First Chinese Church of Christ in Hawai‘i

A  L  O  H  A !

" The truth 

has a million faces,

 but there is 

only one truth. "

                    Hermann Hesse

“ I never 

met a person 

that I did not 

want to like. ” 

                           Will Rogers

Lest you doubt that this IS a church, 

note the lattice-work cross 

and the one atop the pagoda.

Read About the Church

  HERE

Linking to InSPIREd Sunday

Here

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Thank You!

                         cloudia

Susceptible to Weather

A  L  O  H  A !

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" Educating 
the mind 
without educating 
the heart 
is no education 
at all." 
                 Aristotle

Royal Hawaiian again

" Tea to the English 

is really a picnic indoors. "

                               Alice Walker

Zip Min @ ZIPPY's

Comfort Food!

Barack Obama's choice

and mine. 

1 Tempura Shrimp

Won Tons,

Fresh Ramen noodles,

Fish Cake (spirals)

Scallion

Char Sui

(red sweet pork)

Scrambled Egg

Tofu

Choy Sum greens

in a 

Savory Broth-

HEAVEN!

" When I'm stuck with a day 

that's grey and lonely

I just stick up my chin 

and grin and say oh

The sun will come out tomorrow

So you got to hang on 'til tomorrow, 

come what may!

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow

You're always a day away "

                    CHARLES STROUSE; MARTIN CHARNIN 

['^']

A weather front 

came through our islands 

from the West

bringing rain and wind

from an unaccustomed direction.

When the winds grow strong

our electricity can be spotty.

Our trees, plants and roofs

are braced for 

North East Trade Winds. 

So a few trees, roofs 
& plants

blew away

taking wires down.

But NOT a Hurricane!

Meanwhile,

it's 71F [22C]

Maybe it's the years

I spent living aboard

our boat,

or our open-air coffee shack

back on the Big Island,

but big rain & wind

make me anxious.

[How many times

have I run from

tsunami threats,

or hurricane?]

Glad my snow days

are behind me!

So how are YOU doing?

Are You susceptible 

to weather?

Keep warm in your heart.

Here is all the sun I can send.

My love is enclosed-

               fondly, cloudia

Valentine Lizard

A L O H A - Happy Valentine's Day!

" You make me understand 

how wonderful it is 

for little lizards when 

they find that 

one special rock 

that's perfect for 

sunning themselves on. "

You make me lizard-happy.

                                 Randy K. Milholland

Linking to

I Heart Macro

"As we acquire 

more knowledge, 

things do not become 

more 

comprehensible, 

but 

more mysterious." 

                                  Will Durant

Linking to

Saturday Critters

& 

Camera Critters

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Thank You

for skittering by!

             Warmly, cloudia

Through It All - Lēʻahi

A  L  O  H  A !

  Lēʻahi 

 [Lay - Ah - Hee]

Diamond Head

Kingdom of  Oahu -

Kingdom of Hawaii -

Republic of Hawaii -

Territory of Hawaii -

US 50th State -

H A W A I I 

['^']

Mahalo, You

for Your visit!

                     "Spirit of Aloha"

Pull or Push?

A  L  O  H  A !

" Pull the string, 

and it will follow 

wherever you wish. 

Push it, 

and it will 

go 

nowhere at all. "

                 Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwarf Pineapple

 “The present 
is the closest that 
you will ever get 
to the future.”  
                Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Palms About Town

" Poetry 
is an echo,
 asking a shadow 
to dance. "
             Carl Sandburg

['^'] 

Gosh!
I Love when You
Dance by here!
                 Fondly, cloudia

Hawaii Skies Watched

A  L  O  H  A !

 Straight Up ~ or ~ What IS That?!

"Just as much 

as we see in others

 we have 

in ourselves." 

                  William Hazlitt

19th Century  

"All we see or seem 

is but a dream 

within a dream."  

                   Poe 

Dome of Rays ~ End of Day

Linking to SkyWatch

Thank You!

                             cloudia

Magic Gate

A  L  O  H   A !
 

" Pessimism 

leads to weakness,

 optimism 

to power. "

                William James

" You don't become 

enormously successful 

without encountering and 

overcoming a number 

of extremely challenging 

problems. "

                 Mark Victor Hansen

" Nothing real 

stands between you

 and your happiness,

only illusion 

and confusion. "

                 Robert Holden

Linking to

Good Fences

" Do you not see 

how necessary

 a world of pains

 and troubles is

 to school 

an intelligence

 and make it 

a soul?” 

                       Keats

['^']

Thank You!

              Fondly, cloudia