Let

A   L   O   H   A  !
 

" Let the Beauty we love,

 be

 what we do."  

Rumi

" There is a moving palace 

that floats in the air

with balconies

 and clear water 

flowing through, 

infinity 

everywhere,

 yet contained

under a single tent. "

Rumi

 "There is a community

 of the spirit.
Join it, 

and feel the delight
of walking 

in the noisy street
and being 

the noise. "

Rumi

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Natural High

A  L  O  H  A !

                                                                  
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"Dark clouds

 in our Milky Way galaxy,

 far from Earth,

 are huge places 

 where new stars 

are born. 

But they are shy 

and hide themselves

 in a shroud of dust 

so that we cannot see 

what happens inside-" 

Laurent Pagani,

  Observatoire de Paris &

 the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

" Blessed are they 
who see beautiful things
 in humble places 
where other people 
see nothing. "
 
Camille Pissarro

Life reached out
and grabbed me;

Drew me close
when I wasn't looking.

I held it arms length
for so long.

Glad life didn't
give up on me.

YOU, friend,
YOUr post,
or comment
has been the hand and heart
of life,
reaching out to me.

Thanks. 


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Closer Look

A   L   O   H   A  !

If you have just flown

for hours over an ocean -

- This is a

 CLOSE look

 at Honolulu

When looking around 

a large parking lot,

a closer look

might reveal

something interesting!

[ shot 1st week of October,

Halloween 4 weeks away ]

 Why is this shot here?

Closer look

 reveals

a baby gecko

This is a close look -

- Until you get closer

"  If I held you 

any closer

 I would be

 on the other side

 of you.  "

Groucho Marx

“Were we closer 

to the ground 

as children, 

or is the grass 

emptier

 now? "

 
Alan Bennett

 

On this scale,

we encounter

 old friends

Or are they MONSTERS!

[ look close; see his eye? ]

" Since you cannot 

do good to all,

  pay special attention

 to those who,

 by the accidents

 of time, or place,

 or circumstances,

 are brought into closer

 connection 

with you. "

 
Augustine of Hippo

 >  <  }  }  ( ° >

The august Hippo

is right!

SOMETHING

has brought us 

together.

The Special Attention

we share

with one another

is 

Very Special

when you examine it

more closely

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Pixie Takes Over

A   L   O   H   A  !

" The soul 

of sweet delight, 

can never be 

defiled. "

William Blake

" To show a child
 what once delighted you,
 to find the child's delight
added to your own -
this is happiness. "

J. B. Priestley

" What more felicity

 can fall to creature,

 than to enjoy 

delight

 with liberty? "

Edmund Spenser

" As is a tale,

 so is life:

 not how long it is,

 but how good. . . 

 is what matters. "

 Seneca

"Tails are good,

 not too long,

 that matters to me."

Pixie

Pixie:  " CLOUDIA!

THIS is your post today??!!

They're gonna know

that it's just the same picture

4 times. . . .

I'm  OUT of here!

You come up

with something

BETTER-

And when I return. . . . "

" Heh Heh. . . . Vroom   Vrroooommmm   Meow! "

=^..^=

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Feline Follies 1919

lagniappe

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Orange Happiness

A   L   O   H    A  !

" There is no delight

 in owning anything

 unshared. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" The wish for healing

 has always been half

 of health.  "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" One of the most beautiful qualities 

of true friendship

 is to understand

 and to be understood.  "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca
 

" As long as you live,

 keep learning 

how to live.  "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" True happiness is...

 to enjoy the present,

 without anxious dependence 

upon the future.

He who is brave is free.  "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

 

 

 

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Child's Story

A   L   O   H    A  !

"It does not take 

many words

 to tell the truth"

 Chief Joseph 

 Nez Pierce Tribe

 "  Dad 

was leaning against a tree,
playing a flute,
and Mom walked by
 and caught his eye.

 That's the way

 they tell the story. "
 

 Hannah Teter

" A baby is born

 with a need to be loved 

- and never outgrows it. "

Frank A. Clark

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Tear down the ugly house
built atop the meadow
of my innocence.

Let the grass of me
lift it's heads gently,
tentative at first
in time, one hopes, 
to run riot.

Surely there is time
before the harvest?

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