Inaction Is An Action

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Rainbow steals

the window scene,

Her splashy joy,

a vibrant sheen.

Even if no salvation

should come,

I want to be worthy of it

at every moment.

   Franz Kafka

Different ages, different stages,
Different dreams we chase.
It's good to hold onto a youthful heart,
But with wisdom's gentle grace.

Cloudia Charters

Hopeful themes

of emerald 

Rich with promise

Hold me enthralled.

That the world can mend

Making hearts new,

Goodness and hope

To see us through.

     Cloudia Charters

For even after trials

and strife,

Hope undeniable 

Returns us to life.

Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Thankful!

That's The Life For Me

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Life is a series of
unique opportunities
It's our job to find
the happiness in
each one.
Rick Remender

Shot in N. California in 2017. Anyone know this bird?💛

At every moment, we always have a choice, even if it feels as if we don’t. Sometimes that choice may simply be to think a more positive thought.

   Tina Turner

Maybe it's weird,
some might disagree,
But happy at work?
That's the life for me!

I want to be

famous but
unknown!
Edgar Degas

I'm already happy

in this work.

Pixie

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

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Travel Tuesday 
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Wild Bird Wednesday
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Wordless Wednesday

On Memorial Day in Honolulu

Hundreds of lighted lanterns

are set afloat out to sea.

This is done solemnly by

those of every age, culture,

and ethnicity in remembrance

of our dearly remembered Family members and

ancestors. A much nicer word

than "dead" eh?

In Summer O Bon season

they are close and we

hold big outdoor dances

in the Japanese tradition

where we dance beyond

the generations.

There is also Missing Man Formation

flown above ceremonies at the 

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

"Punchbowl" to honor those

who gave the full measure 

of devotion.

To Do Good Is My Religion

A L O H A From Honolulu!

We must have the stubbornness

to accept our gladness in

the ruthless furnace

of this world.

      Jack Gilbert

Not a poem of begging,

but a sweeter song,
Of young troubadours,

where they don't belong.

A hat in hand

for coins to chime,
Busking dreams learning
One note at a time.

Pixie

The world is my country,
all mankind are my brethren,
and to do good
is my religion.
Thomas Paine

The ideals which have

lighted my way, and time

after time have given me new courage

to face life cheerfully have been

kindness, beauty, and truth.
Albert Einstein

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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Nature Notes

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

T Tuesday

Underage Drinking

Your brain will be shrinking.

Glad nothing too tricking

About being a chicken!

These are feral chickens who live free around Honolulu. I like these fellows with the bold

stripes among their black & white siblings.

I call them "The Wild Ones"

Dive Depths Deep

A L O H A From Honolulu!

You have to be in the world

to understand what the

spiritual is about, and

you have to be spiritual

in order to truly be able

to accept what the

world is about.

    Mary Oliver

Dive, on mermaid

Your spirit take flight,

From the depths of your being

emit your own light.

The beauty and meaning

you search every day

Reside in your essence

a radiant, boundless ray.

Deceptively deep, this heart we hold,

A universe of stories untold.

With every beat a truth unfolds,

Timeless tide of all sweet souls.

       Cloudia Charters

When the night is cloudy,

there is still a light that shines

on me, shine on till

tomorrow, let it be.

Lennon & McCartney 

The Beatles

Looking for peace is like

looking for a turtle with a mustache:

You won't be able to find it. But

when your heart is ready,

peace will come looking for you.

   Ajahn Chah 

"Peep pEEp"

Originality is. . .

a by-product of sincerity. Marianne Moore

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Monday Murals

Wearing The Sky

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

Be a nice incident

in someone's life

today!

Rainbows are gay space lasers.

That's why they're not straight.

Oliver Markus Malloy @ommalloy

Australian Native Red Bottle Brush

A vision sweet upon the breeze, Scattered rubies on the trees. Green and red, smashing hue, Nature's confetti in skies of blue.

Pixie

Chinese soft shell turtle Link

Turtles always strike me

as devastatingly serious.

If turtles could talk, I'd believe

everything they said. Erin O'Brien

I am wind-tawned and sun-browned.

Wearing the marks of the open. I reek of freedom. Muriel Strode

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. Robert Fripp *

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Saturday Critters

Jaipur Garden Affair

*   Robert Fripp's music for your cup of silence:

Kindness and Tenacity

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Hope will never be silent. 

Harvey Milk 

A man who changed the world

through kindness and tenacity,

making friends not enemies.

Today's "activists" could learn

MUCH from his Wise Aloha

Fiery words quick and dark

Leave a wound that lingers and sparks. Silent long breath, a moment to take, Mends the bridge

before it breaks.

Cloudia Charters

Pink! Oh Pink!
Tell me, dear friend
What do YOU think?

People often say, with pride, I'm not interested in politics. They might as well say, I'm not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future or any future. If we mean to keep any control over our world and lives, we must be interested in politics.
Martha Gellhorn

I will not follow where

the path may lead, but

I will go where there is no path,

and I will leave a trail. Muriel Strode

𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾𐭾

Love You,

Cloudia &

"Friday Girl" Pixie

[ She says to call her ' Friday Girl' today! ]

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Flowers in your hair

Happy Friday Smiles!

And All That That We 

Love To Share 😊

Harvey Bernard Milk was born May 22, 1930 

He might have been 90 this week.

Assassinated at age 48, November 27, 1978

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