Many Faces

 A  L  O  H  A   From Honolulu!

I never tire of rainbows. May they never tire of me!

The future is always 

beginning now.

     Mark Strand

Real generosity toward the future 

lies in giving all to the present.

                Albert Camus

It takes a lot of imagination 

to be a good photographer.  . .

in photography everything 

is so ordinary; it takes a 

lot of looking before you 

learn to see the ordinary.

 David Bailey

Lilies Sillies

Getaway, N. Shore Oahu

Sometimes you need 

to step outside, 

get some fresh air and 

remind yourself 

of who you are and 

who you want to be.

Gossip Girl 

A positive attitude gives you 

power over your circumstances 

instead of your circumstances 

having power over you. 

                                Joyce Meyer

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Love You,

       Pixie & Cloudia

Opening Music

A  L  O  H  A !

Simplicity is the 

glory of expression.

          Walt Whitman

Drinking at the Bar, Waikiki

Nobody enjoys the company of others 

as intensely as someone who usually 

avoids the company of others.  

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Dusk, Waikiki

Sunset is the opening 

music of the night.     

           Mehmet Murat ildan

Linking To:

T Tuesday

Travel Tuesday

Tuesday Treasures  

Happy Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday

sunset

㋥

Love You Guys!

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Travel Brings

A  L  O  H  A !

 Honolulu

 “Travel brings power 

and love back 

into your life.” 

       Rumi

   

“Wherever you go 

becomes a part 

of you somehow.” 

 Anita Desai

 “Moonlight disappears 

down the hills

mountains vanish 

into fog

and i vanish 

into poetry.” 

           Sanober Khan

"I've never seen a problem 

that was solved by only 

complaining about it."

          Steve Keating

Linking To

Monday Mural

𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊬𐊼

Thank YOU

Friend!

                  Warmly, cloudia

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

Magic of Waikiki

A  L  O  H  A !

Dusk Hula, Waikiki Hula Mound

"I see memories out of the past,

memories that always will last

of a place beside the sea. . . "

Last gleams of day, last walk on the beach

Waikîkî

"At night when the shadows are falling

I hear the rolling surf calling

Calling and calling to me. . . 

Moana Hotel, Kalakaua Avenue

"Your tropic nights and 

your wonderful charms

Are ever in my memory

And I recall when I held in my arms

An angel sweet and heavenly. . . 

Bill M, Artist, Waikiki

"Waikîkî

Tis for you that my heart is yearning

My thoughts are always returning

Out there to you across the sea. . ."

                            Andy Cummings*

Linking to

Our World Tuesday

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Thank YOU

my Pili Aloha!

             Fondly, cloudia

* WAIKIKI © 1938
Lyrics & Music: Andrew Kealoha Cummings

 "Andy Cummings, a respected and well-loved composer and musician, wrote this song while in Lansing, Michigan on tour with The Paradise Islands revue. 'It was a cold and foggy night in November 1938 and we were walking back to our hotel from the theatre. I thought of Waikiki with its rolling surf, warm sunshine, palm trees, and…'"
Recording: 78rpm: Andy Cummings, Bell Records 1946  Link

Not The Same Having Seen

A  L  O  H  A !

"Hand in hand, with fairy grace,

Will we sing and bless this place."

      William Shakespeare 

         A Midsummer Night's Dream

"If you realized how powerful 

your thoughts are, you 

would never think 

a negative thought."

           Peace Pilgrim 

"The wisest ones follow 

their own direction.

            Euripides

“Every walker is a 

guard on patrol to 

protect the ineffable.” 

           Rebecca Solnit, 

      Wanderlust: A History of Walking

“There comes . . . 

a longing  -

- never to travel again 

except on foot.” 

Wendell Berry, 

                 'Remembering'

The World Is Wide

"Mine!  All Mine!"

 “I am not the same, 

having seen the moon 

shine on the other 

side of the world.” – 

                   Mary Anne Radmacher

Miss Pixie

was a rescue cat

in Hawaii.

She was nervous

and not adept

at selling herself to

prospective families.

So she lived in jail

for almost her full time.

Then in a tiny

Waikiki apartment

with us.

Now she is the Lady

of substantial lands,

birds, sights

and smells.

So never give up!

May we all find

our paradise

as Pixie has.

Amen

Linking to

Saturday Critters

♕♛♕♛♕♛♕♛♕♛♔

Thank YOU

Friend!

       Purring, cloudia

Wanderer's Home

A  L  O  H  A !

 Sitting in Waikiki

Looking out to sea

I wonder if you 

ever think of me

Linking to
Shadow Shot Sunday

 Sea Birds know:

best to forage

as you go.

When the sky

is your home

You're never alone.

Linking to

The Bird D'Pot

Only Marin

of the Golden Dawn.

In the chorus of

The Golden State

Mesmerizing with

Her song.

 한국 전통

So many have come

from immemorial times -

- With their songs

foods, values, cultures

over centuries

these very hills ring!

[First Nations, Miwok, Pomo,

Spanish, Mexico, Americans,

Swiss, Italian, British,

Chinese, Danes, Jews,

Dentists. . .]

California -

"The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its [Mex.] successful war for independence, but was ceded to the United States in 1848 after the Mexican–American War. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, and admitted as the 31st state on September 9, 1850."

 Wikipedia  Link

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May this be said of me

and of you too:

"She is free in her wildness, 

she is a wanderess, a 

drop of free water. She 

knows nothing of borders 

and cares nothing for 

rules or customs. 

'Time' for her 

isn’t something to 

fight against. Her 

life flows clean, 

with passion, like 

fresh water.” 

              Roman Payne

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Thank YOU

Friend!

     Warmly,cloudia

Traveling

A  L  O  H  A !

 " Traveling- it leaves you 

speechless,

 then turns you into 

a storyteller. "

                   Ibn Battuta'

I'll be back with new stories SOON

Thank YOU

for Visiting!

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Novato

A  L  O  H  A !

Novato (/nəˈvɑːtoʊ/ nə-vah-toh) 

is a city in northern Marin County, 

in the North Bay region of the 

San Francisco Bay Area, 

about 30 miles (48 km) north of 

San Francisco on U.S. 101.

 2010 U S Census population: 51,904.

Today's Novato was home to several 

Coast Miwok villages: 

Chokecherry, Puyuku,  and Olompali, 

[at the present Olompali State Historic Park.^[9]]]

In 1839 the Mexican government 

granted the 8,876-acre 

(35.92 km²) Rancho Novato 

to Fernando Feliz. 

[The rancho was named after a 

local Miwok leader who had 

probably been given the 

name of Saint Novatus 

at his baptism.^[10] ]

Novato, along with 

the rest of California,

became part of the United States 

on February 2, 1848. 

" If you don't support the death penalty

 and citizens packing a pistol - 

don't come to Texas. 

If you don't like medicinal marijuana 

and gay marriage, don't move to California. "

Rick Perry

"I grew up in Marin County 

north of San Francisco, and 

in the 1950s and '60s 

it was a natural paradise." 

                                 Huey Lewis

 A railroad was built in 1879, 

connecting Novato to Sonoma County

 and San Rafael. The current depot 

was built in 1917, but closed in 1959 

and is largely derelict. 

The station is still standing.

The Presbyterian church, 

still a landmark in Novato today, 

was built in 1896. Until 2006 it 

housed a number of city offices,

 but was vacated that year due 

to safety concerns and condemned. 

The church has since been renovated,

and city offices returned.

Novato has warm, mostly dry summers 

and cool, wet winters.

 Average January temperatures were 

a maximum of 53.6 °F (12.0 °C) and a 

minimum of 38.7 °F (3.7 °C). 

Average July temperatures were a 

maximum of 79.9 °F (26.6 °C) and 

a minimum of 52.0 °F (11.1 °C). 

Novato was incorporated 

as a city in 1960

Thanks, 

Wikipedia

And Thank YOU

for strolling with us!

                         Warmly, cloudia