To Triumph

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Passion 
rebuilds the world
 for the youth.
 It makes all things
 alive
 and significant. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

" One of the stereotypes
 I see breaking
 is the idea of aging
 and older women
 not being beautiful. "

 Annie Leibovitz 

" To keep the heart unwrinkled,
 to be hopeful, kindly,
 cheerful, reverent-
-that is to triumph 
over old age. "

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Lush Luxe

A   L   O   H   A  !

 

 " Young men

 think old men

 are fools; 

but old men

 know 

young men

 are fools. "

 George Chapman

" To me,
 a lush carpet of
pine needles

 or spongy grass
 is more welcome
 than the most

 luxurious
 Persian rug.  "

Helen Keller

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To See Birds

 Indian  Myna

The Waxbill is seen on Oahu, 
not any of the other
 Hawaiian Islands.
Probably  introduced during the 1970's
 she is a native of Africa. 
"Considered shy."
Common Birds of Honolulu

“ In order to see 

birds

 it is necessary

 to become

 a part of the

 silence. ” 

Robert Lynd

The BEST site I know

for really SEEING

amazing shots of 

BIRDS

is here:  LINK

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60 seconds of Happiness

A   L   O   H   A  !

 

" If you haven't got
 any charity in your heart, 
you have the worst kind 
of heart trouble.  "

Bob Hope 

" Make the most you can
 of the Indian Hemp seed 
and sow it everywhere. "

First US President George Washington
 in a note to his gardener at Mount Vernon (1794)

" For every minute

that you are angry,

you lose 

60 seconds

of Happiness. "

Emerson

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Sun Dogs

A   L   O   H   A  !

Rainbow  Ladder

“ Man, Sub-creator, 
the refracted light
through whom is splintered 
from a single White
to many hues, 
and endlessly combined
in living shapes 
that move 
from mind to mind. ”


 J.R.R. Tolkien

That vertical 'rainbow' is called a

 'Sun Dog'

 or Parhelion. 

They appear when light rays

 pass through high cirrus clouds

containing horizontal hexagonal ice crystals.

The ice crystals in the clouds act as prisms.

[ Science specifics  HERE ]

I shot this Sun Dog over the Pacific

 from Waikiki.

This was the first time I've noticed one!

It appeared two afternoons in a row.

Perhaps I shan't see another

for many years

when conditions are again

perfect.

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This fellow got REALLY lucky!
 Definitely worth 2 minutes of your time:

A   L   O   H   A  !

" The Answer

to every Question in Life:

Think Higher,

Feel Deeper."

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel

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Chrome is FAST

A   L   O   H   A  !

" I'm so fast
 that last night
 I turned off the light switch
 in my hotel room 
and was in bed
 before the room 
was dark. "

Muhammad Ali 

" Fast is fine, 
but accuracy
 is everything.  "

Wyatt Earp 

" Wisely, and slow. 
They stumble
 that run fast. "

William Shakespeare 

 " Man is flying too fast
 for a world that is round. 
Soon he will catch up
 with himself 
in a great
 rear end collision. "

James Thurber



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Your web browser,
Internet Explorer,
Fire Fox,
or Chrome,
takes you around
the World Wide Web.

You can have
more than one
installed on your
machine.

You may have noticed,
when you go to
G O O G L E
you see an
invitation
to install CHROME,
Google' s  Web Browser,
up in the right corner.

I've been using Chrome
for a few days,
and it IS FAST!

I can visit MORE blogs,
fall further behind
faster. . . . 

F A S T E R!

Whew -
Speed may not be
 everything,
but on the web
Chrome is like
driving a sports car.

Install,
or have your TECHIE
install, Chrome 
for you.

Just click on the icon,
and go cruising.
If you don't like it,
you can go back to
your old browser,
or try a DIFFERENT
one.

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