Ever My Delight

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Morning is the dream renewed,

the heart refreshed, earth's

forgiveness painted in

the colors of the dawn.

   Kent Nerburn

For what human ill

does not dawn seem

to be an alleviation?

Thornton Wilder

Is not this a beautiful morning?

The sun shines into my soul.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Not least, 't is ever my delight

To drink the early morning light;

To take the air upon my tongue

And taste it while the day is young...

Philip Henry Savage 1898

There is no snooze button on

a cat who wants breakfast. 

Author unknown

(Probably hiding from her cat!)

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

Light and Shadow the Oldest Story

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The whole shadow of Man
is only as big as his hat.
Elizabeth Bishop

Crown Flower

 I would like young girls to know

that their beauty is a crown;

not a clown. And crowns are

best worn with

elegance and serenity.
    C. JoyBell C.

Crown Flowers in a shaft of light;

Others still in darkness.

Eloquence.

The black sheep? You and I are
more like the tie-dyed sheep!
Karl Wiggins

We look into mirrors but

we only see the effects

of our times on us -

not our effects on others.

   Pearl Bailey

A true friend is

someone who thinks that

you are a good egg

even though he knows

that you are slightly

cracked.

 Bernard Meltzer

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Travel Tuesday 

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Don't forget to leave your handprints

on the ones you love and your

footprints around the neighborhood.

Lisa C. Miller

Happy Tasting Beauty

A L O H A From Honolulu!

A happy person is not
a person in a certain set
of circumstances, but rather
a person with a certain
set of attitudes.
Hugh Downs

Why not seize the pleasure 

at once, how often is 

happiness destroyed by 

preparation, foolish 

preparations.

            Jane Austen

Hibiscus waimeae

White Kauai rosemallow, Hawaiian: kokiʻo keʻokeʻo, or kokiʻo kea is a species

of flowering plant within the okra family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to

the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii.

    Wikipedia

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. Emily Dickinson

The defining function of the artist

is to cherish consciousness.

       Max Eastman

We are tasting

 the taste of eternity

 this minute.

  Rumi

Because your heart 

is so beautiful, 

everything looks 

beautiful to you.

           Japanese proverb

Only those who are

capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent. Christopher Isherwood

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Love You!

Cloudia & Pixie

 Links
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Morning Portraits

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The Scariest demons of darkest night melt in the graces of morning's good light.

Surfer in the Park

When you stop expecting

people to be perfect, you can

like them for who they are.

   Donald Miller

Robot in the Park

 The worst tempered people

I have ever met were those who knew they were wrong. David Letterman

Waikiki

I smell the soil. I smell the sea.

I smell the mountain forest,

how very lucky for me!

Cameo Appearance in the Wall

The light of the Beloved
shines only NOW.
Rumi

Holiday Portrait

Laughter is

carbonated holiness. 

 Anne Lamott 

No love, no friendship

Can cross the path

of our destiny

Without leaving some

mark on it forever.
Francois Mauriac

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia.

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 Linking To

Monday Murals 

Cats!

These are Kings & Queens of Hawaii recognizable to any local school child. The Profile in the Santa Hat is Brother Israel Kamakawiwo`ole:

Backlooks

A L O H A From Honolulu! 

Conrad and I were taxi drivers together
here in Honolulu, circa 1990

 There's no fence nor hedge around time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it, if you can remember. How Green Was My Valley

(1941)

How can time take so long,
yet pass so quickly?
Back then I yearned,
and wondered;
Today I have memories
and know.

Grab your coat,

and get your hat

Leave your worry on the doorstep

Just direct your feet

To the sunny side

of the street!

Dorothy Fields

A photograph can be
an instant of life captured
for eternity that will
never cease looking
back at you.
Brigitte Bardot

Looking back, 

my life seems like 

one long obstacle race, 

with me as the 

chief obstacle.

           Jack Paar

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Love You,

  Cloudia & Pixie

 Links 
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The only time you should

ever look back, is to see

how far you've come.

 Berta Lippert

[OR if a creepy woman is

sneaking up on you

to take your picture!]

Silence To Think

A L O H A From Honolulu!

May you delight in today.

May the child in you stir awake for a season

of Wonder and Hope.

You needn't own something to derive pleasure from it. Do you own a sunset, a moment, or a song?

Better than a thousand hollow words,

 is one word that brings peace.

Buddha 

Every piece of the universe,

even the tiniest little snow crystal,

matters somehow.

I have a place in the pattern,

and so do you…

T.A. Barron

Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii Island

Hawaii News Now Link

So much space, such silence,

so much time. To drift.

To think. To let your mind

roam anywhere it pleases.

To dream. Perhaps the

true luxury of our age is not

the piles of goods we endlessly

accumulate, but Time.

Ferenc Mate'

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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