Best Bargain

A  L  O  H  A !

" Nothing prevents us
from being natural
so much as the wish
to look natural. "
            La Rochefoucauld

Linking to

Saturday Critters

" Life is the best bargain -

 you get it for nothing! "
                       Yiddish Saying

“Extensive silence,
 not talk, is
 the hallmark of
 a professional 
spiritual caregiver,” 
             Karen B.Kaplan

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               Fondly, cloudia

Keep It Floral

A  L  O  H  A !

Today's Photos Cry Out For an Enlarging 'CLICK'

"Grey Cloud ~ White Cloud

Bottom lit ~ Top lit"

"Never let 

the future disturb you. 

You will meet it, if you have to,  

with the same weapons of reason 

which today arm you 

against the present."

                 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

" If you find it in your heart
 to care for somebody else, 
you will have succeeded. "
                       Maya Angelou

" As long as 

I'm learning 

something,

 I figure I'm OK -

 it's a decent day. "

             Hunter S. Thompson

Jacaranda!

Linking to

Floral Friday

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Rainbow Bazar

A  L  O  H  A !

" I figure if

 I have my health, 

can pay the rent 

and I have my friends,

 I call it 'content.' "

                      Lauren Bacall

Linking to 

SkyWatch Friday

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                         cloudia

One Wave At A Time

A  L  O  H  A !

" Blue, green, grey, 

white, or black; 

smooth, ruffled, 

or mountainous; 

that ocean is

 not silent. "

              H. P. Lovecraft, 

                         The White Ship

Some see the fence,

Some see the mountains;

Feel Free to reframe

Your focus!

Linking to 

Good Fences

“ When we seek 

to discover the 

best in others, 

we somehow

 bring out the

 best in ourselves. ” 

            William Arthur Ward

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Smooth Sailing

is one wave,

one breeze,

one gale,

one stillness

at a time...

The glory

is in the sailing,

then,  

the re-telling.

You know you 

love that

old Rocking Deck!

Me too.

Lovely of you

to stand for a while,

side by my side

marveling

at far horizons.

Passing ships,

I salute you!

      Fondly, cloudia

Bright Things

A  L  O  H  A !

 Palm Grove in Sunlight!

 " There is no death. 
 the stars go down 
 to rise upon some 
 other shore. 
 And bright in 
 Heaven's jeweled crown, 
 they shine for ever more. " 
 John Luckey Mccreery 

 Sun Seen From Shade!

“Life is a process. 
We are a process. 
The Universe 
is a process.” 
                          Anne Wilson Schaef

Water Droplets and Sun!

“I love bright red drinks, 
don’t you? 
They taste twice as good 
as any other color.” 

                      L.M. Montgomery,

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            Warmly, cloudia

Feral Oahu Rooster

A  L  O  H  A !

 Proud Feral Rooster!


At two o'clock in the morning, 
if you open your window and listen, 
You will hear the feet of the Wind 
that is going to call the sun. 
And the trees in the Shadow rustle 
and the trees in the moonlight glisten, 
And though it is deep, dark night, 
you feel that the night is done.”  
Rudyard Kipling

Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday

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           Warmly, cloudia

A Hush Over the Crowd

A  L  O  H  A !

" Perfection is a trifle dull. 

It is not the least 

of life's ironies 

that this, which 

we all aim at, 

is better not

quite achieved. "

                   Somerset Maugham

“The broad-minded see 

the truth in 

different religions;

 the narrow-minded see 

only the differences”

                       Chinese Proverb

“Spread love 

everywhere you go:

 First of all 

in your own house...

 let no one ever come to you 

without leaving better and happier.

 Be the living expression 

of God's kindness; 

kindness in your face,

 kindness in your eyes, 

kindness in your smile,

 kindness.”

                      Mother Teresa 

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What are you

spreading around?

I'm making up for

all the disharmony

I spread before:

"Get OUT of MY Way!"

One thing I share

is music.

Never without

my little 

Mountain Ocarina.

Was at the Busiest

Costco in the Chain

(Iwilei, Honolulu)

the other day.

It was a mad house!

The crowd at the check-out

was restless for 

Hawaii people.

Everyone in Hawaii

knows "Hawaii Aloha"

many events, 

including the legislative

session, open with

this song.

So I like to start

with Hawaii Aloha,

then segue into

Aloha `Oe

to respect this place,

the spirits that linger,

and any local person

in earshot.

I began playing.

A hush.

Then soft singing

by some present.

The time flew by

and it was my turn.

Folks let me know

that they liked it.

Once a woman told me:

"You changed the whole

atmosphere in here!"

What a gift

to be able to

do that!

The gift of music.

Then I left.

Everyone's day

was better after that.

Or so I like to believe.

Just let your ego go

and BLOW!

Here's a quick & dirty

recording of me

jazzing up those

venerable songs:

Ocarina 

                       Love, cloudia