Passport To Happiness

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

It’s not selfish

to love yourself, take care of yourself,

and to make your

happiness a priority. It’s necessary. Mandy Hale

Brazilian Red Cloak

(Megaskepasma erythrochlamys)

Every Positive Thought Is A Silent Prayer Which Will Change Your Life. Bryant McGill

The sun now shines With golden grace, Smiles upon My upturned face. Release the weight That binds your soul, Let go of shadows Sing yourself whole. Embrace the moment Let love flow, With every heartbeat May your spirit grow. Cloudia Charters

& Pixie

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Links
Thankful!
Little Things Thursday
I Like Thursday
Thankful Thursday
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Jaipur Garden Affair
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You are the one that

possesses the key

to your being.

You carry the passport

to your own happiness.

   Diane von Furstenberg

Borrowed Glow

 A L O H A 

From

H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

The noblest art is
that of making
others happy.
    P. T. Barnum

 Blood Moon

Silver slips 
to copper-red,
High above 
the sleeping palms.
With half the island 
tucked in bed.
The sky assumes 
it's quiet calm.

It’s not a fire, 
nor a stain,
But every sunset 
we watched go
Reflected back 
to us again
In one shared, 
borrowed, 
crimson glow.

      Cloudia Charters

The only 
lasting beauty is
the beauty 
of the heart.
          Rumi

A kind heart is a 
fountain of gladness, 
making everything 
in its vicinity 
freshen into smiles. 
Washington Irving

𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐𐨐

Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

Gentle Knowing Deeper

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Victor Hugo

Monkeypod tree

(Samanea saman),

Commonly called:

Rain Tree. 

(Click on Photo To Enlarge)

Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus), often called the Japanese White-eye or mejiro. Introduced from Japan in the 1920s-30s, it is now one of Hawaii's most common, noisy, and active urban/forest birds. Here on a Strelitzia nicolai, 

 or giant white bird of paradise.

Your pain is a school 

unto itself–– and 

your joy a lovely temple.

    Aberjhani

In silence
Souls communicate,
Beyond the need for words,
A gentle touch,
A knowing glance,
Where deeper truths
Are heard.
Pixie

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Love YOU,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Travel Tuesday 
Happy Tuesday 
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My Corner Of The World
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Civil Twilight

  A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

Darkness surrenders,

reluctantly yielding

to day.

Fishing boats awaken

setting out across

 the bay,

Rising sun behind 

casts light across

 the spires: 

windows etched 

and glowing

wrapped 

in silver fires.

Silent Shine
reflections gleam 
dancing over glass
where only dark 
had been.
 

Forgetting night
peace arrives,
simple, profound, 
gratefully alive.

                      Cloudia Charters

新年快乐祝福

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

🦁

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Nature Notes

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

T Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday 

In the lantern hush 

of Chinatown 

a small lion 

learns to roar —

his mask bright red 

as heartbeat,

patina and 

incense of yore

The elder bends, 

encouraging

slips a dollar to the boy

a prayer to the 

future of this magic

our practice of New Year Joy!

Pixie

Angels Hiding

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

A whispered word,

a kindness done, Can spark a light,

a newborn one.

No wings required,

no heaven's gate— Just hearts that

choose to radiate.

From humble care,

soft angels rise, Not from the clouds

but human ties.

For every hand that

mends or mends again, Creates the grace

where angels begin.  

Sorrow surrenders

its crown to a

throne called grace. Aberjhani

For truly we are all

angels temporarily

hiding as humans.

(Or Cats)

Brian Weiss

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Linking To
Monday Murals

Detail of the 

1926 American Trust Company 

Building in Petaluma, California, 

now better known as 

the Wells-Fargo Building.

Piece of Rainbow

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

If I could capture a piece of the rainbow, I'd capture its beauty and grace. I'd wrap it around me like a warm blanket, And I'd never feel cold again. If I could capture a piece of the rainbow, I'd capture its hope and its cheer. I'd hang it on my wall in a frame, To bring joy throughout the year. Cloudia Charters

Joy is prayer–Joy is strength

–Joy is love...A joyful heart

is the inevitable result of a

heart burning with love.

Never let anything so fill you

with sorrow as to make you

forget the joy...

    Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want, and do. Emanuel Swedenborg

If you feel pain, you're alive.

If you feel other people's pain, you're a human being. Tolstoy 

𑂪𑂪𑂪𑂪𑂪𑂪𑂪𑂪𑂪𑂪

Love,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Linking To

Saturday Critters

Raindrops And Kindness

 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu

Rainbows are made

of small raindrops.

Happy lives are made

from acts of kindness

Amit Ray

  Trust the 

unfolding of your life. 

                      Many seasons will feel 

                disorienting, but 

when the dust settles, 

you'll realize that 

         you weren't being torn to pieces-

you were expanding.

Michell C. Clark

      

We didn't realize we 

were making memories, 

we just knew we 

were having fun.

Winnie the Pooh 

Pessimism leads 

to weakness, 

optimism to power. 

  William James

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Linking To 
Weekend Reflections & Street Photography
Skywatch
Feline Friday
Friday Faceoff
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The weakest ones 

are the wickedest cruel

When the strongest ones 

in gentleness rule!

    Ana Claudia Antunes