When You Move

A  L  O  H  A !

Every Critter Enjoys a Bit of Sun

 "No road is long 

with good company." 

                       Turkish Proverb 

 DUCK!

"If you want to study 

ducks and to learn all 

that is possible to know 

about ducks, then you 

had better love ducks."

                       Abraham Maslow

Or People...

Pride  Survivor

"To fly up to the sky 

and watch the 

earth is beautiful; 

to fly down to the 

earth and watch the sky

is even more beautiful!"

                      Mehmet Murat ildan

Linking to

Saturday's Critters
Camera Critters

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When you move

from a longtime home,

you realize how much

your identity and well being

consist of the people, places

and memories of your home area.

Everything 'back home' is deeply

detailed. With the internet, you

can read the home news,

watch the traffic, and talk

to your same friends all day

every day.

Your 'new home' by contrast

seems barren, unknown,

and possibly inhabited by

your worst fears, chief 

among them: isolation.

You are at the end of your

story that you know,

consoled only by what

brought you here

to this desert of everything

needful and familiar.

Look, as humans we know

that leaving the Earth

would be fatal to us;

but changing locations

ON the Earth?

No one told us we

would need a support

system for THAT too!

Slowly where you are

becomes more real.

The 'old place' recedes

to memories and stories.

Your dreams become less

anxious and upturned.

A necessary sense of  mastery

returns as you drive lost 

in thought, attentive to the

traffic, without the stress and

doubt of finding somewhere

strange. 

It's not all that strange

anymore.

So that's where I am.

Springlike days beguile.

Routines, BLESSED

routines sprout up.

Vigilance can wane.

Lost in a jelling thing

called 'home.'

Thank You

for being 'home folk'

                     Fondly, cloudia

Changes Blowing

A  L  O  H  A !

I know the sound, and feel,

of hurricane winds,

their push and howling

shriek.

I have worked

twelve hours

for seven days,

week after week.

[After week]

I've felt the lava flow,

and seen it part,

known hotter burning

in the channels

of my heart.

Too young

too long

too empty of song.

I've seen it and done it

except what comes next but

have learned in that absence:

it pays to remain un-vexed.

Change is blowing

and a nice breeze it is

you will notice in time

but don't worry:

no pop quiz!

" I'm looking for 
 Saturday's Critters! "

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Thank YOU

for being a

precious part

of my day!

                     Fondly cloudia

You CAN Change Your Mind

A  L  O  H  A !

 " A foolish consistency 

is the hobgoblin 

of little minds. "

                  Ralph Waldo Emerson 

“ You can't see change 

until you change 

the way you see.” 

                        Raimy Diaz

“ No old road 

leads  to 

new destinations! ” 

                        Israelmore Ayivor

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You can change your mind

it will be just fine.

That thing you thought

you really ought

might turn in your mouth

like bad wine.

Thank You!

           Fondly, cloudia

Ride the Sky

A L O H A !

click, please click to see these photos

Wild Horses

" Ah, steeds, steeds, what steeds! 

Has the whirlwind a home in your manes? "

Nikolai V. Gogol

'Dead Souls'

1842

 

" To ride a horse

is to ride the sky.  "

Anonymous

They call me "Mellow Yellow"

and it bugs me 

because, as you can see, 

I'm ORANGE!

"The aim of life

is to live,

and to live means to be

aware,

joyously, drunkenly, serenely, 

divinely

aware. "

 Henry Miller




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Life is NOTHING

but change.

But we are at our best

when those changes are gradual.

Humans can adapt to

ANYTHING;

We live in snowy mountains,

steaming jungles,

and everywhere in between.

Some of us make microchips

in clean rooms,

some of us work

in the sewers.

We go down into mines

and we fly into space.

We can fake it

till we make it.

We can do successive

approximations

until we get it right.

I love that word:

'incremental'

There is another word

for change that is too

Sudden:

We call it

'Trauma.'

So surf the changes,

friend;

Fake it till you make it!

As long as there is life,

there is change.

That's why we post

every day.

Thank YOU for sharing here today

                                                     Warmly, cloudia

Over the Bridge

A L O H A !

Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu

" Difficult times

have helped me to understand

better than before,

how infinitely rich and beautiful
 life is in every way, 

and that so many things 

that one goes worrying about
 are of no importance

whatsoever. "

Isak Dinesen

“He that cannot forgive others,

breaks the bridge

over which he himself must pass 

if he would ever reach heaven;

for everyone

has need to be forgiven”

 

 George Herbert 

“Let every man praise the bridge

that carries him over”

 English Proverb

"The grave is but a covered bridge

Leading from light to light,

through a brief darkness!”

 

 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ The hardest thing in life 

is to know which bridge to cross

and which to burn. ”

 

 David Russell

" The youth gets together his materials

to build a bridge to the moon,

or, perchance, a palace

or temple on the earth,

and, at length,

the middle-aged man concludes

to build a woodshed with them.  "

Henry David Thoreau

" The biggest emotion

in creation

is the bridge to optimism.  "

Brian May

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So much in our lives

could be viewed as a 

transition from one thing

to another.

We go from mother's milk

to solid food.

We transition from home

to school.

We always seem to be

on our way somewhere

else.

Perhaps that's why we love bridges.

They re cathedrals

of going

from one place

to another.

They represent delivery

and freedom;

" The river is wide

and  I just can't get

over."

Moon Bridges were built

as places of contemplation,

both OF their lovely shapes,

and as places

of View.

This one was built during the 

days of the Depression

as a WPA project

to provide meaningful work

and beauty to Honolulu-

kinda what President Obama

wants to do now

with his jobs bill.

Let's enjoy

a contemplative moment

on our rush from Here

to There.

Glad YOU could stand here 

with me for a few moments.

Thank You.

Here's a spray can-

please leave YOUR graffiti

on the 'Comments Wall.'

                                                                           Warmly, cloudia

BONUS BRIDGE:

George Washington Bridge

by Daryl

Seasons Change

Yes, Even Here In Hawaii

A L O H A

So often

we fret over impending 

change-

 - Then we enjoy

and appreciate

the changed.

 Should have done this

a long time

ago.

                                   > < } } ( ° >  Thank YOU!

Your comments make my day-

                                                           Warmly, cloudia