Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Open and Closed

A  L  O  H  A !
"The doors we open 
and close each day
decide 
the lives we live." 
           Flora Whittemore







" Keep Hope Alive."










































 "-don’t be so sure 
about what lies ahead. -













- There are amazing doors 
that could open.”
        Elizabeth Warren


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Thank YOU
for visiting THIS Door!
                   fondly, cloudia

Bird of Honolulu

A L O H A !
Honolulu's Official Bird
Manu O Ku






Pairs spend much of the day out at sea
where they are prodigious fishers.
They do not build nests, 
but rest their eggs in 
the natural crotch of trees and branches.
Last I heard, a pair were nesting 
on the grounds of Honolulu's City Hall 
called,  Honolulu Hale











Often Seen in High Aerial Ballet Together

Once you have tasted flight, 
you will forever walk the earth 
with your eyes turned skyward, 
for there you have been, 
and there you will always 
long to return.” 
 Leonardo da Vinci


" You wanna fly, 
you got to give up 
the s**t that 
weighs you down.” 
 Toni Morrison










" Look up at the tree-tops, 
and see how finely 
Nature finishes off her work there.
 See how the pines spire without end 
higher and higher. . . 
Leaves are of more various forms
 than the alphabets 
of all languages put together. . . 
there are hardly two alike, 
and each expresses 
its own character. "
                     Henry David Thoreau









Birds nest on branches, but they know the heights.

 " And sets me on my high places."
2 Samuel 22:34



" Awake. 
Be the witness 
of your thoughts. " 
The Buddha 



Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday   HERE

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Thank YOU
for flying by!
            Warmly, cloudia


Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Your Sweet Day

A  L  O  H  A !
Saw this and thought: 
"Gotta share this 
with my blog ohana"








Fall is in the Waikiki air. 
DELICIOUS!









" Quiet thoughts
mend the body. "
      Chinese Proverb












"Make no judgments 
where you have
 no compassion."  
       Anne McCaffrey


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Thank You
for Playing Here With Us!
                 Warmly, cloudia


Wishing YOU a Sweet Night Too!

Today We Vote

A  L  O  H  A !

I love Hawaii!

Election signs for:

A Hapa-Haole Appearing local guy link

 Marshall

Hawaiian

Brickwood 
[ my State Senator ]

Chinese-American: 
[ by way of Malaysia]  

Djou

Local Ethnic-Japanese American: 

Takai


ALL on a popular 
local family operated 
Chinese Restaurant!

THAT'S HAWAII STYLE-

If it is Election Day
near You:
V O T E !


People died for this.

In wars over seas,
in civil rights actions
 at home.

The first western democracy
in ancient Greece
was a direct 
meet-argue-vote
situation.

Not everyone participated
in the discussion,
or the voting
YET.
But the basic idea
was good.

As the Vikings,
the  Iroquois,
and other First Nations
 knew as well.

Town Meetings today,
even family meetings,
show the survival of this
basic impulse
to have a say
in the things that effect
our lives;
To disagree, yet cooperate.

Thanks for voting
for our Comfort Spiral
by visiting here.
            Warmly, cloudia

Monday, November 3, 2014

Mithridatium

A  L  O  H  A !
"No one has ever
 made himself great 
by showing how small 
someone else is."
                  Irvin Himmel 










"No matter how advanced 
your camera 
you still need to be 
responsible for getting it 
to the right place 
at the right time and 
pointing it 
in the right direction -" 
                                    Ken Rockwell

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Thank YOU
for visiting!
             Warmly, cloudia





Jiving and Dreaming

A  L  O  H  A !
 Sweet Java Finch~ They are fortune-tellers in Asia


" Look at the birds of the air: 
they neither sow nor reap 
nor gather into barns, 
and yet your 
heavenly Father 
feeds them."
                  Matthew 6:26







" There's a little truth 
in all jive, 
and a little jive 
in all truth. "
                   Leonard Barnes

Jive Link









" Guard your own 
spare moments. 
They are like 
uncut diamonds. "
            Ralph Waldo Emerson




Sunday, November 2, 2014

Dance China Maiden

The Dance of the Yi People by Liu Fang on Grooveshark


"The miracle is not
 to fly in the air,
 or to walk on the water;
 but to walk 
on the earth."
                Chinese Proverb















" Flowers may bloom again, 
but a person never 
has the chance 
to be young again. 
So don't waste your time."
                          Chinese Proverb



























" Do only 
what you do not 
regret, 
And fill 
yourself with joy."
             The Buddha

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Thank You
for Sharing
this Dance!

            Warmly, cloudia