Sunday, August 16, 2026

Even Grapes


 A  L  O  H  A 
From

Honolulu
Each day brings
new opportunities,
allowing you to constantly
live with love-
be there for others-
bring a little light
into someone's day.
Be grateful and live
each day to the fullest.
 Roy T. Bennett




There is something 
infinitely healing in the 
repeated refrains of nature—
the assurance that dawn 
comes after night, and 
spring after winter.
Rachel Carson





Nothing important 
comes into being overnight; 
even grapes and figs 
need time to ripen. 
      Epictetus


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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

ཌྷ ཌྷ ཌྷ



 Linking To

Monday Murals



Fairfax California Library





Saturday, August 15, 2026

Powerful


  A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu
If you realized how powerful
your thoughts are,
you would never think
a negative thought.
 Peace Pilgrim

Start by doing what’s
necessary; then do
what’s possible; and
suddenly you are
doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi


The amazing face of the
motherly mammal of a seal
near the oceanic shore has
more honesty to offer to our
world than the unreliable
feature of a
two-faced politician.
Munia Khan




Always bear in mind that your
own resolution to be successful
is more important than
any other one thing.
Abraham Lincoln


꧁❤꧂

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia




 A seal head emerged, 
and its liquid brown eyes 
watched us pass. 
I could smell magic 
in the air again, and
 I wanted to sob with the 
relief and pain of it.
This is who you are, 
the trees said.
"Oh," I said, so low I didn't 
think it was even a sound.”
   Erica Bauermeister


Friday, August 14, 2026

Sell One

  A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

To create
one's own world
in any of the arts
takes courage.
Georgia O'Keeffe





White African Iris
Dietes iridioides, also called
Fortnight Lily

If you have two
loaves of bread, sell one
and buy a lily.
Chinese Proverb




Intelligent people are not
always the most educated.
They're the ones
willing to learn. Sibel Terhaar

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

ᬎᬎᬎ



Face of this dog,
glanced for a moment—
intelligence, yearning,
quiet in his eyes
a spirit that knows love,
 and the way home.


Thursday, August 13, 2026

Yellow Amber Orange


  A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu

With love and patience, nothing is impossible. Daisaku Ideda




The California golden poppy
(Eschscholzia californica) is
California's official state flower.
It's a flowering plant that's native
to Western North America,
including Mexico.



Courtesy
 is the one coin
 you can never have
 too much of
 or be stingy with. 
                       John Wanamaker
                               [ inventor of the price tag ]




The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook. William James


𐭿 𐭿 𐭿

Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿𐭿



Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Beauty Cusion, Wisdom To Guide

 
 A  L  O  H  A 
From
Honolulu
That each sorrow has its purpose,
By the sorrowing oft unguessed,
But as sure as the sun
brings morning,
Whatever is-
is best. Ella Wheeler Wilcox



Kigelia
Africana
"Sausage Tree"
From root to fruit, the sausage tree carries
traditional African healing wisdom.
soothing skin, and easing inflammation,




Click on photo for third Grace

Beauty opens the heart;  

Wisdom gives it depth;  

Fate teaches surrender—  

Just take time to catch your breath.  


Let Wisdom steady your steps.  

May Beauty delight your eyes.  

Fate reveals its lessons in time,  

Through repetition and surprise.  


The graces  

Of a well-lived life:  

Beauty is the flower,  

Wisdom is the root,  

Fate is like the weather—  

Humility leads to power.  


Wisdom teaches how  

To meet it all with grace.  

To a wise and loving heart,  

Even Fate shows a teaching face.  


May your life be radiant,  

Peacefully carried by Fate:  

Grace without vanity,  

Wisdom free of pride,  

Acceptance without defeat—  

I am ever on your side.  


Cloudia Charters 

The traditional Greek Three Graces are associated with brightness, joy, and flourishing. Ours is a personal modern trinity of:
Beauty, Wisdom, and Fate





We are here to find that dimension within ourselves that is deeper than thought.
Eckhart Tolle

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

꯳꯳꯳

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Mystery Entirety

  A  L  O  H  A 

From

Honolulu


Each time dawn appears, 
the mystery is there 
in its entirety. 
          Rene Daumal


Our folly was that we
listened to the crows
when we should have
listened to the doves. Anthony T. Hincks



Grace – the humble, gentle, 
calm and acceptant
human spirit that helps us
affirm the dark, and
inspires us to
seek the light.
Neena Verma




What is more basic
than the need
to be known?
It is the entirety
of intimacy,
the elixir of love,
this knowing. Audrey Niffenegger



あ あ あ
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia
あああ