Right Outside

A   L   O   H   A  !

There are as many worlds 

as there are kinds of days, 

and as an opal changes 

its colors and its fire to

match the nature of a day, 

so do I.

    John Steinbeck

Hawaii's flag flies over re-interred

ancient Hawaiian bones Link, Link

New morning, new moment 

of miracles.

              Lailah Gifty Akita

The moment you accept 

what troubles you've been given, 

the door will open.  

                Rumi

Is A License Plate A Sign?

This vanity plate is certainly a 

"sign' of something

about the driver.

Linking To: 

 Wednesday Signs

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Love You,

                                   cloudia

Next Saturday Jan 25 2020

is Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year

Children and Lions

A   L   O   H   A  !

Children or babies learn to mimic 

the vibration of the adults 

who surround them long before 

they learn to mimic their words.

                   Abraham Hicks

Children are the hands by which 

we take hold of heaven.

        Henry Ward Beecher

Children have such an innocent view of their world 

and surroundings; every thought is 

a garden full of wonder.     

           C.J. Heck

The hardest job kids face today 

is learning good manners 

without seeing any.

     Fred Astaire

Was It All A Dream?

The feeling of being at home

in yourself, is an expensive jewel.

But once you have acquired it,

carry it secretly wherever you go.

Touchstone.

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Love You,

                        cloudia

Linking To Wild Bird Wednesday

Here

Nice Morning

A   L   O   H   A  !

Not only is there a right to be happy, 

there is a duty to be happy. 

So much sadness exists in the world 

that we are all under obligation to 

contribute as much joy as 

lies within our powers.  

            John S. Bonnell 

Honolulu West of the Sun-rising

If we look at the world 

with a love of life, 

the world will reveal 

its beauty to us.

            Daisaku Ikeda 

Let's Get a Drink at Arnold's Beach Bar Link

I adore simple pleasures. 

They are the last refuge 

of the complex. 

             Oscar Wilde

Links:

Monday Murals

Our World Tuesday

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

Travel Tuesday

Tuesday Treasures

Happy Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World

T Tuesday [drink related]

wednesday signs     

Aw! Her name is CLOUD.

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Love You,

                         cloudia

Honolulu Sunday

A   L   O   H   A  !

Some Attend Church   Link

The best years of your life are 

the ones in which you decide 

your problems are your own.

You do not blame them on 

your mother, the ecology, 

or the president. You realize that 

you control your own destiny.

                         Albert Ellis 

Some have flown far to feel the sun

To talk well and eloquently 

is a very great art, but 

an equally great one is to know 

the right moment to stop. 

                    Mozart

Some recuperate from Saturday Night

Every morning I tell myself, 

"I'll sleep early tonight." 

And every night I say, 

"One more chapter.”

                Joyce Rachelle

Some Just Wait For Night

There is a romance about all those who 

are abroad in the black hours.

      Robert Louis Stevenson

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Love You,

                                cloudia

Homeward Magicness

A   L   O   H   A  !

Marin, California Nov 2015 - May 2019  -  "Final Dawn"

There is a kind of magicness about going 

far away and then coming back all changed.

            Kate Douglas Wiggin

The day arrived. Final exit from "our"

driveway, and leaving of "our" street, our

 neighborhood. Dear neighbor drove us.

Goodbye, Pacheco Pond,

Golden Gate Bridge. Likely I will

never cross you again. Going home.

No intention to ever leave again.

Hawaii.

"Leaving On A Jet Plane"

All roads lead home as home 

is where the heart is. 

So Love. Simply Love. 

For love is home to all of us.

        Wald Wassermann

I want to be someone you can’t live without.

           Charlotte Eriksson

VERY complicated procedure to bring

even an island born pet home!

Multiple tests, vet visits, and messengered

official paperwork for the State!

Every detail scrutinized, double checked.

Or Pixie would be incarcerated on return.

For months. The State office at HONO

that handles such matters was 

peopled by sad folks after long flights,

who just didn't know!

Children separated from pets! Adult

children separated from theirs, sadly.

At last a State veterinarian carrying

Pixie and a thick sheaf of documents

with our name on it appeared.

All in order! Happy Day!!!

We left the sad people,

an intact family for the

final leg of this epic journey:

Waikiki.

It was his home now. But 

it could not be his home till he had 

gone from it and returned to it. 

Now he was the Prodigal Son.

             G.K. Chesterton

Linking To

Saturday Critters

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Love You,

                                 cloudia

What Hawaiian Airlines played on the plane. Whenever I hear it, I'm onboard!

Sunshine Sunshine

A   L   O   H   A  !

If you are confident in your beliefs,

you do not need to enforce them.

You only need to live them.

If you are humble, and your belief is valid,

you will see it in different faces

wherever in the world you roam.

Are you a believer - or a judge?

Love One Another has no * asterisk.

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. 

You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and 

a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams 

and you will always look lovely.

                         Roald Dahl

The City & Islands start

going OFF for Lunar New Year

THIS Weekend!

My Favorite Time of Year!

Lion Dance Practice

If you sit down at set of sun and 

count the acts that you have done, 

and, counting, find one self-denying deed, 

one word that eased the heart of him who heard–

one glance most kind, that fell like sunshine where it went–then you may count that day well spent.     

                     George Eliot

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After a period of tropical

wind and rain, the sun

and blue skies have 

returned to Honolulu!

Love You,

                                  cloudia

That "Sunshine" Song: