Paradise Plastered

A   L   O   H   A   from   Honolulu!

" They paved paradise,

Put up a parking lot -"

                        Joni Mitchell

But we left PLENTY

of Paradise too-

"Always keep your smile. 

That's how I explain 

my long life." 

                        Jeanne Calment 

Linking to

Signs Signs

Thanks!

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Courage Gentle and Patient

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

" Outward courage 

dares to die; 

Inner courage 

dares to live. "

                              Lao Tzu

" The overcautious 

accomplish little. "

                           Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

" Good ideas are not 

adopted automatically. 

They must be 

driven into practice

 with courageous

 patience. "

                           Hyman Rickover

Traditional Hawaiian Greeting

" The 

important thing

 in life is

 courage. "

                          Woody Allen

/'\

\./

I'm on a Courage Kick.

Feels like a new thing.

Strange, because it

took a lot of courage

just to 

survive my childhood.

But courage has 
to do

with a choice.

Running away

is instinctive -

as is 

fighting back.

I did both,

relying on instinct

a lot back then.

Reliable guidance

was lacking.

Some creatures

'play dead'

which, looking back,

is what I did

on the inside.

So many feelings,

so much hurt 

and turmoil.

Quieting all those 

bad feelings

was priority

and job

one.

I put them into

therapeutic coma.

So I was tough

cause life had been

tough with me.

Now it takes

Courage

to see what 

really is-

About me

about Life

about You

and each of us.

Life takes

a certain measure

of courage;

Amounts differ

with each unique

recipe

for each unique

"Who I Really Am.'

Pleased to meet me!

Pleased to meet You too.

I'm not tough,

I'm brave.

Brave enough

to be gentle;

How about You?

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Birdy Tweet

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

CLICK on Brazilian Cardinal

" True success is 

overcoming the fear 

of being unsuccessful. " 

                          Paul Sweeney

" The people who matter 

will recognize

 who you are. " 

                    Alan Cohen

Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday

Blogging Breathing Day by Day

A  L  O  H  A   from  Honolulu!

" You don't have to 
be great
to get started, 
but you have to 
get started to 
be great. "
           Les Brown

“At my lemonade stand 

I used to give 

the first glass away free

 and charge five dollars

 for the second glass. 

The refill contained

 the antidote.”

                         Emo Philips 

" Two persons 
cannot long be friends
if they cannot 
forgive each other's
little failings."  
              Jean de la Bruyere 

\][/

Thank You!

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Diamond Head Kuilei Cliffs

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu!

Diamond Head

" The less open-minded 
someone is, 
the more open-mouthed 
they tend to be. "
Nicole Azavedo

Diamond Head Crater, Kapiolani Park

" We have 

just enough religion 

to make us hate, 

but not enough 

to make us love 

one another. "

                      Jonathan Swift

These surfers are

 walking along Diamond Head Road. 

The cliffs are 

the seaward edge of the crater.

It's ALL Diamond Head.

The View beckons 

from Diamond Head Road

The path 

down to the beach

“ True happiness is. . . 

to enjoy the present. "

                                    Seneca

Diamond Head Light House is the residence of Rear Admiral Cari B. Thomas, commander, Fourteenth Coast Guard District, whose area of responsibility spans over 12.2 million square miles encompassing the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Saipan, Singapore and even Japan. 

DH Light has been District commander's home since 1944. 

"The Diamond Head Lighthouse has guided mariners to Honolulu for more than a hundred years. The original structure was erected in 1899 and the original ironwork of the watchroom and lantern are still in use. The 55-ft. tower we see today was built in 1917 and is constructed of reinforced concrete. The lighthouse can be seen as far away as 18 miles and the light shows a red sector to warn vessels away from the reefs of Waikīkī Beach." Link


"The Revenue Cutter [US Coast Guard] Lawrence sailed into Honolulu Harbor Sept. 4, 1849, escorted by Native Hawaiians in outrigger canoes. This marked the beginning of the U. S. Coast Guard presence in the Pacific. For the next 90 years, cutters from the West Coast routinely plied Hawaii’s waters on patrols. In 1939, the Fourteenth Coast Guard District was established ashore in Honolulu with 230 personnel.   Link

Pack out your trash.

Do NOT approach

 Hawaiian Monk Seals!

Kuilei Cliffs

A Semi-private beach,

plenty of shade,

I LOVE THIS!

" Purity and simplicity 
are the two wings 
with which to soar 
above the earth 
and all
temporary nature. "
                    Thomas a Kempis

Back Up the Trail. . .

Linking to
Our World Tuesday

Our

Shared Solitude

is a wonderful

puzzle!

Thank  You-

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Soft Sunday Whispers

A   L   O   H   A     from   Honolulu!

“ Be the ghost of 

the empty streets! 

You shall be crowned

 with the touch of

great inspirations! ” 

                         Mehmet Murat ildan

Shell Ginger Spilling

" It is not easy 

to walk alone

 in the country 

without 

musing upon 

something. "

                  Charles Dickens

Linking to

I Heart Macro

Kawaiahaʻo Church
" constructed between 1836 and 1842 
of some 14,000 thousand-pound 
slabs of coral rock 
quarried from an offshore reef.
 Hawaiian divers with hand tools 
dived 3 to 6 metres 
below sea-level to 
chisel out each coral block, 
which had then to be transported 
from the reef and onto shore. "
Wikipedia

Linking to 

InSpired Sunday

Light Overcoming Stone

“ The softest things 
in the world 
overcome the 
hardest things 
in the world. "
                               Lao-Tzu

Linking to

Shadow Shot Sunday

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Lovely to
See YOU
Again, My Friend!
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Oh Saturday!

A  L  O  H  A   from   Honolulu

" An adult squatting 

sees farther than 

a child 

on top of a tree. "

                        Gambian Proverb

“The afternoon knows

 what the morning 

never suspected.” 

                            Robert Frost

" Let my soul 

smile through my heart 

and my heart 

smile through my eyes,

 that I may scatter

 rich smiles 

in sad hearts. "

                Paramahansa Yogananda

Ain't  I  a  Critter?

“ - How easy it is 

to be totally wrong 

about people-

to see one tiny

 part of them and 

confuse it for the whole, 

to see the cause

 and think it's the effect 

or vice versa. ”

                   Lauren Oliver

Linking to

Weekend Reflections

&

Saturday Critters

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Thank You!

                   Fondly, cloudia