Joy Sips

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Perfect happiness is

a beautiful sunset, 

the giggle of a grandchild,

the first snowfall. 

It's the little things that

make happy moments, 

not the grand events. Joy 

comes in sips, not gulps.     

             Sharon Draper

 Enlightenment

must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm. Idries Shah

The sweetest type of heaven is home. Josiah Gilbert Holland

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Thankful!

Little Things Thursday

I Like Thursday

Little tendrils of the heart

Curling out and groping,

Seeking little things to hold,

Wiggling and hoping.

Little tendrils, little tendrils,

innocent and plucky,

I pray that you are careful

And I hope that 

you are lucky.

     Michael Leunig

Gold Dust

A L O H A From Honolulu!

As we are looking back And then we'll Understand We held gold dust In our hands. Tori Ellen Amos

The temple bell stops

but I still hear the sound coming from the flowers. Basho

 

I really just want to be

warm yellow light

that pours over

everyone I love.

  Conor Oberst

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends. Aberjhani

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Inside Roaring

A L O H A From Honolulu!

We're at a place

in the world where

we all need to practice

radical compassion.

Jane Krakowski

White Tern

The boughs of the oak are roaring

inside the acorn. Charles Tomlinson

Offering Before the King

Be an act of kindness,

and life will reward you

with abundance. Anoir Ou-Chad

common merganser

A picnic is more than

eating a meal, it is a pleasurable

state of mind. DeeDee Stovel

Flowers do not force

their way with great strife.

Flowers open to perfection

slowly in the sun....

Don't be in a hurry

about spiritual matters.

Go step by step. White Eagle

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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Nature Thursday

Nintendo Playing Card Co 1889

1983 Launched the home video game system,

Family Computer System (known as

Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan.) 1985 Started selling the Super Mario Bros.

game software for the Nintendo

Entertainment System. 1989 Launched the handheld

video game system, Game Boy. 1990 Launched the home video game system,

Super Famicom (known as Super

Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan.) 1996 Launched the home video game system,

Nintendo 64.

People

A L O H A From Honolulu!

A solitary fantasy can

totally transform

one million realities.

Maya Angelou

The words of my book
nothing,
the drift of it
everything.
Walt Whitman

Beginnings Can Be A Struggle

Difficult roads often

lead to beautiful destinations. Zig Zigler

I am always looking for interesting

scenes to set up on
to quickly and discretely shoot.

Imagine my joy when I
realized later that I had captured

a drink being
drunk (drank?)

for T Tuesday!

People have the power
to redeem
the work of fools. Patti Smith

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Love You,

Pixie [yawn!] & Cloudia

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Nature Notes

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

T Tuesday

Day Well Spent

A L O H A From Honolulu!

I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent. Garry Trudeau

The long run of life

becomes easy when you

have someone special to you

in between give you

piggyback rides.

Rimmon Shoukat

[Do you see the face

giving the ride?]

Goodness smiles - never shouts ignorance can drown it out,

till we warm to the smile, then we all forget the shout.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower,

share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's,

- smile at someone and

receive a smile in return, are to me continual

spiritual exercises. Leo Buscaglia 

One must either take an interest

in the human situation 

or else parade before the void.

    Jean Rostand 

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

Dewlap & Gaze

A L O H A From Honolulu!

We do not have to become

heroes overnight. Just a step at a time,

meeting each thing that comes up ...

discovering we have the strength to

stare it down. Eleanor Roosevelt

Hong Kong Orchid Tree

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. William Arthur Ward 

The brown anole, also known

commonly as the Cuban brown

anole, or De la Sagra's anole,

is a species of lizard in

the family Dactyloidae.

The species is native to

Cuba and the Bahamas.

   Wikipedia

Unique to males, the “blanket” is actually called

a dewlap, or throat fan.

Anoles use their pink dewlaps

for two purposes. One is for

breeding, displaying their intent

to females. The second purpose

is more commonly seen and

functions in establishing territory

among adult males. By displaying

his dewlap, the lizard can tell

other males that they have

entered his home range.

The intruding male then has

two options. He may simply leave,

or he may establish his dominance

and displace the original proprietor.

Males rarely give females

a territorial display, allowing

them to enter freely.

Interestingly, you may notice

that anoles will also

“throw down their colors” to

gardeners, dogs, and other passersby.

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I have powerful friends 

in high places. 

Birds sing 

where I walk, and 

children smile 

when they see me coming.

                   Hunter S. Thompson

It is beautiful to talk 

about beautiful things and 

even more beautiful to 

silently gaze at them.

                   Dejan Stojanovic

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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I’d  Rather Be Birding

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Monday Murals 

Lobby Mural  
Castle Hospital, Oahu

by Bob Flint, 1997

A Dancing Star

A L O H A From Honolulu!

With the gift of listening

comes the gift of healing.

Catherine de Hueck

Moonlight Shower Tree

Attitudes are contagious. 

Is yours worth catching?

  Bruce Van Horn

Shower Tree Blossom Stalk

I Dig That Horn!

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far. Will Rogers

Petaluma California

The more I think about it,

the more I realize that there is nothing more artistic than to love others. Vincent van Gogh

My Tail Will Grow Back,

but My Face is

My Fortune!

[I invented Blue Eye Shadow Too!]

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star. Nietzsche

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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