Welcome Dragon!

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Happy Lunar New Year
Year of the Wood Dragon

May your dragon year be filled

with an abundance of smiles and laughter!

 

The number one skill

in life is not giving up.

Bryant McGill

What I am looking for is
not out there, it is in me.
Helen Keller

Magic is not about having 

a puzzle to solve. It's 

about creating a moment 

of awe and astonishment. 

And that can be 

a beautiful thing     

David Blaine

Leaders don't force people to follow,

they invite them on a journey.

Charles S. Lauer

We wish you and your loved ones

a year of prosperity, happiness

and triumphant success in

the year of the Dragon.

May this year of the Dragon

be filled with creativity, passion

and amazing achievements for you.

꯴꯴꯴꯴꯴꯴꯴꯴꯴꯴꯴꯴꯴

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

May the New Year bring you

joy, peace, and prosperity.

Wishing you a Happy

Chinese New Year filled

with love and happiness.

🐲

Linking To

Monday Murals

See Yesterday's Lion Dance

HERE

新年快乐 Lunar New Year in Honolulu

Gong Zee Fah Tsai!

Bang! Crash! 

Chase away your blues!

We're done with all that.

Welcome the clever Rat

who can accomplish

great things!

Linking To

Monday Murals

Hope smiles from the threshold 

of the year to come, Whispering 

'it will be happier.'

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Lunar New Year

is not celebrated only
in a discreet district, or
Honolulu's ChinaTown. 

Lions & firecrackers
- even hundred-foot golden dragon-
will be heard and seen EVERYWHERE
in coming days:
Malls, shopping centers, banks
businesses, schools, homes. . .

January 25th 2020

Lunar New Year

 Wonder & Memories

All events MUST have a 

Clipboard Guy!

 Grab your earplugs,

and a dollar or three to feed

the lions. Then your good luck

in the new year

will be assured!

 Blessing First Hawaiian Bank Branch

Be sure to visit the temples
and receive a New Year Blessing
at the Shinto Shrine.

Are Chinese Dancing Lions
"Critters?" YES!

Linking To
Saturday Critters



Loving You,
Wishing You All
The Best!
                                            cloudia



Be sure your volume is 4 not 10!

Children and Lions

A   L   O   H   A  !

Children or babies learn to mimic 

the vibration of the adults 

who surround them long before 

they learn to mimic their words.

                   Abraham Hicks

Children are the hands by which 

we take hold of heaven.

        Henry Ward Beecher

Children have such an innocent view of their world 

and surroundings; every thought is 

a garden full of wonder.     

           C.J. Heck

The hardest job kids face today 

is learning good manners 

without seeing any.

     Fred Astaire

Was It All A Dream?

The feeling of being at home

in yourself, is an expensive jewel.

But once you have acquired it,

carry it secretly wherever you go.

Touchstone.

⃤̈́̈́̈́̈́̈́̈́̈́

Love You,

                        cloudia

Linking To Wild Bird Wednesday

Here

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

Good Luck Monsters

A  L  O  H  A !

“Monsters cannot be announced. 

One cannot say: 'Here 

are our monsters,' without 

immediately turning the 

monsters into pets.” 

                Jacques Derrida

“I’d love to try to tame you... 
And I would simply adore it 
if you turn out untamable –” 
              Simona Panova

“Taking no chances 

means wasting 

your dreams..” 

             Ellen Hopkins

"With life as short as 

a half taken breath, 

Don't plant anything 

but Love."

     Rumi

ꔮ  狮子舞会祝你好运  ꕕ

Thank YOU

Friend!

                    Fondly, cloudia

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O   H  A !

Lion Dancing in Honolulu

狮子舞

檀香山

Fresh Energies

A  L  O  H  A !

What Will Today Bring?

“The next morning dawned 

bright and sweet, 

like ribbon candy.” 

      Sarah Addison Allen

Strange doings at Yet Wah

on Saturday Night   link

Monsters?

I love Lion Dancing at 

Lunar New Year.

Something flows

when they are around.

Celebrities?

The drum - their heartbeat,

the gong, & cymbals

thrill with the 

W O O S H

of new energy!

Going High!

“Today is a new day. 

Don't let your history 

interfere with 

your destiny!"

Steve Maraboli

SWOOSH!

"You have the power and 

the time to shape your life. 

Break free. . . embrace the

 truth of your greatness. ” 

                   Steve Maraboli

Who? Little Old ME?

Yes.

You. And Me too.

Together.

Linking to
Our World Tuesday

 ᠦᠦᠧᠦᠧᠦᠧᠦᠧᠦᠧᠦᠧᠦᠧᠤ 

Wishing You

Many Quiet

Wonders!

        Fondly, cloudia

Job Well Done!

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L O  H  A !

Practicing for the lion dance on poles!

Got My Lion Luck!

A  L  O  H  A !

 Lion Dancing at Chinese New Year Time

is one of my favorite things in the world.

 So we were seated by the window of

Yet Wah Restaurant in San Rafael

eagerly anticipating dancing 

lions and tons of great noise.

[The one time of year I like noise]

I saw a fit teenage girl lion dancing in

Honolulu in recent years. And we

remarked on it. It's always been

a boy thing. But look! Girls

really eager to do their moves.

You GO Girls!

 I was impressed by their preparation

"There's only one thing 

I never did and 

wish I had done: 

climbed over a fence. "

                  Queen Mary

I bet these girls

climb anything

they want to!

 Lion Heads UP!

Headed inside!

This is no One-Lion town!

They like to go up high

and look around

Distracted by Take-Out

 Back to the work at hand:

eating those tasty and

lucrative Red Envelopes!

"Lions are so BIG!

My camera is 

so small."

She thinks to herself

 

The Lion's Heartbeat.

Rhythm of the dance.

 These lions 

did NOT stop moving!

 Who has who?

Dad approves.

Brother is 

less certain.

 I like how both patrons

have their fingers

in their ears.

[We were wearing 

our earplugs, as

do the participants.

NOT my first lion dance!]

Gong Hei Fat Choi 

Respect to the Marin
Chinese Cultural Association
Lion Dance Team!
[Note HIS earplugs]

Linking to
Where I Belong
][

Oh Good Fun!
So happy to share
my Joy
and Good Luck
with YOU!
                   Fondly, cloudia