Sometimes I Think

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Sometimes I think

there are only two

instructions we need

to follow to develop

and deepen our

spiritual life:

slow down and let go.

    Oriah Mountain Dreamer

We live at the edge of 

the miraculous.

    Henry Miller

Persevere. There is

one dandelion that

grows from the crack

in the cement.

Let that one

dandelion be YOU.

     Margaret Aranda

Strelitzia nicolai, commonly known as the giant white bird of paradise or wild banana, is a species of banana-like plants with erect woody stems reaching a height of 6 m (20 ft), and the clumps formed can spread as far as 3.5 m (11 ft).

The 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)-long leaves are grey-green and arranged like a fan at the top of the stems, similar to Ravenala madagascariensis.  The entire flower can be as much as 18 cm (7.1 in) high by 45 cm (18 in) long, and is typically held just above the point where the leaf fan emerges from the stem.

Wikipedia Link

One does not discover

new lands without

consenting to lose

sight of the shore

for a very long time.

 Andre Gide

 Inconvenience is

an adventure

wrongly considered.

G. K. Chesterton

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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 Links

 Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Jaipur Garden

Skywatch

Floral Friday

Feline Friday

Sailing A Little

A L O H A From Honolulu!

- the elephants have a secret grave

where they go to lie down,

unburden their wrinkled

gray bodies, and 

soar away, light 

spirits at the end.

Robert McCammon

A sunset is the sun’s 

fiery kiss to the night.

   Crystal Woods

Sunrise is the start

of something beautiful:

the day.

Sunset is the start

of something beautiful:

the night.

Juansen Dizon

Who is staring at the sea

is already sailing a little. Paul Carvel

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Love You,

  Cloudia & Pixie

Allow But Don't Invite

A L O H A From Honolulu!

A single poem, alone

can turn tides

scatter galaxies

and 

burst forth with rivers

from paradise.

   Sanober Khan

The grass isn't always greener 

on the other side! 

  Ricky Gervais

There are three things 

extremely hard: 

steel, a diamond, and 

to know one's self.

Benjamin Franklin

Rainbow Tower Link

Allow but don't invite bad feelings.

Don't resist them.

 Don't think about them at all,

 just endure them and then they pass.

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Easy Guts

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Every corner 

and room of a house 

will carry memories, 

make these the most 

pleasurable times you 

shared with your family.

      Anthony Liccione

If you build the guts 

to do something, anything, 

then you better save enough 

to face the consequences.

Criss Jami

There is a moon, that rests 

in the quiet corners

of a lover’s lips.

   Sanober Khan

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 Love You, 

   Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To

Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Seeing Lessons

A   L   O   H   A  !

Taking an image, 

freezing a moment, 

reveals how rich 

reality truly is.

   Unknown

Photography is 

                 a love affair 

                               with life.

                                          Burk Uzzle

A camera is a tool for 

learning how to see 

without a camera.

 Dorothea Lange

In photography 

there are no shadows 

that cannot be illuminated.

August Sander

- in photography everything 

is so ordinary; it takes 

a lot of looking before 

you learn to see 

the extraordinary.

David Bailey

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Love You,
                         Cloudia & Pixie

Happy Easy Anti Aging Tips

A  L  O  H  A !

Click on Photo for Full Experience 

It makes sense
to cultivate
our inner strengths
before
our outer ones
wane.

"Old age

 is like a plane 

flying through a storm. 

Once you're aboard, 

there's nothing 

you can do." 

                      Golda Meir

"Let no feeling

 of discouragement

 prey upon you,

 and in the end you 

are sure to succeed." 

                     Abraham Lincoln 

"Opportunities to find

 deeper powers

 within ourselves 

come when life 

seems most challenging." 

Joseph Campbell

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Here are 3 Anti-Aging Tips I Use.

Adopt, Adapt, or merely Laugh

as suits YOUR situation.

Insights remain valid

 Balance 

On one foot 

then the other.

Works your core

thighs, ankles, feet,

preserves sense of

balance.

Hold a table's edge

or such till just

one finger is enough.

Then without finger touching.

Becomes easy [-er]

 Hop

Then jump

 to maintain bone mass, 

leg strength,

respiratory capacity 

 and coordination 

to avoid falls.

DO Avoid falls!

proceed hop by hop.

Begin by holding on.

Stay within your zone

which WILL expand

and you will feel great.

Sweeties

 Dump 99% of sugary treats

[includes many prepared foods]

for frozen organic fruit

MY FAVORITE!

Tastes sweet, no blood sugar

spikes, health benefits,

harms avoided.

a win/win for You!

Simple things

make BIG improvements
Thanks for joining us today
in the Green Zone

Wishing YOU the Best,

                                                                      cloudia

Bonus Points:

Coconut oil!

For cooking, 

anointing healing

skin and mouth,
[ oil pulling ]

moisturizer,

antiseptic,

butter substitute. . .

and MORE-

I've Still Got It

A   L   O   H   A  !

" I intend to live forever

or die trying. "

        Groucho Marx

I think age is a gift 

to those able

 to appreciate it.

My Trusty Steed. She gets me home;

I got her home today.

I was having a great time

riding my scooter to the store.

The world seems more alive

on two wheels,

more immediate and 

beautiful.

It's really about

the full attention

a good rider gives

to the bike, the road,

other drivers,

the sky.

Yes, it makes you feel

extra alive,

and this takes 

less speed to achieve

the longer you ride.

I don't need to go

100 MPH

to have a good time

[get my 'Ya Yas'  as we used to say]

And before you ask,

Yes, I have ridden

motorcycles

over 100 mph.

These days, that just

takes too much attention,

too much work,

but when one's mind is 

full of demons

it's great to fill your head

with LOTS of other input.

The wind shrieking like

a hurricane at 100

helps obliterate 

regrets too.

Today, she sputtered.

Then she shuddered.

Then I was parked on 

the side of the road.

Groceries, including

icy treats

in a big chill bag.

Well long story short,

I pushed a ways.

Then she started 

and

took me a ways.

Then

I pushed halfway home

the rest of the way

through Waikiki.

I still got it!

Nothing worse

than waiting for help

in the hot sun.

Glad I pushed.

If I wanted to ride

in a pickup truck

with my bike

I would own

an AMF/Harley

from back in the day!

Incidentally, 

I also repaired

my computer yesterday.

Something was very wrong.

I figured that an update

to a program I don't use

totally messed things up.

So I used 

REVO UNINSTALLER

[that's a link]

to remove the entire program

(REVO gets ALL of it)

and bingo:

no new laptop for me!

So remember. 

Ask yourself calmly:

Do I have power/petrol?

Then:

1. Restart

2. Internet connected?

3. Google your problem!

[someone else has fixed this, include error codes]

4. Sites like How To Geek [link also]

 have LOTS of great tips!

5. Re-install your operating system

as a last resort. Some geeks

do it annually!

[many repair places just do this too]

Or use the Factory Reset.

[Google or HTG can tell you how.]

Even I did that once 

when I had a computer virus.

Now time for icy snacks on the couch!

Thank YOU for looking in today

                               Fondly, cloudia