Sunday, August 14, 2022

Handful

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The sky is already purple;
the first few stars have
appeared, suddenly, as if
someone had thrown
a handful of silver across
the edge of the world.
Alice Hoffman



Who closes eyes to
dictatorships
kneels his eyelids. Charles de Leusse


(Qui ferme les yeux aux dictatures -
Agenouille en fait les paupières.)



Green is the prime color
of the world, and that from
which its loveliness arises.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca


Oahu Moon, Courtesy Mike Price
I did not wish to take a
cabin passage, but rather to
go before the mast and
on the deck of the world,
for there I could best see the
moonlight amid the mountains.
Henry David Thoreau.


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How does it happen that
something that makes so
much sense in the moonlight
doesn't make any sense
at all in the sunlight? Lana Turner


Somebody who views the world
at fifty the same as they did
at twenty has wasted
thirty years of life. Muhammad Ali

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

Saturday, August 13, 2022

Distances

A L O H A From Honolulu!
Words that soak into your ears
are whispered, not yelled. The best sermons are
lived, not preached.
Farm Wisdom



Be grateful for luck. Pay
the thunder no mind -
listen to the birds. And
don't hate nobody.
    Eubie Blake




Green anole is a tree-dwelling species
of anole lizard native to the southeastern
United States and introduced
to islands in the Pacific
and Caribbean. 






If you feel lost, disappointed,
hesitant, or weak,
return to yourself, to
who you are, here and now
and when you get there,
you will discover yourself, like
a lotus flower in full bloom,
even in a muddy pond,
beautiful and strong.
   Masaru Emoto


I've never SEEN a
Bunny in Waikiki!


Still Haven't!


Learning to distance yourself
from all the negativity is
one of the greatest lessons
to achieve inner peace.
  Roy T. Bennett

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie


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Friday, August 12, 2022

Expert Beauty Finder

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Keep your face always
toward the sunshine,
and shadows will
fall behind you.
Walt Whitman




Your face is a billboard
advertising your
philosophy of life!
Barbara Johnson




I never forget a face, but
in your case I'll
make an exception.
 Groucho Marx










I think your whole life
shows in your face
and you should be
proud of that.
Lauren Bacall



2012

As one grows older
one should grow more expert
at finding beauty in
unexpected places, in deserts
and even in towns, in
ordinary human faces and
among wild weeds.
C. C. Vyvyan


𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋃𐋋

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


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Thursday, August 11, 2022

Made For You

A L O H A From Honolulu!
The minute you start seeing
your obstacles as things that
are made for you, to give you
what you need, then life starts to
get fun, right? You start surfing
on top of your problems
instead of living underneath them. Ashton Kutcher


Everybody needs a hug.
It changes your metabolism.
Leo Buscaglia



I had the whole sky
in my eyes and it
was blue and gold.
Albert Camus


Let go of the thoughts
that don’t make you strong.
Karen Salmansohn

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Do Angels Cry

A L O H A From Honolulu!
Do angels cry?
We know they care deeply
about good and why. 
So sometimes they do. 
And that's okay too.







Getting over a painful experience
is much like crossing monkey bars.
You have to let go at some point
in order to move forward.
  C. S. Lewis


Be happy in the moment,
that’s enough. Each
moment is all we need,
not more.
Mother Teresa








A true friend is someone
who thinks that you
are a good egg
even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked. Bernard Meltzer


𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆉𐆇
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Once in a While

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Once in a while, you
pick the right thing,
the exact best thing.
Every day, the moment you
open your eyes and pull
off your blankets, that's
what you hope for.
The sunshine on your face,
warm enough to
make you heart sing. Sarah Ockler




Peace begins
with a smile.
Mother Teresa


Smile, your
soul's watching
Allan Rufus


Fallen blossoms are in their
golden years.
They bloomed and went through an
entire Becoming & Beautifying.
Now they have dropped.
Some are beautiful, still fresh,
 perched in beautiful places.
Others are beginning to brown
around the edges. Some
even land face down. But
even the back of a flower is
a beautiful thing to those who look.
We are all flowers and someday
we will fall. Let's give
thanks for today and for
the sun that is on our face
at this moment. And
let's go on beautifying and
healing the world
together.










Paint the flying spirit
of the bird
rather than its feathers.
  Robert Henri






Monday, August 8, 2022

Flowers Love Us

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Let there always be a
bright spot in your heart
for the people around you.
They might need
a bit of sunshine.
   Ron Baratono


Yellow-fronted canary is in the finch family

I am a soul in the world:
in the world of my soul
the whirled light from the day Amiri Baraka

I love you between
shadow and soul.
I love you as the plant
that hasn't bloomed yet,
and carries hidden
within itself
the light of flowers.
Pablo Neruda



King Of Drinks
If I had to live my life over,
I'd live over a saloon.
  W.C. Fields




Acts of kindness never die.
They linger in the memory,
giving life to other
acts in return.
    Jonathan Sacks


It felt important to acknowledge
our small successes, to stop
and observe the tiny pockets
of sunshine that broke up the
boredom of our monochrome days
and made us smile.
    Ranjani Rao


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