Showing posts with label Novato. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Novato. Show all posts

Monday, September 28, 2020

Dawn Lagoon

 A   L   O   H   A !


Every act is either 

an act of love or 

a cry for love.

     Jay Shetty











When you are not sure, 

flip a coin because while 

the coin is in the air, you

realize which one 

you are actually hoping for.

        Jay Shetty













Circumstances are the 

rulers of the weak; 

they are but the 

instruments of the wise.

             Samuel Lover















I love asking kids 

what they want to be 

when they grow up because 

I’m still looking for ideas.

            Jay Shetty














"Rancho  Novato"
This Mural in Novato California shows the area well.


When nothing is sure, 

everything is possible.

         Margaret Drabble














All of these photos were taken in 
Marin County California when we
lived there recently for 4 years. 

Pixie had the chance to meet &
greet the wildlife, to walk along the fence, 
and to hear the coyotes call. 

I'm pretty sure she also was on friendly terms 
with the racoon family on the property. 

The ducks were her especial friends.

 I saw them beak to whisker many times. 

Pixie was trying to figure them
out. The ducks hoped she 
had some food for them no doubt.



𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒒𐒕

Love You!
                   Pixie & Cloudia


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Sunday, January 6, 2019

Joyful Recipes

A  L  O  H  A !
"A good laugh is 
sunshine in the house."  
William Makepeace Thackeray














"Rancho Novato" Novato CA

"Trust yourself. Create the kind 
of self that you will be 
happy to live with all your life. "  
           Golda Meir


















"It is not happiness 
that makes us grateful,
 but gratefulness that 
makes us happy.” 
        Brother David Steindl-Rast









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𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭬𐭲

Thank YOU
Friend!
                   Warmly, cloudia

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Have More Of It

A  L  O  H  A !
"There is no such thing 
in anyone's life as 
an unimportant day."
         Alexander Woollcott











Novato, CA
“The growth of understanding 
follows an ascending 
spiral rather than 
a straight line”
         Joanna Field








"Make it a habit to tell people 
thank you. 
To express your appreciation, sincerely 
and without the expectation of 
anything in return. 
Truly appreciate those around you, 
and you'll soon find 
many others around you. 
Truly appreciate life, and 
you'll find that you 
have more of it." 
                       Ralph Marston




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Thank YOU
Friend!
               Warmly, cloudia

Monday, May 14, 2018

Don't Pray

A  L  O  H  A !
Newark, New Jersey
"Those who are willing 
to be vulnerable move 
among the mysteries."
                Theodore Roethke







Waikiki, Hawaii
"Don’t pray when it rains if you 
don’t pray when the sun shines."
                       Satchel Paige











"Rancho Novato" Detail; Novato CA

“When a thing is funny, 
search it carefully for 
a hidden truth.” 
            George Bernard Shaw

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Thank YOU
Friend!
           Warmly, cloudia

Friday, March 16, 2018

You Choose

A  L  O  H  A !
 “It's wonderful to be grateful. 
To have that gratitude well out 
from deep within you and 
pour out in waves. 
Once you truly experience this, 
you will never want 
to give it up.” 
                  Srikumar Rao









 "Sometimes you just need
to talk about something—
not to get sympathy or help,
but just to kill its power by
allowing the truth of things
to hit the air."
Karen Salmansohn












Honolulu

“Negative people need 
drama like oxygen. 
Stay positive, it'll take 
their breath away.” 
               Tony Gaskins




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Thank You
Friend!
          Fondly, cloudia






Tuesday, February 13, 2018

You Will Never Want To Give It Up

A  L  O  H  A !
Mt. Olompali - Click on photo to enter

“It's wonderful to be grateful. 
To have that gratitude 
well out from deep 
within you and pour 
out in waves. -








Olompali above SMART Train tracks & 
Novato Station


- Once you truly 
experience this, you 
will never want 
to give it up.” 
      Srikumar Rao











Chinese New Year is Looming. Goody!

“He is crooked enough 
to hide behind a 
spiral staircase.” 
                           Anne McCaffrey

Anyone come to mind?




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Thank YOU
Friend!
                 Fondly, cloudia

Monday, February 5, 2018

Merely Waiting

A  L  O  H  A !

“If you have an ongoing 
relationship with a person, 
think of everything positive 
about that person that 
you possibly can and enter your 
interaction from that space. -







- Ignore all the crap that 
used to drive you 
up the wall before. You 
will be amazed at 
what a change this 
attitude shift brings about.” 
               Srikumar Rao














"Chaos is merely order 
waiting to be deciphered."
                             José Saramago


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Thank YOU
Friend!
            Warmly, cloudia


Friday, January 19, 2018

Country Life

A  L  O  H  A !
"Throw your dreams into 
space like a kite, and 
you do not know what 
it will bring back, a 
new life, a new friend, a 
new love, a new country."
              Anais Nin







"Anybody can be good in the country. 
There are no temptations there."     
            Oscar Wilde





Olompali Link Hiker's Link
“I live not in myself, but I become 
Portion of that around me; and to me 
High mountains are a feeling. . ."
                Lord Byron
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Waikiki is a packed human
zoo, on a tiny island, hours
away from anywhere else.
[just a BIT like the Star Wars Cantina]

Honolulu is a global pulse-point
where East & West meet.

Something's ALWAYS going on
on Oahu.

While San Francisco is
an international pulsepoint
all it's own, out here on the
rim of the Bay Area in 
Rural Marin county. . .
Well, it's a very different
life here.

I like it!

Provided I can get my
periodic dose of people
and place back home
in the islands.

Visits to San Francisco
are always exciting too,
especially driving across
the Golden Gate Bridge

And so it goes.
Life brings us 
New adventures.
And I say
Go For IT.

Fondly,
                  cloudia

Friday, January 5, 2018

Earthquake Country

A  L  O  H  A !
My First CA Earthquake
"Do not wait; the time 
will never be 'just right.' 
Start where you stand, 
and work with whatever 
tools you may have at 
your command, and better 
tools will be found 
as you go along." 
            George Herbert







'Sense of Place: Mt. Olompali & Novato CA Buildings

"The Sun does not realize 
how wonderful it is until 
after a room is made."
                Louis Kahn, architect 






"In the early morning hours 
of April 18, 1906, San Franciscans 
were shaken awake by an earthquake. 
The magnitude 7.8 temblor was 
centered just off the coast of 
the Golden Gate and felt from 
Los Angeles to Oregon, and inland 
as far as Nevada."

Earthquake survivor Bill Bon Barton 
said that the night before the quake 
he, "Kissed my mother good night 
and she said, 'Be sure you say 
your prayers before you go to bed.' 
Little did I know, at that moment, that 
I would never see my family again."









“Where the bright seraphim 
in burning row
Their loud uplifted 
angel trumpets blow.” 
             John Milton



Quake Info:


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My first California earthquake (a4.4) began at 2:39 a.m. Thursday Jan 4 local time.

Sleeping soundly, I awoke any what I thought was
someone was shaking the bed
to waken me. "Honey?" No Answer.
I felt around. Had Pixie jumped on
the bed? No. So I went back to sleep.

Back in the mid-80's my Kona 
coffee shack had danced on it's
poles in a 5.5. I'll tell you about the hurricanes, lava, and tsunamis sometime.

You know, something like this
makes me look around at my
functioning house, and peaceful
neighborhood, and sigh:
"Thank YOU!"

Normal days are inestimable
TREASURES!

Thank YOU
Friend!
            Fondly, cloudia