Another Shot At Life

A L O H A From Honolulu!

After more than a year 

of lock-down, 

returning aspects of my 

normal life seem 

like a wonderland!

An early-morning walk is 

a blessing for the whole day.

Henry David Thoreau

Ho! Ho! Ho! 

To the bottle I go

To heal my heart 

and drown my woe

Rain may fall, 

and wind may blow

And many miles be still to go

But under a tall tree 

will I lie

            And let the clouds 

[Cloudias]

go sailing by

        J.R.R. Tolkien

  

Hope may seem

a fragile thing.

Until you really

hear it sing.

Given another shot at life,

I would seize every

minute of it …

look at it and really see it …

try it on … live it …

exhaust it …

and never give

that minute back

until there was

nothing left of it.

Erma Bombeck

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Love You - Good Luck,

Pixie & Cloudia

Linking To
Nature Notes
From The Archives
The Good.Random.Fun.
AWWW Monday
T Tuesday

Glows

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

Honolulu, Friday 7:52 p.m.

The sun's glow 

had given way to 

a brilliant twilight that 

colored the great mountains 

with violet and orange rivers.

Michael R. Hicks

White Vinca

If you want to give 

light to others you 

have to glow yourself.

Thomas S. Monson

Pagoda Floating Restaurant Link

Selfie Spaceship

Time, which is so often 

an enemy in life, can 

also become our ally if 

we see how a pale moment 

can lead to a glowing moment, 

and then turn to a moment 

of perfect transparency, 

before dropping again 

to a moment of 

everyday simplicity.

                                           Peter Brook

Bicycle Beneath the Sea

I saw that my life was  a

vast glowing empty page 

and I could do 

anything I wanted.

Jack Kerouac

There are two kinds of light - 

the glow that illuminates, 

and the glare 

that obscures.

James Thurber

Glow Beyond the Fence with Ducks

Shine your light on love 

and truth and 

your soul will glow.

    Anthony D. Williams

𐋆 𐋆 𐋆 𐋆 𐋆 𐋆 𐋆 𐋆 𐋆 𐋆 𐋃 

Love You - Good Luck,

                  Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To

Monday Murals

Weekend Reflections 

& Street Photography

Morning Light Honolulu

A L O H A From Honolulu!

It is early, early morning.

It's that time when it's

still dark but you know

the day is coming.

Blue is bleeding

through black.

Stars are dying.

Markus Zusak

So I find words I never 

thought to speak

In streets I never thought 

I should revisit

When I left my body 

on a distant shore.

T.S. Eliot

During 4 California years,

these are the streets, Trees,

Light, Smells, Sights, and people 

I dreamt of. . . .

Back Door

1916

Hawaii's Queen, Liliuokalani 

was alive

when this was laid.

I walked over it today.

This illustrates the times frame of

our culture and history in the islands.

Driving my taxi here in Honolulu

in the mid 1980s,

I drove a dignified older gentleman

who told me how the Queen

worked in her garden, smoking

small cigars, and graciously

greeting the school children

as they passed, 

Such he had been:

A schoolboy 

who knew a Queen.

The Hawaiian Kingdom

is not merely historic.

For a dark street,

sunshine is most welcome;

for a wounded soul,

love is most welcome!

Mehmet Murat ildan

She is yellow, I'm all blue...

It's ok! What can I do!?

 Liviu C. Tudose

I would never date a lizard OR gecko
 or whatever that thing is.
Keep moving up the wall, buddy,
I'm too yellow for YOU!

Ô, Sunlight! 

The most precious gold 

to be found on Earth.

Roman Payne

𐋌𐋍𐋌𐋍𐋌𐋍𐋌𐋍𐋌𐋍𐋐

Love You - Good Luck,

Pixie & Cloudia

Click on photo to see the darker side.

Linking to

Saturday Critters

Simple Rest, Pleasures, and Hopes

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Don't be afraid of the shadows, 

it only means 

there's a light nearby.     

    Amy Lee

We awaken in others 

the same attitude 

of mind we hold 

toward them. 

                      Elbert Hubbard

We are the thoughts 

we choose to keep.

A.D. Posey

I adore simple pleasures.

They are the last refuge

of the complex.

Oscar Wilde 

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Love You - Good Luck,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Linking To

 Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Jaipur Garden Affair

Skywatch

Floral Friday

Feline Friday

There May Wait

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Still round the corner 

there may wait, 

A new road or 

a secret gate.

    J. R. R. Tolkien

I am... a mushroom; 

On whom the dew of heaven   

   

drops now and then.

                   John Ford

There is not anything

 in the world 

stronger than 

tenderness.

Han Suyin

Dendrobium bigibbum,
 Cooktown orchid,
mauve butterfly orchid.
       

Every moment is a golden one

 for those who have 

the vision to 

recognize it as such. 

        Henry Miller

And her heart burst like 

the stars do in the end...

 She lit the whole universe 

with her fire 

for a moment...

she was as beautiful 

as the stardust falling 

from the sky and her 

heart didn't 

ache anymore.

 Akshay Vasu

ঽঽঽঽঽঽঽঽঽঽ৩

Love You - Good Luck,

                Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To

Nature Thursday

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday