it was lost in Canada's racist residential school system. Here's the link:
https://bwotday.blogspot.com/2024/12/dr-anne-anderson.html

rupam sarma said...

Amazing pics, Great quotes, Loved to Pixie:)

Christine said...

Nice

EricaSta said...

Aloha... Lovely sky... and I enjoyed reading your post.

Have a wonderful weekend.

DVArtist said...

What a lovely post. I really like seeing all the trees and flowers. Great quotes too. How can one NOT love Pixie's face. Thank you for sharing with FFO and have nice weekend.

My name is Erika. said...

I hope you had a wonderful Friday. It looks so warm in your photos (of course it is it is Hawaii.) Have a great weekend.

Light and Voices said...

Hugs to Pixie. You are blessed with seeing rainbows. The first quote I will chew on this week. Happy Trails!

Michelle said...

I love your trees and they are essential to a healthy ecosystem! Hugs to Pixie and thank you so much for linking up.