Plate Lunch at Bob's

A   L   O   H   A  !

 Why the did the rainbow cross the road?

To get to the Ala Wai! Link

For the 99 percent of the time we've been 

on Earth, we were hunter and gatherers, 

our lives dependent on knowing the fine, 

small details of our world.  

Deep inside, we still have a longing to be 

reconnected with the nature that shaped 

our imagination, our language, our song 

and dance, our sense of the divine.  

                    Janine M. Benyus

'My Plate Lunch' Link

Bus is going to the Nimitz Gate of Pearl Harbor

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity 

will be of service throughout your life. 

                    Winston Churchill

Can you see the flavorful smoke rising? Link

Hole In The Wall Restaurant:

"Some of these places are weather-beaten shacks, some are tiny storefronts, some are old railcar diners, some are tucked away where you’d least expect them. Some specialize in burgers, some hot dogs, some tacos, some dumplings. 

But they all have a couple things in common: 

They can be considered holes in the wall, 

and they’re all great places to eat."

                             Dan Myers Link

Ah Bob's! 

As an immigrant to Honolulu in the 1980's

I parked my taxi and ate here a lot!

Coming here today, I commune with Honolulu's

grittier, striving side. 

And reconnect with myself. 

Do you have a favorite

little place too? What is it called?

what do you eat there? 

What is a 'hole in the wall'

restaurant called 

where YOU live?

Check out Bob's 

extensive & exotic

menu Here

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Course Correction Underway!

Love You,

                            cloudia

M o v i n g

A   L   O   H   A ! 

The great sea 

Has sent me adrift 

It moves me 

As the weed in a great river 

Earth and the great weather 

Move me 

Have carried me away 

And moved my inward parts with joy.

            Uvavnuk, Eskimo Song

Don't ask God to 

guide your footsteps if you're 

not willing to move your feet. 

                 Unknown

K o i

Rise to the occasion

 which is life! 

Virginia Euwer Wolff 

Linking To:

Saturday Critters

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Love You,

                                cloudia

Agile Fragile Smile

A   L   O   H   A  !

"It occurs to me that the 

peculiarity of most things 

we think of as fragile is 

how tough they truly are...

...There were tricks 

we did with eggs, 

as children, to show how 

they were, in reality, tiny 

load-bearing marble halls; 

while the beat of the wings of a 

butterfly in the right place, 

we are told, can create a 

hurricane across an ocean. 

        Neil Gaiman

Butterfly

Grace is neither gentleness nor fragility. 

Grace is treating yourself, others, and 

even inanimate objects with respect.

          Kamand Kojouri

Appreciative words are 

the most powerful force 

for good on earth!"

             George W. Crane

If we take care of the moments, 

the years will take care of themselves. 

           Maria Edgeworth

☸

Young Things, New Things

are fragile.

Old things grow tender as well.

At this time of year,

of Crone & Infant,

Wisdom, Regret, and Insight

share Lordship with the

Fragile, Hopeful & New.

Returning to the framework of routine,

we pick up the first scent

of a new year, new decade.

One thing I know

is gratitude

for coming to this day.

I feel unexpectedly

positive and expectant.

A birdsong is telling me

that things will be better.

Glad You are Here.

Together is better.

Bump, bump bump

we go

down the funny stairs.

                Fondly, cloudia

King Street Morning

A   L   O   H   A  !

Palace Gates

Another fresh new year is here another year to live! to banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and give!

            William Arthur Ward

 

Palace was yesterday's final picture -Scroll Up To See!

Too many of us are not 

living our dreams because 

we are living our fears. 

   Les Brown

Bus Stop

Even the strongest blizzards 

start with a single snowflake.

          Sara Raasch

Morning Shadow Play

I see my life as an 

unfolding set of 

opportunities to awaken.

          Ram Dass

⤧⤨⤩⤪

Love You,

                      cloudia

Seeking Seasonal Employment

Packing Up

A  L  O  H  A !

A farewell is necessary 

before we can meet again, 

and meeting again after moments 

or a lifetime is certain for 

those who are friends.

                    Richard Bach

Hawaii Supreme Court, Aliiolani Hale Link

Dear world, 

I am excited to be alive in you, 

and I am thankful for another year.

Charlotte Eriksson

Happy trails to you, 

until we meet again. 

Some trails are happy ones, 

Others are blue. 

It's the way you ride 

the trail that counts,

Here's a happy one 

for you.     

           Dale Evans

Diligent Elves

Feelings are always purest 

and most glowing in the hour 

of meeting and of farewell.

      Jean Paul Richter

Iolani Palace, Kingdom Of Hawaii Link

Every reunion is 

a type of heaven.

            Tryon Edwards

⎅

Love You,

                                  cloudia

Secret Recipe Cool Head Warm Heart

A  L  O  H  A !

The year end brings no greater pleasure 

then the opportunity to express to you 

season's greetings and good wishes. 

May your holidays and new year 

be filled with joy.     

   Charles Dickens

Live vertically, not horizontally.

       Shannon L. Alder

Rise to the occasion which is life!

Virginia Euwer Wolff 

Hope smiles from the threshold 

of the year to come, 

Whispering 'it will be happier.

           Alfred Lord Tennyson

♕

A year of ending and beginning, 

a year of loss and finding 

and all of you were with me 

through the storm. 

I drink your health, 

your wealth, your fortune 

for long years to come, 

and I hope for many more days 

in which we can gather like this.     

          C.J. Cherryh

From the bottom of my heart,

                              your friend, cloudia

Years

A  L  O  H  A !

Hilton Rainbow Tower, 1968,

world's largest, tallest 

ceramic tile mosaic. Link

If a rainbow makes a sound, 

or a flower as it grows, that 

was the sound of her laughter.

       William P. Young

Kahanamoku Lagoon Link

If we take care of the moments, the 

years will take care of themselves.     

            Maria Edgeworth

For last year's words belong 

to last year's language and 

next year's words 

await another voice. 

And to make an end is 

to make a beginning.     

T.S. Eliot

Linking To

Monday Murals

␢

Love You,

                                    cloudia