You Choose

A  L O  H  A !

" Success is all about 

the way you choose 

to think and 

live and be."

                      Ralph Marston

" Throw away your 

handful of sugar, 

so that you may 

become 

the sugar field. "

                    Rumi

" The clash between 

child and adult is 

never so stubborn as 

when the child within us 

confronts the adult 

in our child. "

                   Robert Brault

Thank YOU

for Visiting!

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Sky Watching

A  L  O  H  A !

" I adore simple pleasures. 

They are the last refuge 

of the complex. "

             Oscar Wilde

Linking to

Sky Watch

Thank YOU!

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Blog Escape

A  L  O  H  A !

 " Learn what is to 

be taken seriously

and laugh 

at the rest. "

                       Hesse

One Man's Trash

 " The world is full

of magic things,

patiently waiting

for our senses to

grow sharper. "

                          W.B. Yeats

"The creation of art is

 not the fulfillment 

of a need but 

the creation of a need. 

The world never needed

 Beethoven's Fifth Symphony 

until he created it. Now 

we could not live without it."

                           Louis Isadore Kahn

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Linking to

Good Fences

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We hunger for change,

but not too much too fast.

We like to invest ourselves 

in things we think will last.

Our blogging world

is a treasure to me,

making a frame

around wild seas.

When a blogger shares

some life event

it deepens our

friendship.

It also helps us

feel less alone.

Someone to

see us, hear us,

to care.

So what's going on?

Just a lot of normal change!

Sharing with you

puts it all

in perspective.

Exciting developments

to follow in time.

Thanks for lingering.

You help me

feel fine.

                            cloudia

Larkspur Public Works

Larkspur is a city in Marin County, California

2010 Census: city's population was 11,926. 

Wikipedia

Link

Linking to

Signs Signs Signs

Thank You!

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Back to School Hawaii

A  L  O  H  A !

" Labor Day is 

a glorious holiday 

because your child will 

be going back to school 

the next day. "            

Bill Dodds

" The whole purpose of

education is to turn

 mirrors into windows. "

                                        Sydney J. Harris

Kahaluu Elementary School  

 47-280 Waihee Rd,

 Kaneohe, HI 96744

Link

" You can get all A's 

and still flunk life. "

                    Walker Percy

One of the enduring joys
of adulthood
is NOT to return
to school in the Fall!

Who's with me?


LOL
                     Love, cloudia

Routine Change Rhumba

A  L  O  H  A !

" Nice guys are 

winners before 

the game even starts. "

                                     Addison Walker

" You will be as much

 value to others

 as you have 

been to yourself. "

                           Cicero

Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday

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We cherish our routines.

They certainly help us

make sense of our time.

But when time comes

that change is blowing,

our old ways of knowing

can weight us like stones.

So

nourish essentials;

and may you have

Luck in knowing

all what that is;

While shucking 

all else to the bins.

What to keep?

What to mourn?

What is just now

being born?

Every dusk,

brings forth a morn.

I have learned to

look forward to

new dawns.

                         Fondly, cloudia

Amy's Drive-Through

A  L  O  H  A !

Have you tasted prepared  

meals from Amy's Kitchen?

We've been enjoying their 
healthy, vegetarian, non-GMO, 
organic convenience foods 

for almost 30 years. 

Founders Andy & Rachel Berliner have opened their first 
Amy's Drive Thru restaurant 

in Rohnert Park California.

The building is welcoming and 

futuristic at once, with more than 

50 solar panels, a green roof.

Inside, we found  95% salvaged, 

re-purposed  wood. There's even 

a drive-thru window, and it

was BUSY the day we visited.  

"The Amy," a veggie burger, 

comes with single or double patties,

  house-made bun, "secret sauce," 

pickles, organic tomatoes. 

Single burger $2.49 

($2.99 with cheese)

Amy's pizzas, burritos, salads,  

milkshakes and mac & cheese, 

are also made from scratch 

right on the premises with 

vegan or gluten-free 

options for each item!

Local foods are preferred 

as possible. We drank coffee 

from Coast Roast Coffee 

in Tomales, ate pickles 

brined by Sonoma Brinery, 

and I enjoyed Clover Stornetta 

sour cream on my burrito.

What a fun sense of occasion! 

Everyone seemed very happy to be there, patrons and workers both. 

There was a feeling of something great beginning, and we all felt smart for being among the first to eat there.

I inhaled my lunch

before remembering

to take a photo!

Please excuse me

BEST Strawberry Milkshake EVER!

Good Luck, Amy's!

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Thank YOU!

                     Warmly, cloudia