Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Calm And Quiet


  A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

Savor calm
And quiet grace,
Forget the stormy
Tempest's chase.

For in sweet stillness
Peace is found,
Here together 
On sacred ground.

Cloudia Charters



A happy family is but
an earlier heaven.
Sir John Bowring
In an 1837 hymn



The Fly

God in his wisdom
made the fly
And then forgot
to tell us why.
Ogden Nash

Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly. George MacDonald


᭛᭛᭛᭛᭛᭛᭛᭛ Love You, Cloudia & Pixie



15 comments:

DrumMajor said...

Lovely elegant Pixie with her paw tucked inward. Linda in Kansas

eileeninmd said...

Hello Cloudia,
Love the rainbow images and your sweet Pixie.
I love your poem too, peace found on sacred ground.
Take care, enjoy your day!

Tom said...

...calm and quiet sounds good to me.

Anvilcloud said...

Nevermind the fly, why the mosquito.

Barbara Rogers said...

Lovely images and words...have a peaceful Wednesday!

MELODY JACOB said...

This has a very gentle feel to it. The opening lines about calm and quiet set the mood straight away, like a pause from everything busy.

RedPat said...

I wondered about the mosquito too, Cloudia. ;-)

Martha Jane Orlando said...

It's so easy to trust Pixie. What a gorgeous shot of her, Cloudia!

Cloudia said...

Thanks dears! Such a joy to be here with you. Thank you for looking in in aloha

Jenn Jilks said...

All the best.
We've had rain and thunderstorms! The vegetation is happy.

DVArtist said...

Wishing you and Pixie a very happy day.

Michelle said...

Hugs to you and Pixie :)

Kay said...

I'm noticing Pixie's cute eyebrows.

Teresa said...

I love the Ogden Nash poem (and the lovely pics, especially the rainbow). I think Pixie is telling Ogden that God made flies for cats to practice pouncing.

Kathy G said...

Pixie looks very pensive. Is she pondering why there are flies?