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:

The Game Sweeping the World

Normal Aging OR Pandemic?!

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Every contraction

is naturally followed

by an expansion;

every time you feel

your heart shrivel

be confident that

it will blossom in turn.

   Rumi

Yesterday, after slowly re-entering

the world of people,

I went to the Park on a

busy Sunday Afternoon!

Ala Moana Beach Park is OUR park.

Local residents flock there.

It is near, but not really IN Waikiki.

I resisted the whole way.

It seemed far from

the comfort of home.

Why?

Because of Pandemic Brain

OR

Normal Aging?

Family Gatherings with food are

 a big part of Hawaii culture.

Being locked down was hard.

The cultural mix of sights, smells,

and people, in the

park is intoxicating!

A brief video below will

take you to the scene!

I'll affect you slowly

as if you were having

a picnic in a dream.

There will be no ants.

It won't rain. 

  Richard Brautigan

Freedom is the right

to one's dignity.

Archibald MacLeish

The presence of

a single bird can

change everything

for one who

appreciates them.

   Julie Zickefoose

I pray to the birds

because they remind me

of what I love rather

than what I fear.

And at the end

of my prayers,

they teach me

how to listen.

Terry Tempest Williams

The sound of birds

stops the noise

in my mind.

  Carly Simon

Every moment is

a golden one for

those who have the

vision to recognize

it as such.

   Henry Miller

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Let's Grab Gold!

You In?

Cloudia & Pixie

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Travel Tuesday 

Happy Tuesday 

Pictorial Tuesday 

My Corner Of The World

Wild Bird Wednesday

Hawaii Photo of the Day

 A  L  O  H  A !

Park Play Day

A  L  O  H  A !

"Human beings need 

pleasure the way 

they need vitamins."

Lionel Tiger

And Then There Were. . . 

"Creative play is like 

a spring that bubbles up 

from deep within a child."

         Joan Almon

"We all need empty 

hours in our lives 

or we will have no 

time to create 

or dream."

           Robert Coles

Linking to
Our World Tuesday

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Thank YOU

Friend!

           Warmly, cloudia

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !