Provisionally Perfect

A L O H A From Honolulu!

If there's any definition

to being perfect,

you're perfect at

being yourself.

Zendaya

      HRH Kamehameha III   Link

There is no way to

genuinely, powerfully,

truly love yourself

while crafting a

mask of perfection.

   Vironika Tugaleva

We come to love

not by finding

a perfect person, but

by learning to see an

imperfect person perfectly.

    Sam Keen

Everything is perfect

and there is always

room for improvement.

   Shunryu Suzuki

 19th Century entrepreneur real estate developer C.S. Desky, built the Progress Building at Fort Street and Beretania in downtown Honolulu.

It is Richardson Romanesque style in local Oahu stone.  Link

"Desky treated the public to

surprise after surprise...

The new Progress Block

erected by him...

deserves a special mention

being the best finished

and up-to-date building

ever seen in Honolulu." 

 The Independent, April 25, 1898

    Link

When you're having

what you feel like

is a "bad day" and

then someone comes

along out of nowhere

and extends to you the

simplest of kind gestures,

you feel it so deeply

within your heart.

Miya Yamanouchi

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Links 

Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Skywatch

Floral Friday

Feline Friday

Friday Bliss

Just Clouds Passing

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Neal S. Blaisdell Center

"Memories are made here!" 

A gray day provides

the best light.

Leonardo da Vinci

Most consequential choices

involve shades of gray,

and some fog is

often useful in

getting things done.

Timothy Geithner

Gray skies are just 

clouds passing over.

Duke Ellington

Some people

go to priests;

others to poetry;

I to my friends.

Virginia Woolf

Walter Murray Gibson Building

842 Bethel Street, Honolulu

Opened: 1930

Architect: Louis E. Davis

Style: Spanish Revival

"During the reign of King Kalakaua,

the Minister of the Interior purchased

the property at Bethel Street

and Merchant Street in 1885.

Construction of a new

police station began in 1886.

In 1930, Louis E. Davis was commissioned

for the design of a new building in

the same spot by the same name.

The architecture is similar to the popular

Territorial/Spanish Revival style

seen in Honolulu Hale, [City Hall]

the Academy of Arts,

the C. Brewer & Co. Building,

and more. Like other buildings

of this style, the walls are concrete

covered with a rough stucco finish.

The Walter Murray Gibson Building also

features sandstone from Waianae Oahu,

eleven tons of Roja Alicante marble

from France, and doors made

of mahogany from the Philippines.

When it was used as a police station,

police occupied the basement." 

                Link

Not only is there a

right to be happy,

there is a duty

to be happy.

So much sadness

exists in the world

that we are all

under obligation to contribute as much joy as

lies within our powers.

John S. Bonnell

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To

Wild Bird Wednesday

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Residences Honolulu

 A   L   O   H   A  !

The shiny tower is Century Center Link

When you set a good 

example to the world, 

you become a flag 

waving on the skies 

of the entire world!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Kapiolani Residence shining in morning sun Link

Light, God's eldest daughter, 

is a principal beauty 

in a building.

Thomas Fuller

Waikiki Landmark Link 

I like  the two joined towers of this building.

They resemble a Torii Gate right 

at the entry to Waikiki. 

It was built to appeal to 

the high end Japanese 

visitor/resident just as the

Japanese financial bubble burst.

Sweet Little Rainbow Court Link

Gratitude is happiness  

doubled by wonder.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Homeless Camp Under Blue Tarp. I like how a

toggle through the balustrade fastens the roof.

You have to be 

comfortable 

in the 

uncomfortableness.

        A. J. McLean

Waikiki Chateau with reflected Hawaii Flag Link

“The American flag doesn't give her glory

 on a peaceful, calm day. 

It's when the winds pick up and become 

boisterous, do we see her strength. 

When she unfolds her 

hand, and shows her frayed fingers, 

where we see the 

stretch of red-blood lines of man 

that fought for this land. 

The purity of white stripes 

that strips our sins, and the 

stars of Abraham's covenant, 

broad in a midnight blue sky.

The rights our forefathers established. 

As it waves high in 

the currents of freedom, 

where the Torch of Liberty shines 

over the sea, does she give 

meaning to unity. When we 

strive as one nation, or 

when it drops half-mast, 

to a fallen soldier.”

 Anthony Liccione

Perfect kitty-size gap for a perfect size kitty!

If you're comfortable 

with who you are, 

it shows in your walk.

                                Dawn Olivieri

Cozy Queen Cove

Just be comfortable 

with who you are.     

Chris Pratt

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We Love You,
                                Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday 

Little Things Thursday

Weekend Reflections

Messenger And Message

A  L  O  H  A !

To succeed in life, you need three things: 

a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.

              Reba McEntire

You need to make a commitment, 

and once you make it, then life 

will give you some answers. 

             Les Brown

Same building as photo above

I fell in love with taking pictures, with 

wandering around finding things. 

To me, it feels like a kind of performance. 

The picture is a document of that performance.  

            Alec Soth

Whenever you have truth

it must be given with love,

or the message and

the messenger 

will be rejected.

          Gandhi

Linking To

Saturday Critters

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Love YOU,

cloudia

Selfie Madness

A  L  O  H  A !

Ah Waikiki! Wait. What's that on the roof?

You are only young once, 

but you can stay 

immature indefinitely. 

         Ogden Nash

That is not a deck, balcony or lanai. 

No rails, not meant for people.

"If the sight of the blue skies 

fills you with joy, if a 

blade of grass springing up 

in the fields has power to 

move you, if the simple things 

of nature have a message that 

you understand, rejoice, for 

your soul is alive.

               Eleonora Duse

 Immortal Youth: What Price Social Media Likes?

Take hold of grace, for 

younger you will never be. 

                    Swedish Proverb

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Stay Safe Dear!

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Waikiki Streets

A  L  O  H  A !

Bride & Company. Every Day In Waikiki

"Happy is the bride 

the sun shines on."

English Proverb

"Whatsoever a new bride 

touches is fragrant."

Maltese Proverb

Tropical Kitch. I love the color 

[obviously] and the port-holes!

"You're a cavity in my oasis,

You're a porthole in my sea,

You're a stretch of the imagination

every time you look at me.” 

      Charlotte M Liebel-Fawls

       “Overmodulation"

Top Of Waikiki & Royal Hawaiian [Pink]

"Don’t let the summits 

determine your altitude; 

let the height you like 

be your summit!” 

         Mehmet Murat ildan

Linking To

Our World Tuesday

Travel Tuesday

Tuesday Treasures

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Thank YOU

Friend!

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Groom