Mountain Steady

 A L O H A  From

H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Focus on your character, not your reputation. Focus on your blessings, not your misfortunes."

Roy T. Bennett

Never get so busy 

making a living that 

you forget to make a life.

   Dolly Parton

Endurance

Suffering visits every life. 

In simple acceptance  

dignity grows. 

Not loud

But steady as a mountain.

Peace is found   

With open hands.

    Cloudia Charters 

A Relationship is: 

Two Imperfect People not 

Giving Up on Each Other. 

Meg Tuohey

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Cloudia & Pixie

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Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

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Feline Friday

Floral Friday

Ideas are like rabbits. 

You get a couple and 

learn how to handle them, and 

pretty soon you have a dozen.

John Steinbeck 

Capture A Piece

 A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

A good laugh is 

sunshine in 

the house. 

        William Makepeace Thackeray

Etlingera elatior (also known as torch ginger among other names) is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the family Zingiberaceae; it is native to Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and New Guinea.

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Each breadfruit is a compound or multiple fruit called a syncarp. The female inflorescence, appearing after the male, consists of 1500-2000 minute flowers attached to a spongy core. The flowers fuse together and develop into the fleshy, edible portion of the fruit. Breadfruit is monoecious with male and female flowers developing on the same tree at the end of branches. The male inflorescence (flower) typically appears first.

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If I could capture a

piece of the rainbow,

I'd capture its

beauty and grace.

I'd wrap it around me

like a warm blanket,

And I'd never

feel cold again.

If I could capture a

piece of the rainbow,

I'd capture its hope

and its cheer.

I'd hang it on my

wall in a  frame,

To bring joy

throughout the year.

If I could capture a

piece of the rainbow,

I'd capture its magic and light.

I'd keep it close to

my heart and my soul,

And it would make my

life shine bright.

Cloudia Charters

  'Pixilated'

 is an early American expression

 derived from the word 'pixies,'

 They would say:

 ' the pixies had got him. '

 Meaning:

'He's not all here!'  

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Love You,

  Pixie & Cloudia

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There is only one way to happiness 

and that is to cease worrying 

about things which are beyond 

our power 

            Epictetus

Rest And Awaken

 A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Write your injuries 

in dust, your 

benefits in marble.

           Benjamin Franklin

Solitude is where I

place my chaos to rest 

and awaken my inner peace.

      Nikki Rowe

The better part of 

valor is discretion.

Shakespeare

Discretion is a virtue 

that old age teaches. 

Stefan Zweig

The discreet 

seldom err.

Confucius

Be patient with yourself.

Self-growth is tender;

it’s holy ground.

There’s no

greater investment.

Stephen Covey

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Wordless Wednesday
All Seasons

Sometimes, 

It Feels Like This:

Conquer By Goodness

 A L O H A  From

H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

It is not happiness 

that makes us grateful, 

but gratefulness that 

makes us happy.

           Brother David Steindl-Rast

In the right light,

at the right time, everything is extraordinary. Aaron Rose 

Conquer the angry one
by not getting angry;
conquer the wicked
by goodness;
conquer the stingy
by generosity,
and the liar
by speaking the truth.
Buddha

There is something
about the presence of a
cat that seems to take the
bite out of being alone.
Louis J. Camuti

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Travel Tuesday 

Happy Tuesday 

Tuesday Treasures

My Corner Of The World

Wild Bird Wednesday

Little Green Heron (N. California)

The Little Ones

 A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Always be on the lookout 

for the presence of WONDER.

E.B. White

The test of our progress 

is not whether we add 

more to the abundance 

of those who have much; 

it is whether we provide 

enough for those 

who have too little.

Franklin D. Roosevelt 

US President 
Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937.

Open water is a highway 

to adventure, best 

traveled by canoe.

Love many, trust few, 

but always paddle 

your own canoe.

American folk proverb.

It isn't the great big 

pleasures that count the most;

it's making a great deal 

out of the little ones.

           Jean Webster

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Cloudia & Pixie

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From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

T Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday 

Rainbow Banyan Beach Morning

 A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

There's never any closure 

in an awe-inspired life,

 only constant acceptance 

of the mysteries...     

                         Paul Pearsall

The meaning of life 

is to find your gift. 

The purpose of life 

is to give it away.

Pablo Picasso. 

We need solitude,

because when we're alone,

we're free from obligations, we 

don't need to put on a show,

and we can HEAR 

our own thoughts.

                     Tamin Ansary

Amplify

Complaints are rocks  

Dropped in a pond—  

Ripples of angst  

Grow quickly beyond.

A threaten of thunder  

Calls more to the sky;  

Clouds gather quickly  

When grievances fly.

But laughter is sunlight  

Out-foxes the gray,  

Changing mud puddles  

To mirrors of day.

So hush your small storm,  

let silence begin—  

Then learn how the world  

grows gentle again.

Cloudia Charters 

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Monday Murals

Jaipur Garden Affair

 "In America the law is king.  In free countries the law ought to be king; 

and there ought to be no other."

Thomas Paine 

 1776 pamphlet Common Sense, 

A foundational text of 

American Independence.

The law is the supreme authority

to prevent tyranny.

Rainbows Are Made

 A L O H A  From
H  O  N  O  L  U  L  U

Rainbows are made

of small raindrops.

Happy lives are made

from acts of kindness

Amit Ray

The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

 Everything you are Against - Weakens you. Everything you are For - Empowers you. Wayne Dyer

(Don't Be A Silly Duck)

"Boxy" the Box fish

Life might assign you some role but it will never assign you your destiny, for life will always try to fit you into a box of convenience while destiny realizes that there is no such thing as a box of convenience. Craig D. Lounsbrough

 I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. Martha Washington 1st First Lady of the USA

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Saturday Critters

Lizards can’t pass through walls, but if we replace the L with a W, the goal might be attained.

Michael Bassey Johnson