Saturday, October 12, 2019

Permitted

A  L  O  H  A !
Prayers for Japan in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis Link

To be a hero hang on for a minute longer.
Norwegian Proverb










The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.
Rachel Carson










See the iconic Hilton Rainbow Tower behind?
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
 Albert Einstein

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Lo\/e  You,
                                       cloudia






Mesmerizing Oahu Sky Shows

A  L  O  H  A !
 If you have built castles in the air, 
your work need not be lost; 
that is where they should be. 
Now put the foundations under them.
 Henry David Thoreau
















 Felix had gone to live in a lotus land of his imagination. Where what is desired is dreamed of as already happened, where obstacles dissolve under the weight of desire, and where reality has vanished entirely.
Iain Pears


The tired, old "reality"!












Dark clouds become heaven's flowers 
when kissed by light
Rabindranath Tagore


Those clouds are angels' robes. 
Charles Kingsley












Nature is impersonal, awe-inspiring, 
elegant, eternal. It's geometrically perfect. 
It's tiny and gigantic. You can travel far 
to be in a beautiful natural setting, or 
you can observe it in your backyard. . .
Gretchen Rubin





Love You,
                                 cloudia

Friday, October 11, 2019

Constitutes Life

A  L  O  H  A !
Honolulu by Night
“Let us step into the night and pursue 
that flighty temptress, adventure.” 
             J.K. Rowling











“Every true artist has been inspired more 
by the beauty of lines and color and the 
relationships between them than by 
the concrete subject of the picture.”
                 Piet Mondrian

“Vertical and horizontal lines are the expression of two opposing forces; they exist everywhere and dominate everything; their reciprocal action constitutes 'life'. . .
                        Piet Mondrian









 Pods of "Clusia rosea, the autograph tree, 
copey, balsam apple, pitch-apple, and Scotch attorney, 
[is] a tropical and sub-tropical plant species. . ." 
                Wikipedia Link

It is called Scotch Attorney because 
one can write on it's leaves with a fingernail 
and the writing will remain. 














“Money can buy you a fine dog, but 
only love can make him wag his tail.”  
                  Kinky Friedman





Linking To:
Saturday Critters



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Love You,
                          cloudia


Thursday, October 10, 2019

Always

A  L  O  H  A !
Hang on to your hat. 
Hang on to your hope. 
And wind the clock, for 
tomorrow is another day.
             E.B. White









Show me someone who has 
done something worthwhile, and 
I'll show you someone who 
has overcome adversity.
    Lou Holtz










We become wiser by adversity; 
prosperity destroys our 
appreciation of the right.
                  Lucius Annaeus Seneca












There is no education like adversity.
                    Benjamin Disraeli









I am the bended, but not broken. 
I am the power of the thunderstorm. 
I am the beauty in the beast. 
I am the strength in weakness. 
I am the confidence in 
the midst of doubt. 
I am Her!

       Kierra C.T. Banks




Linking To:
Good Fences    
Weekend Reflections


Just remember:
The scariest demons
of darkest night
fade in the glory
of morning's good light!
                            Warmly, cloudia










Wednesday, October 9, 2019

On Liberty

A  L  O  H  A !
Even despotism does not produce its worst effects, 
so long as individuality exists under it; and 
whatever crushes individuality is despotism, 
by whatever name it may be called. . .
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty









We the people are the rightful masters 
of both Congress and the courts, 
not to overthrow the Constitution but 
to overthrow the men 
who pervert the Constitution.
          Abraham Lincoln








The love of liberty is the love of others; 
the love of power is the love of ourselves.
                         William Hazlitt












Little Green Heron, Calif


If ever a time should come, 
when vain and aspiring men shall 
possess the highest seats in Government, 
our country will stand in need of its 
experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.
                     Samuel Adams





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Love You,
                               cloudia

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Closely

A  L  O  H  A !
Nice Spot for a Drink!

A photograph can be 
an instant of life captured 
for eternity that will never 
cease looking back at you.
Brigitte Bardot









Sometimes the darkness 
knows what I feel
            Anonymous









Anything looked at closely 
becomes wonderful. 
                   A. R. Ammons






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Love You,
                              cloudia




Monday, October 7, 2019

A Historic Day in Hawaii

A  L  O  H  A !

Updated October 5 at 5:19 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - "Organizers of an Aloha Unity march were expecting 10,000 people to make their way through Waikiki Saturday. Judging from the scene on Kalakaua Avenue, they may have easily met or surpassed that mark. The event is aimed at expressing opposition to the Thirty Meter Telescope project, but also show unity for Aloha Aina movements.
     “This is like family, ohana,” said Cynde Fernandes, one of the marchers. “They’re all talking. They’re singing. They’re giving a message, and this is it.”  Link   to TV News story








HRH Queen Liliuokalani
Hawaii's last queen
September 2, 1838 - November 11, 1917,
Author of world treasure song:
"Aloha 'Oe"

"At noon of the tenth day of April, 1877, 
the booming of the cannon was heard 
which announced that I was heir apparent 
to the throne of Hawaii."
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen | january 1898
















All conducted in a nonviolent, 
uplifting atmosphere of warmth













"I could not turn back the time for political change, 
but there is still time to save our heritage. 
You must remember never to cease to act 
because you fear you may fail."
Liliuokalani
To her adopted daughter | january 1917










 It's really all about Na Keiki, 
the children
"I owed no allegiance to the Provisional Government so established, nor to any power or to any one save the will of my people and the welfare of my country."

"That first night of my imprisonment was the longest night I have ever passed in my life; it seemed as though the dawn of day 
would never come." 
                          Liliuokalani
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen | january 1898

The Queen is still serving Hawaii's children
through the important activities
of the Liliuokalani Trust!
Link












Yes.

I marched.






Hawaii's Kings & One Queen.
Hands make the Mountain, Maunakea,
sacred space shared by gods and humans,
being protected, as the
Hawaiian people blossom in this day.

The Kingdom of Hawaii is not forgotten.

As indigenous people over the globe
reassert their identities and cultures,
so the Kanaka Maoli rise.
Ku Kia'i Mauna!
"Stand firm protectors of the Mountain"


Linking To:
Our World Tuesday




Aloha My Friend,
                                            cloudia