Combat Of Fools

 A   L   O   H   A !

Too many people

merely shop

the truths and 

opinions of others,

never troubling to look

deeply enough

to form their own.

Such folks

consider conversation

a competition.

Cheering on their 

ready-made

allegiances, sadly failing

to find the thrill of

discovering fuller truth

by really listening 

to one another.

Collaboration is

the opposite

of capitulation.

Only the self-confident

can play in the fields

of ideas, growing

wisdom all the while.

Anyway, 

that's what Pixie

tells me

this morning!

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LOVE YOU!

                         pixie & cloudia

"Just a couple of happy-go-lucky bums 

watching it all go down."

Shadows Recede

A  L  O  H  A !

Lowell Arizona by Anissa Gunther

As long as anger 

dominates our disposition, 

there is no possibility 

of lasting happiness. 

   Dalai Lama

A good laugh is 

sunshine in a house.

            William Thackeray

Finnegan's Bar, Marin CA

Without deviation 

from the norm

progress is not possible.

            Frank  Zappa

Before Times, 2013

Never love anyone 

who treats you

like you're ordinary.

 Oscar Wilde

There is a calmness 

to a life lived in 

gratitude, a quiet joy. 

 Ralph Blum

Every time you do 

a good deed you 

shine the light a little 

farther into the dark. 

And the thing is, 

when you're gone 

that light is going to 

keep shining on, 

pushing the 

shadows back.

    Charles de Lint

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We Love You!

                Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To:

Travel Tuesday

Happy Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World

T Tuesday

Wild Bird Wednesday

wednesday signs

Sunlight

A    L    O    H    A  !

Although our intellect 

always longs for clarity 

and certainty, our nature 

often finds uncertainty 

fascinating. 

     Carl von Clausewitz

Gratitude is happiness  

doubled by wonder.

     Gilbert K. Chesterton

There is something 

of the marvelous in 

all things of nature.  

 

            Aristotle

Music is well said 

to be the speech 

of angels; in fact, 

nothing among the 

utterances allowed to man 

is felt to be so divine. 

It brings us near 

to the infinite.

    Thomas Carlyle

Birds sing after a storm;

why shouldn't people feel 

as free to delight in 

whatever sunlight 

remains to them?

            Rose Kennedy

The day after we adopted 

Pixie, her "last chance"

ad appeared!

Cloudia & I

Wish You

a Wonderful

Week!

                          Pixie

Linking To:

Monday Murals

Our World Tuesday

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

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

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Love You Guys!

                                                  cloudia

Enjoyment Of One's Self

A  L  O  H  A !

“Life is at its best 

when everything has 

fallen out of place, 

and you decide that 

you're going to fight 

to get them right- ” 

           Thisuri Wanniarachchi

"One resolution I have made, 

and try always to keep, 

is this: To rise above 

the little things."

                 John Burroughs

Waikiki Reflected

"True happiness is of a retired nature, 

and an enemy to pomp and noise; 

it arises, in the first place, from the 

enjoyment of one's self, and 

in the next from the friendship 

and conversation of a 

few select companions." 

            Joseph Addison

Weekend Reflections

Floral Friday

ଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅଅ

Thank YOU

Friend!

               Fondly, cloudia

Stronger Than Sunshine 🌞🌈💋

A  L  O  H  A !

"Don't worry about 

people stealing an idea. 

If it's original, you 

will have to ram it 

down their throats."

       Howard Aiken

Diamond Head Road

"Keep your eyes on the stars, 

and your feet 

on the ground." 

  Theodore Roosevelt 

Duke Kahanamoku

“A dove struggling in a storm 

grows stronger than an 

eagle soaring in sunshine.” 

      Matshona Dhliwayo

Linking To

Monday Murals 

Macro Monday2   

Our World Tuesday

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Thank YOU

Friend!

                Warmly, cloudia