Eight Year Memory Northern California

A L O H A From Honolulu!

In the warm Hawaiian sun, koi fish glisten like jewels under water. Their bright colored scales shimmer and gleam as they swim gracefully,  mesmerizing to watch. Originally from Japan, they are loved for their beauty and tranquility. 

Honolulu November Sky

Layered sky in shades

of gray and umber,
November clouds glide

as if in slumber.

November sky,

so vast and wide,
A canvas where

the clouds collide.

Joy and sorrow,

light and dark,
Create a moving

work of art.

Now here's the eight year memory of moving to Cali.

Grateful to be home in the islands since 2019!

Fireplace girl, my love from the sea,
How could I bring you to
this land of winter's spree!?

On the first of November,
when the winds blow cold,
I'm glad I have you here to hold.

Waikiki girl who lived
in the sunny curtains
In this cold land of winds

and chilly fogs
You are a sweet source comfort

Before the roasting logs.

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

Linking To

Monday Murals

Construction Barrier, Honolulu

Circa 2015, no longer extant

Waikiki Closeups

A  L  O  H  A !

 With flowers the sex is 

up-front and x-rated. 

 Harold Davis, 

Photographing Flowers: Exploring Macro Worlds with Harold Davis

Turtle Tiles on the Pool Bottom

 I am a product of long corridors, 

empty sunlit rooms, 

upstairs indoor silences, 

attics explored in solitude, 

distant noises of gurgling cisterns 

and pipes, and the noise of 

wind under the tiles. Also, 

of endless books.

              C. S. Lewis

One of the most attractive things 
about the flowers is 
their beautiful reserve.
Henry David Thoreau

A morning glory at my window 

satisfies me more than 

the metaphysics of books.     

Walt Whitman

Plate Lunch Bliss: Korean BBQ Chicken, Rice, Kim Chee,

cold bean sprouts with sesame oil, and pickled cucumber salad. 

$7USD  if you walk out of Waikiki into the local neighborhoods.

  Link

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Thanks For Swinging By, Dear!

                                       cloudia

All The Gold

A  L  O  H  A !

"Sleepy turtles never catch 

up with the sunrise."

             Jamaican Proverb

"All the gold in the world 

cannot buy a dying man 

one more breath---

so what does that 

make today worth?"

      Og Mandino

"The universe corresponds 

to the nature of your song." 

              Michael Bernard Beckwith

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Thank YOU

Friend!

                      cloudia

 

Waikiki Dusk

A  L  O  H  A !

 “When ideas evaporate, 

when shapes fade and 

forms lose their integrity, 

our imagination can create 

an outlandish setting and 

convert everything into a 

hazy, misty Turner landscape.

 ("Back garden of a dream")” 

                   Erik Pevernagie

“Gods must be crazy

Flowers must be daisy

Clouds must be hazy

Winds must be lazy

What else it could be…

My heart must be in love lately…” 

                   Heenashree Khandelwal

"I'm like an old turtle 

these days. I don't 

run wide-open 

everywhere, but at 

the end of the day, 

I'll be where I'm 

supposed to be."

              Tracy Lawrence

Linking to:

SkyWatch Friday

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Thank YOU

Friend!

            Warmly, cloudia

Turtles

A  L  O  H  A !  

"People find it hard

 to be both comic 

and serious, though 

life manages it 

easily enough."

                  Mignon McLaughlin

 Berkeley  CA

"Kindness is in our power, 

even when fondness is not."

                         Samuel Johnson

"Ask yourself this question: 

“Will this matter

a year from now?”

Richard Carlson

Linking to

Monday Murals

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Thank You

Friend!

          Warmly, cloudia

A Big Word

A  L  O  H  A !

" If you can't be 

thankful for 
what you have, 

be thankful for what 
you have escaped. ” 

                    John Wayne

These Sea Turtles Inhabit a Construction Fence

Gratitude is

a big word for 

realizing how

lucky

you are

in so many ways

right here - right now

Gratitude

starts as

an idea -

But if it takes root,

gratitude becomes

the texture of

a happy life

Click On THIS Photo

" Life's like a movie, 

write your own ending. 

Keep believing, 

keep pretending. "

                             Jim Henson 

Keep Believing

Keep Pretending

Keep Gratitude

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Thank YOU
Friend!
         Fondly, cloudia

                      

Hawaii Photo of the Day

A  L  O  H  A !

HONU ~ Hawaiian Sea Turtle

Construction Fence 

formerly @ Ala Moana Blv & Keawe

Linking to

Monday Murals

This Gratitude You Speak Of

A  L  O  H  A !

" If you can't be 

thankful 

for what you have, 

be thankful for 

what you have escaped. ” 

                                John Wayne

These Sea Turtles Inhabit a Construction Fence

Gratitude is

a big word for 

realizing how

lucky

you are

in so many ways

right here - right now

Linking to

Monday Murals

Gratitude

starts as

an idea -

But if it takes root,

gratitude becomes

the texture of

a happy life

Click On THIS Photo

" Life's like a movie, 

write your own ending. 

Keep believing, 

keep pretending. "

                             Jim Henson 

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Keep Believing

Keep Pretending

Keep Gratitude

                         Fondly, cloudia

Healing With Light

A  L  O  H  A !

" I think that 

wherever your journey 

takes you, 

there are new gods 

waiting there, 

with divine patience - 

and laughter. " 

                          Susan M. Watkins

" Follow your 

inner moonlight. " 

             Allen Ginsberg

" You have no need 

to go anywhere. 

Journey into yourself. 

Enter a mine of rubies 

and bathe 

in the splendor 

of your own light. "

                       Rumi 

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jewel

Thank YOU

for visiting!

               Warmly, cloudia

Sea Turtle Says

A  L  O  H  A !

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle by Carroll Cox

" By choosing to be 

our most authentic 

and loving self, 

we leave a trail 

of magic 

everywhere we go. "

                           Emmanuel Dagher 

Linking to Weekend Reflections
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Thank YOU

for visiting!

       Fondly, cloudia

Fear Cure

A  L  O  H  A !

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle 'HONU' 

Thanks, Carroll Cox  Link

"Friendship with ones self 
is all important, 
because without it 
one cannot be friends 
with anyone else in the world."
Eleanor Roosevelt

"Those that are a friend 

to themselves

 are sure to be 

a friend to all."

Seneca

What is the sound of Cloud Hands clapping?

"If life 

were predictable 

it would cease 

to be life..."

              Eleanor Roosevelt

"The secret to happiness 

is to put the 

burden of proof 

on unhappiness."  

              Robert Brault

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I'm timid.

Now I'm strong enough

to accept that.

No more covering it up

with boldness.

So I am free

to share with You

a fear talisman

that works for me;

It is called:

Today Is Not The Day

Today is not the day.

That thing you most fear

will not be coming today;

Salutations and

burden of proof

upon ye!

Forever is comprised

of Now

riding the rail of your 

"Fate"

so to speak,

growing so wise

the truth is a squeak;

But I can perceive it

beneath world's din

tune out the inessential

-Believe-

and move right in.

Thank YOU

for visiting today!

                Warmly, cloudia