A Garden Is A Private World

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The secret of the mountain is that

the mountains simply exist,

as I do myself: the mountains

exist simply, which I do not.

The mountains have no "meaning,"

they are meaning;

the mountains are. Peter Matthiessen

A garden is a private world

or it is nothing.

Eleanor Perenyi

Smokey Lunar New Year Dancing Lions in Town!

前兔无量 / 前兔似锦

Qián tù wúliàng / Qián tù sì jǐn

A promising/bright rabbit ahead!

It's Year Of The CAT, You Know! *

Tiền vào nhu nước sông Đà,
tiền ra nhỏ giọt như cà phê phin:

Money influx is as strong as Da's river; expenditure is as little as dripping coffee.

Our Vietnamese New Year Wish

To YOU!

ꯗꯗꯗꯗꯗꯗꯗꯗꯗꯗꯗꯗꯗꯏ

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

* Lunar Year of the Rabbit,

is considered Year of the Cat in Vietnam!

Art & Science

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Chinese New Year/

Lunar New Year

is my favorite time! Photo is

from 2019. This year, again, 

will be observed more quietly.

But I WILL hear dancing lions

one way of another! Perhaps

even feed them lucky dollars.

Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

begins the 

Year  Of  The  Tiger!

After a period of rain & wind

these glorious skies

uplift my mood and soul!

Spring Feelings. . .

I was cursed or blessed with

a prolonged adolescence;

I arrived at some seeming maturity

when I was past thirty. It was only

in my forties that I really began

to feel young. By then

I was ready for it.

By this time I had

lost many illusions,

but fortunately not

my enthusiasm, nor

the joy of living, nor my

unquenchable curiosity.

   Henry Miller

Even if you cover the

whole world with darkness,

you can never stop the

sun from rising.

     Debasish Mridha

Living is an art,

it's not a science. You make it up as you go along. Al Hirschfeld

𓂦𓂦𓂦𓂦𓂦𓂩

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

Leaking to

weekend street photography

Lion Found Me OR Lion Looks

 A  L  O  H  A  !

Never ever doubt in magic. 

The purest honest thoughts 

come from children, ask 

any child if they believe 

in magic and they will 

tell you the truth.     

Scott Dixon

Honolulu: Magic City

Magic is not about having 

a puzzle to solve. It's 

about creating a moment 

of awe and astonishment. 

And that can be 

a beautiful thing     

     David Blaine

One of our Magics is the Lion Dance.

This time of year, Lunar New Year,

the island resounds with cymbals

and drums! The Lions Dance!

And they are not confined

to China Town.

At schools, businesses, 

and private homes:

The Lions Dance!

In every normal year, 

Chinatown bans cars

and throngs of people

fill the streets, as do many

Lion Dance troops!

Blessing a business NOT in Chinatown

One hears them around a corner,

and turns it to join the 

WONDER! FLASH! SMOKE!

FACES! FAMILIES!

W O N D E R!

Little Lions Will Grow. Feed Them! 

We feed the lions.

They like dollar bills.

It brings us luck!

On the continent, I did not

see people feeding the lions,

but did so anyway.

One ALWAYS needs luck,

especially far from home.

Shine your soul with the same

egoless humility as the rainbow

and no matter where you go

in this world or the next,

love will find you, 

attend you,

and bless you.

       Aberjhani

Spring 

Is 

Coming!

I'm the only lion you're gonna need!

No public events this year.

We drove Chinatown on

Lunar New Year in search

of lions. But never heard one.

Later, at home,

sitting in my chair,

I heard something 

familiar.

I rushed to the window!

And there it was:

It had found me!

[Evidence Below

Followed by a normal year]

Linking To

Jaipur Garden Affair

Nature Thursday

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday

新年快乐 Lunar New Year in Honolulu

Gong Zee Fah Tsai!

Bang! Crash! 

Chase away your blues!

We're done with all that.

Welcome the clever Rat

who can accomplish

great things!

Linking To

Monday Murals

Hope smiles from the threshold 

of the year to come, Whispering 

'it will be happier.'

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Lunar New Year

is not celebrated only
in a discreet district, or
Honolulu's ChinaTown. 

Lions & firecrackers
- even hundred-foot golden dragon-
will be heard and seen EVERYWHERE
in coming days:
Malls, shopping centers, banks
businesses, schools, homes. . .

January 25th 2020

Lunar New Year

 Wonder & Memories

All events MUST have a 

Clipboard Guy!

 Grab your earplugs,

and a dollar or three to feed

the lions. Then your good luck

in the new year

will be assured!

 Blessing First Hawaiian Bank Branch

Be sure to visit the temples
and receive a New Year Blessing
at the Shinto Shrine.

Are Chinese Dancing Lions
"Critters?" YES!

Linking To
Saturday Critters



Loving You,
Wishing You All
The Best!
                                            cloudia



Be sure your volume is 4 not 10!

Children and Lions

A   L   O   H   A  !

Children or babies learn to mimic 

the vibration of the adults 

who surround them long before 

they learn to mimic their words.

                   Abraham Hicks

Children are the hands by which 

we take hold of heaven.

        Henry Ward Beecher

Children have such an innocent view of their world 

and surroundings; every thought is 

a garden full of wonder.     

           C.J. Heck

The hardest job kids face today 

is learning good manners 

without seeing any.

     Fred Astaire

Was It All A Dream?

The feeling of being at home

in yourself, is an expensive jewel.

But once you have acquired it,

carry it secretly wherever you go.

Touchstone.

⃤̈́̈́̈́̈́̈́̈́̈́

Love You,

                        cloudia

Linking To Wild Bird Wednesday

Here

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

But That Is It's Beauty

A  L  O  H  A !

Marin, CA

“Life is not always perfect. 

Like a road, it has many 

bends, ups and down, 

but that’s its beauty.” 

             Amit Ray

Marin, CA

Be; 

Here; 

Now. 

It's where 

your life 

is happening!

                                     cloudia

"What hurt you today

was taken out of your heart

by the meadowlark

who slipped the silver needle of 

her song in and out of the grey day."

 Written on a sidewalk 

outside the Happy Gnome 

in St. Paul MN

好運在新的一年

Altar of a Chinese Temple, Honolulu

"The longer I live, 

the more uninformed I feel. 

Only the young have an

 explanation for everything."

                     Isabel Allende

Linking to

Weekend Reflections

InSpired Sunday

𐭄𐭄𐭄𐭄𐭄𐭄𐭄𐭃

Thank YOU

Friend!

            Sincerely, cloudia