Monday, June 22, 2015

What Is Expected

A  L  O  H  A !

“ Would you like to know your future?
If your answer is yes, think again. . .
enjoy, endure, survive 
each moment 
as it comes to you
 in its proper 
sequence -- a surprise.” 
                                            Vera Nazarian











" Most people want 
to be circled by safety, 
not by the unexpected. 
The unexpected can 
take you out. 
But 
the unexpected can also 
take you over and 
change your life. 
Put a heart 
in your body 
where a stone 
used to be.” 
                   Ron Hall







“The expected 
always happens” 
                    Disraeli



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I have observed
that the expected
usually happens,
even when
opportunities
for better outcomes
tremble on the brink
of  becoming.

So focused
usually, on
 what we fear;
The still,
present voice
of Possibility
or Gift
we do not
hear.

What If
___________________
[something wonderful]

happened?

Don't fear
a let down.

Enjoy rather
dreams that will
paint your face
in place
of a frown.

Then YOU
will be
one of the 
Special Ones
spreading it 
around.

I think
You already
ARE!

Fondly,
                          cloudia









Monday Mural

A  L  O  H  A !
" It's my favorite thing, 
making the ordinary
 extraordinary. "
           Ricky Gervais



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Thank YOU!
               Warmly, cloudia

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Ah! Summer!

A  L  O  H  A !
" The summer night is
 like a perfection 
of thought. "
               Wallace Stevens

And all balanced on a 
shadow fulcrum!
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" I know that if odour were 
visible, as colour is -







 I`d see the summer 
garden in 
rainbow clouds. "
                         Robert Bridges












" In the depth of winter,
 I finally learned that
there was within me 
an invincible summer."
                    Albert Camus




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We drift on
 a Summer Breeze
if lucky
or smart
Discovering
Beauty
that causes 
our Art!

Thank You
for sharing it!
            Fondly, cloudia


Saturday, June 20, 2015

Spark Place

A  L  O  H  A !

“ You have to find 
what sparks a light 
in you so that 
you in your own way
 can illuminate the world. ” 
                   Oprah Winfrey








" I've always been attracted 
to things that are taboo. 
I've never been 
afraid to go 
to that dark place. "
                                            Ricky Williams








Dark Places

Can B

SPARK Places!








You CAN do something!

When you see a person
different from you
in age, skin color, culture,
socio-economics,
a visitor, a stranger-
Smile and Say
"Hello"

That really is
Something!

Like right now:
Feel the Love?

Thank YOU!
               Your pal cloudia

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Friday, June 19, 2015

Heart Land

A  L  O  H  A !
Moonlight Shower Tree is semi-deciduous-
Pink Blossom is unidentified neighbor

“This mountain 
has my heart. 
This land
 is our church.”
                             Caleen Sisk, 
                                        Winnemen Wintu Tribe









Dashboard Devil
" Road rage is 
the expression of 
the amateur sociopath 
in all of us, 
cured by running 
into a professional."
                            Robert Brault






Dancing Darling

"We delight in the
 beauty of the butterfly, 
but rarely admit 
the changes it has 
gone through to 
achieve that beauty." 
                          Maya Angelou

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Dance - Delight
& Drive Calm


Thank YOU
for Flying
with us!
                Fondly, cloudia

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Sunbeams Joy-Pierce

A  L  O  H  A !

" Sunbeams

 joy-pierce clouds. "

                          Terri Guillemets








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Thank YOU,
Little Bird!
           Fondly, cloudia

How We Get Over -

TOGETHER!
“ Practice makes comfort. 
E-x-p-a-n-d 
your experiences regularly
so every stretch won’t
 feel like your first. ” 
                          Gina Greenlee

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“ Being the best is
 rarely within our reach. 
Doing our best 
is always 
within our reach. ” 
            Charles F. Glassman






“ If you do not see light 
at the end of the tunnel,
 consider it an opportunity
 to create an opening 
yourself, wherever 
you want.” 
            Ashok Kallarakkal



Thank YOU
Friend!
             Warmly, cloudia