People, Plants, Sunlight Waikiki

A  L  O  H  A !   

" The most profound statements

 are often said in silence. "

                                     Lynn Johnston

 " The unspoken word 

never does harm. "

                                Kossuth

" Nobody can be

 exactly like me.

 Sometimes even I 

have trouble doing it. "

                       Tallulah Bankhead

" The greatest meditation 

is a mind that lets go. "

                          Atisha

Thank YOU

for strolling by to play with photos!

                        Warmly, cloudia

SkyWatch Honolulu

A  L  O  H  A !

 oh DO click on these Clouds!

" Reality is

 merely an illusion, 

albeit a

 very persistent one. "

                              Albert Einstein 

" We must believe

in free will.

We have no choice. "

                       Isaac Bashevis Singer 

" Imagination is

 the highest kite 

one can fly. "

                Lauren Bacall

" Nature is so powerful, so strong. 
Capturing its essence is not easy - 
your work becomes a dance 
with light and the weather. 
It takes you to a place 
within yourself. "
                      Annie Leibovitz

"Weather forecast for tonight:

 Dark."

              George Carlin

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for visiting

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Waikiki Construction Fence

A  L  O  H  A !

 “ What I like about 

photographs 

is that they 

capture a moment

 that’s gone forever, 

impossible to reproduce. ” 

                                 Karl Lagerfeld

 Shadow: "Um, excuse me miss"

Girl: "Go away! Can't you see my mind

is bursting with creative ideas?"

" Photography is 

a major force. . . 

 explaining man 

to man. "

Edward Steichen

 " Cinema is a

 matter of 

what's in the frame 

and what's out. "

      Martin Scorsese

" We are not permitted 

to choose 

the frame of our destiny. 

But what we put into it 

is ours. "

                       Dag Hammarskjold

Linking to Good Fences
Here

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Your visits

frame my day

with valuable &

healing perspective!

THANK  YOU

          Fondly, cloudia

Red Crested Party Cardinal

A  L  O  H  A !

I used to think:

" Somewhere there is

a party."

All the witty people

are there,

Somewhere high

above the streets

above you and me.

Only Special People

are invited.

How badly I wanted

to be one of them!

I felt imprisoned 

in the 

Every Day.

Burning Yearning

filled me with 

desire.

But I have learned:

The Party is Everywhere!

All Around Us!

We are all invited!

Though not all attend.

Notice the colors,

Taste all the treats.

So many special people

to meet!

The party is right 

HERE.

.

Don't miss it!

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Thanks, Friends!

          Fondly, cloudia

" Life's a banquet 

and most poor suckers are starving to death! "

                      Auntie Mame (1958)

Honolulu's Historic GLBT Culture

A L O H A !
 
The Glades Project (Re-Enactment filming Behind the Scenes) from Connie M. Florez on Vimeo.

Many years ago. . . 

On Honolulu's famous Hotel Street

their was a place where

the boys were prettier than the girls.

That place was The Glades.

Drag performers all wore a button

by Honolulu law

that read: "I am a boy."

Black Men in America

were carrying signs that said:

"I Am A Man."

Those were some times!

Today, my friend Connie

is making a film. . . 

about a time. . . 

about special people. . . 

Survivors-

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Thank YOU

for being Yourself!

                   fondly, cloudia

Cute Cat Pics

A  L  O  H  A !

“Time spent 
with a cat 
is never wasted.” 

 Colette

“There are 

no ordinary 

cats.” 

               Colette

“Like Batman, 

all of us hide behind our masks 

and use them to help define ourselves for others. 

We all have secret identities of a sort, 

hidden behind our smiling social-networking profiles 

or our happy church faces. They're not lies, really. 

They're just not the whole truth, 

because we know that most of the people 

we encounter day-to-day couldn't handle the truth 

(or perhaps we couldn't handle giving it to them)."

Paul Asay, God on the Streets of Gotham:

What the Big Screen Batman Can Teach Us about God and Ourselves

Wow! Really? 

All THAT from Batman, Professor?

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for looking in!

                         Warmly, cloudia

Laughing Medicine

ALOHA Ha Ha!

View As Needed,

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