Sidewalk Ghosts

A  L  O  H  A !

"Recognize yourself in 

he and she who are 

not like you and me." 

             Carlos Fuentes 

“The chief beauty about time is 

that you cannot waste it in advance.

The next year, the next day, 

the next hour are 

lying ready for you,

as perfect, as unspoiled,

You can turn over a 

new leaf every hour

if you choose.” 

               Arnold Bennett

“We're all ghosts. 

We all carry, inside us, 

people who 

came before us.” 

               Liam Callanan

"God's love for others 

does not stop at the border;

 neither should ours." 

             Dillon Burroughs  

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Thank YOU

Friend!

          Warmly, cloudia

San Francisco Sunday

A  L  O  H  A !

I love the Golden Gate Bridge.
Slender Pagodas,
impossibly high
above the windy Bay,
whisking one into 
the magic City;
Or up to the glorious
forested North.
And Home.

Cadillac Building

"He who rejects change 

is the architect of decay. 

The only human institution 

which rejects progress 

is the cemetery." 

                 Harold Wilson 

Click on these dudes

with their cogs

and spoked tires.

Cars today are

L-Ion Batteries

and computers!

And a sweet little

terracotta Bear Cub,

California's Golden Bear.

He's been watching

the street scene

in San Francisco

for a LONG time!

Did you see

his Comfort Spiral

eyes?

Cities are charged 

with mystery,

energy and wonder!

Linking to
Our World Tuesday

I was on a tiny island

for a long time!

"Your awareness is different 

from both your thoughts 

and your senses."

                     Ram Dass

Gotta ponder THAT one!

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Thank YOU

for Visiting!

                Fondly, cloudia

San Francisco by the Bay

A  L  O  H  A !

Golden Gate Bridge

My Delicate Red Pagoda

"One day if I go to heaven…..

I’ll look around and say 

“It ain’t bad, but it 

ain’t San Francisco”.

                                Herb Caen

Maritime City on a Peninsula

" If you’re alive,

 you can’t be bored 

in San Francisco.  

Legendary GLIDE Memorial Church

If you’re not alive, 

San Francisco will 

bring you to life……

COIT Tower Oversees Victoriana

San Francisco is 

a world to explore. 

It is a place where 

the heart can go on 

a delightful adventure. 

It is a city in which 

the spirit can know 

refreshment every day. "

                      William Saroyan

101 North, Marin County

"  San Francisco has

 only one drawback – 

’tis hard to leave. "

                          Rudyard Kipling

Home again. . . 

                        Home again. . . .

Linking to
Through My Lens

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Thank You!

                fondly, cloudia

Magical San Francisco

A  L  O  H  A !

"One day if I go to heaven ... 

I'll look around and say, 

'It ain't bad, but

 it ain't San Francisco.'" 

                            Herb Caen

“It's an odd thing, but 

anyone who disappears 

is said to be seen 

in San Francisco.

It must be a delightful city 

and possess all the 

attractions of the next world” 

                                 Oscar Wilde

“Irreverence, independent-mindedness and 

a hunger for far-off cultures have 

defined it {San Francisco} ever since people 

began streaming into the area in 1849 

in search of new fortunes from gold, and

 a settlement of 812 souls became within 

two years a city of almost 25,000, many 

from China, Korea and Australia, clustered 

around more than 1,000 gambling houses.” 

                                                   Pico Iyer

Linking to

Good Fences

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Honolulu feels pretty special,

but San Francisco is a 

unique and beautiful place

in it's own right.

I have longed to live there

since 1967, and have 

visited over the years.

Yesterday, we drove south

to The City

and it did not disappoint!

The light, the colors, the people;

the architecture, the cultures,

the smell of Art & Brains

in the maritime air.

Suddenly, we feel 

that much BETTER

about the choice we've made.

Yes, I am in a beautiful place,

and when I want

what the world's great cities

offer, it is an hour away,

over the Golden Gate,

into a magic realm.

Be sure to wear

some flowers

in your hair!

Groovy!

Thank You!

                 Fondly, cloudia