Afternoon Aftermath

A L O H A From Honolulu!

All the technique

in the world doesn’t

compensate for the

inability to notice.

    Elliott Erwitt

One joy scatters

a hundred griefs.

   Chinese proverb

Ahu is a Hawaiian altar,

shrine, or cairn

utilized for spiritual

and ceremonial purposes

in both the past and

the present...

Modern ahu are considered

as authentic as the

ancient structures,

being part of a

living Hawaiian culture that

still continues today.

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Honolulu is many dialogues.

Here a 19th century wall

in a city park, and

her 20th century neighbor

enjoy the trees and hushed

traffic from Beretania St.

Age is frequently beautiful,

wisdom appearing like

an aftermath.

Benjamin Disraeli

My life is a roller coaster

on golden wheels;

IT IS NEVER GOING

TO BE PERFECT but

I am glad for

the perfect moments.

Daniel Derrick Mwesigye 

؏؏؏؏؏؏؏؏؏؏؏؏؏؏ض

Love You,

   Pixie & Cloudia

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Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Jaipur Garden Affair

Skywatch

Floral Friday

Feline Friday

Empty Beaches of Waikiki

A  L  O  H  A !

Vulnerability sounds like truth 

and feels like courage. 

Truth and courage aren’t 

always comfortable, 

but they’re never weakness.

                     Brene Brown

*   E   M   P   T   Y  *

Authenticity is a collection of choices that 

we have to make every day. It’s about 

the choice to show up and be real. 

The choice to be honest. The choice to 

let our true selves be seen. 

          Brene Brown

Where Are My Crumbs & Scraps?!

The art of living lies 

less in eliminating 

our troubles than 

in growing with them.

     Bernard M. Baruch

The dark does not destroy the light; 

it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark 

that casts our joy into the shadows.

          Brene Brown

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, 

of just going along, listening to all the things 

you can't hear, and not bothering.   

Winnie the Pooh

Sit loosely in the saddle of life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Linking To

Wild Bird Wednesday

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Love You!

                              cloudia

Pixie Inspecting Supplies in Household Quarantine

Wild Bird Wow

A   L   O   H   A  !

Research has shown how combining pictures and text enhances understanding, as the activities of reading and viewing activate different information processing systems within the brain. (Mayer R.E., Sims V.K.,1994). 

 The Capable Peli-CAN

Even the smallest changes 

in our daily routine 

can create the incredible ripple effects

that expand our vision of

what is possible.

Charles F. Glassman

I beg you take courage; 

the brave soul can 

mend even disaster. 

        Catherine the Great

Linking To

Wild Bird Wednesday

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Love You!

                                        cloudia

Kindly Awaken

A  L  O  H  A !

"A single event can 

awaken within us

a stranger totally 

unknown to us. 

To live is to 

be slowly born." 

                Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  

“The higher we soar, 

the smaller we appear 

to those who cannot fly.”

             Friedrich Nietzsche

" Civilization is just a 

slow process of

learning to be kind. "

             Charles L. Lucas

"Let us step into the 

night and pursue that

 flighty temptress, 

adventure."

             J.K. Rowling 

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Thank YOU

Friend!

            Warmly, cloudia

Luminosity

A  L  O  H  A !

“I believe that there is 

luminosity hiding in the 

shadow of the mundane. -

-And things that hover 

at the periphery of 

our vision. If that’s 

magic, then I 

believe in it.”

                 Natasha Mostert

“I try to live in the 

luminosity of things.” 

    Meia Geddes

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"Let YOUr Light Shine.

How many times

we have heard that.

As if it were easy,

as if it were natural.

Which strangely

it becomes

but only after 

the hard parts.

And the hard parts

are all through life.

Their faces and fears

do change. But

fortunately so do we.

So keep on trying,

successively approximating,

that's the glory in the LUX:

While freely given,

we must freely share it,

often with obstacles

and fears in the mix.

So here's to YOU,

Light Bringer.

Thank YOU

for shining -

Linking to

Thankful Thursday

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Thank YOU

Friend!

         Warmly, cloudia

Cherish Light

A  L  O  H  A !

 "The darkness of the 

whole world cannot 

swallow the glowing 

of a candle."

       Robert Altinger

 "Maybe that’s what 

the night is for, 

just so we can 

know the difference 

when the light 

comes again."  

            Howard Bahr

"A candle is a small thing. 

But one candle can 

light another. And 

see how its own light 

increases, as a 

candle gives its 

flame to the other.

You are such a light."

             Moshe Davis

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Thank YOU

Friend

for Sharing

Your Light!

               Fondly, cloudia

Don't Have To Sit On It

A  L  O  H  A !

 "The greatest test of 

courage on earth is to 

bear defeat without 

losing heart." 

      Robert G. Ingersoll

"The world is full of 

cactus, but we don't 

have to sit on it."

           Will Foley

"Anything I've done 

that was ultimately 

worthwhile initially 

scared me to death."

                       Betty Bender

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Thank You

Friend!

                Fondly, cloudia

Since 1969

A  L  O  H  A !

" Story of My Bikes"

" A motorcycle functions entirely 

in accordance with the

 laws of reason, and a 

study of the art of 

motorcycle maintenance is

 really a miniature study 

of the art of rationality itself. "

Robert M. Pirsig, 

'Zen and the Art 

of Motorcycle Maintenance'

" Most motorcycle problems 

are caused by the nut

that connects the handlebars

 to the saddle. "

                  Biker Lore

That is my first bike:

1969 Suzuki.

What a faithful little pony!

My first motor vehicle,

and the freedom it brought.

Then for some years

I did not have a bike.

But when I met my blog-

invisible husband, his

1973 BMW motorcycle

was one of the reasons

he was The One!

" It takes more love 

to share the saddle 

than it does to 

share the bed. "

                Biker Lore

Legendary rides

together!

" Four wheels move the body. 

Two wheels move the soul. "

Biker Lore

Once established on Oahu

in the 1980's

I got this tough

Honda Magna:

Low & Strong & fast!

The bike that helped me

start a Women's

Motorcycle Club!

The winged woman

was my idea.

"Holding up Oahu!"

someone else added.

The rest is history.

We had to negotiate

the bottom "Rocker"

'Aloha State' with the

local outlaw clubs.

No two clubs can

claim the same turf.

It took some guts

to call ourselves a 

MC [ motorcycle club ]

because a lot of biker guys

didn't like it!

We did it anyway!

We rode hard.

We got the Respect.

Gene in his hangar

 Pilot/ mechanic who builds

aircraft and BMW motorcycles

from parts; Here Gene is completing

MY lilac 1973 BMW with the shiny

'Toaster Tank' My 1990's bike.

That it an even older black

'Shorty Tank' behind my seat.

Thanks blog-invisible husband.

Thanks, Gene!

" There are old pilots

and bold pilots;

but there are no old

AND bold pilots. "

            Pilot Lore

Look at those jugs!

(Boxer engine, based on

old, basic aircraft engines)

The BMW was a collectors item.

It deserved a garage.

It got very tall and heavy

as years went by.

2010

I switched to this 

Yamaha Zuma 125 Scooter,

a tough little punk

faster than most sports cars.

Zippy Fun!

I fancied myself quite HOT!

But probably looked more - 

So three weeks ago,

a big SUV

made a left

right into me.

I'm OK.

I was hurting quite a bit,

but that is not what this

blog is for.

Celebrating how THRILLED

I am to be OK,

and how I am out of pain:

THAT is worth sharing!

Thing is, I don't have a bike

for the first time in decades.

Feels strange.

Insurance wrote it off,

"Totalled" it,

and is sending me a check

Will I get another bike?

Ever?

Will I wait a while?

Who knows.

Here is the music

that started it all. . . 

in 1969. . . 

                    PEACE, cloudia