Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Get Glowing

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Shine, shine, shine tonight-
It's time to let it show-
Burn bright, light the fire-
That leads the way to hope-
The Maker of the stars
lives in our soul-
We have His light,
what are we waiting for-
Get out and glow.
Moriah Peters




On pavements and 
the bark of trees
I have found 
whole worlds.
      Mark Tobey



Window of light
Magical frame,
Where beauty ignites
And whispers your name.

Golden hour sings
Fleeting precious thing,
Riches of light descend
Like the visit of a friend
     Cloudia Charters


There is a pleasure
in the pathless woods,
A rapture in the lonely shore,
There is society,
where none intrudes,
By the deep sea,
and music in its roar;
I love not man the less,
but Nature more.
       Lord Byron




Seek not to be an influencer,
but rather to be influenced
by Love & Truth, 
Then whatever influence
you do share with others
will be good for all involved. 
Pixie

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie





Monday, June 17, 2024

The Glow

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The glow of one warm thought
is to me worth more than money.
  Thomas Jefferson



I saw that my life was
a vast glowing empty page and
I could do anything I wanted.
Jack Kerouac



Every flower
blooms in its own time.
Ken Petti



Luminous orb celestial eye,
Attracts the Moon Witch
Seeking knowledge in the sky.

Most see her veil
As wisp of evening cloud,
But some can glimpse her truth:
An ancient wise and proud.

Painted in moonglow's
sacred sheen,
She gazes deep
where mysteries convene.

Spying upon secrets
in pearlescent depths
A hush around creation
The planets hold their breath.

We mortals how we slumber
blind to cosmic lore,
But she's sending gifts of insight
On to our dream time shore.
Cloudia Charters


Anyone can criticize.
It takes a true believer
to be compassionate.
Arthur H. Stainback 


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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia



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Sunday, June 16, 2024

Stone Soul Pigeon

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

Gratitude unlocks
the fullness of life,
turns what we have
into enough, and more!
Melody Beattie



There was a pigeon
Or perhaps a dove
Who loved a little fountain
And visited everyday.

Folks in the neighborhood
noticed when she passed away...


...But then something happened.
This dove-shaped stone appeared.
And when the neighbors pass
They still see her spirit here.



Beneath the waves,
where kelp sways slow,
A love story bubbles,
don't you know?

Lobster lad, eyes so bright,
This lovely lass his crimson delight.
Their dance a waltz or slow ballet,
Under the ocean
where current and sunlight play.

Briney whispers, a secret vow,
Two armored hearts allow somehow
Love's embracing oceanic sweep,
Happy lobster love
to hold and to keep!

Their silent vow, a heartfelt click,
Two lobster souls, forever linked.
A love untold, yet understood,
Two armored souls in together-hood.

Salty sweet, this love they share,
Lobster's vow crustacean prayer.



O God, help me to believe
the truth about myself,
no matter how beautiful it is.
  Macrina Wiederkehr


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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie


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Linking To
Monday Murals







Saturday, June 15, 2024

A Discovering

A L O H A From Honolulu!


Anyone can slay a dragon...
but try waking up every morning
and loving the world all over again.
That's what takes a real hero.
  Brian Andreas


The more you walk,
the better you feel.
The more you lift, the
more muscle you build.
The more you get outside,
the happier you are.
The more hard things you do,
the easier your life becomes.
Walk. Lift. Get outside.
Do hard things.
This is the way.
James DiNicolantonio 



  Samoan Drummers  Link

 I have never started
a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem
is discovering. Robert Frost

Click on the link above!


Red-Crested Cardinal / Brazilian Cardinal

It's not what you 
look at that matters,
it's what you see.
         Thoreau



You should conduct 
yourself in life 
as at a feast.
      Epictetus


Life is a banquet
and most poor suckers
are starving to death!
 Rosalind Russell
in AUNTIE MAME (1958)


𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬝

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


Links

Saturday Critters

Jaipur Garden Affair




Friday, June 14, 2024

Friend 0f All Times

A L O H A From Honolulu!

I'm making friends
with all times of day
 Morning noon night.
That's all okay. 

Spicy bright morning
 anxiety in the afternoon.
Will soon change to sunset
 I'll eat it up with a spoon...


...When I was young
everything was clear 
except the mystery
of myself.

Cocktail of confidence
with a slug of self-doubt 
I hazarded attempts 
And figured most of it out...




...Senior years have their fears 
But graced with graces too 
I am friendly with every
time of the day.
So little left with
which to play. 
          Cloudia Charters 


Leucospermum catherine
Catherine-wheel pincushion,
wheel flower in English
and waterluisie in Afrikaans


The great person, 
in the midst of the crowd,
keeps with perfect sweetness
the independence of solitude.
            Ralph Waldo Emerson




When the truth 
comes around, all 
the lies have to 
run and hide.
          Ice Cube

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Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie



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Thursday, June 13, 2024

This Is The Light

A L O H A From Honolulu!

 I'm right here right now
and I want now to
be the Golden Age.
If only each generation would
realize that the time for greatness
is right now when they're alive. . .
. . . the time to flower is now.
  Patti Smith




Kamehameha The Great
Unified the Hawaiian Islands in 1810
One of the most striking figures in Hawaiian history, a leader who united and ruled the islands during a time of great cultural change.
United States Park Service Link



There is a light that shines
beyond all things on earth,
beyond the highest,
the very highest heavens.
This is the light that
shines in your heart.
        Upanishads







Lei queen smiles
in regal style!
Happiness lingers
around for a while.
Tiara and flowers
But strangely no lei
Laughed to myself
As I walked away.
Cloudia Charters


A cat may look at a queen
only one she's ever seen!


Unity is that
we come together
despite our differences.
Chris Singleton

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia