At The Bon Dance

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Things seen at night

fill me with delight.

They have a "not quite"

that somehow shows

their deeper truth.

Follow this couple

to the Bon Dance!

Kimono or Hapi Coat are not

necessary to join in, but they

certainly help create

the mood and scene.

These guys were moving!

Young & Old

Taiko Drummer

And Confidante 

Happy Little Clouds

On A Hapi Coat!

I'll share more

textile graphics

tomorrow.

Mom, my feet hurt!

Have an Andagi.*

Making Memories

With Grandpa

This little girl whirled

and leapt like a top!

She was so excited!

(So Was I!)

Bon Dance Musicians

What a wonderful sadness

to miss the one you

have loved forever...

know that she is

waiting at home.

 Dan Groat

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* Andagi backstory & recipe HERE

Look Then Hear

A L O H A From Honolulu!

I get up in the morning 

looking for an adventure.

          George Foreman

Many a man would rather

you heard his story

 than grant his request. 

 Earl of Chesterfield

Why not seize the 

pleasure at once?

How often is happiness 

destroyed by preparation, 

foolish preparation?

                   Jane Austin

Koto Players

Music is not of human invention, 

but is our heritage from

the blessed spirits. 

Tomas Luis de Victoria*

Male Shiisaa

"Some Okinawans believe the female has her mouth closed to "keep in the good", while the male has his mouth open to "scare away the bad"

Wikipedia Link

If you don't think

 every day is a good day, 

just try missing one.

  Cavett Robert

ᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱯᱶ

Links

Nature Notes

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

T Tuesday

* Tomás Luis de Victoria (sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria; c. 1548 – c. 20–27 August 1611) was the most famous Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlande de Lassus as among the principal composers of the late Renaissance, and was "admired above all for the intensity of some of his motets and of his Offices for the Dead and for Holy Week".[1] Unlike his colleagues, however, his surviving oeuvre is almost exclusively sacred and polyphonic vocal music, set to Latin texts. As a Catholic priest, as well as an accomplished organist and singer, his career spanned both Spain and Italy. However, he preferred the life of a composer to that of a performer.[2] Wikipedia

And Pixie Dust

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The world would be a nicer place

 if everyone had the ability to love 

as unconditionally as a dog.

                 M.K. Clinton

One of the greatest things

you can do, is to share

gentle joy, and kindness

in these uncertain times.

Dendrobium bigibbum, commonly

known as the Cooktown orchid

or mauve butterfly orchid

Yes, an elemental love 

looks back at you

through the eyes of nature.

All the world

is made of faith,

and trust,

 and pixie dust. 

 J.M. Barrie,

𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬘𐬑𐬑

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

 Links

Saturday Critters

I’d  Rather Be Birding

Jaipur Garden Affair

Monday Murals 

Lagoon Flower Leap

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Be calm...

calm as a calm lagoon, 

then you will look beautiful 

as a beautiful calm lagoon 

crowned by the Moon and sheltered

 by the brilliance of the stars 

reclaiming your royalty 

of regal life...” 

                 Oksana Rus

Smiling Splendid Beautious Mouth

Clytostoma

A genus of woody-stemmed vines

from tropical America, native to Argentina and the

southern part of Brazil. It is now considered a

synonym of Bignonia. The botanical name comes

from the Greek, klytos means splendid or beauteous,

and stoma means mouth; alluding to

the beautiful flowers.

Wikipedia

Asystasia gangetica

Love much. 

Earth has enough 

of bitter in it.

      Ella Wheeler Wilcox

 The happiest people 

don't necessarily have

the best of everything. 

They just make the

best of everything. 

   Anonymous

Always stay true to yourself
and never let what
somebody else says
distract you
from your goals.
Michelle Obama

You don’t need to be 

the tide to rise and fall, 

you don’t have to be a 

wave to touch the shore; 

just be a little sand-grain 

and feel them all.

                      Munia Khan

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

.

Links 

Floral Friday

Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Skywatch

Feline Friday

Friday Bliss

Friday Faceoff

This Weekend I'm Going to the season's last

BON DANCE

I'll never be as good as this guy:

Now Time

A L O H A From Honolulu!

If you are falling away from nature,

you are almost certainly lowering

your well-being and increasing

your unhappiness.

   Arthur C. Brooks

The brain is wider

than the sky. 

 Emily Dickinson

Learning how to

operate a soul figures

to take time.

Timothy Leary

Stop. Smell Flowers

Love doesn't make the

world go 'round.

Love is what makes

the ride worthwhile. Franklin P. Jones

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

.

Links

SkyWatch

Thankful!

Little Things Thursday

I Like Thursday

Lizdom

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Click Photo to ENLARGE

If we believe absurdities,

we shall commit atrocities. Voltaire

Morning Shadows & Light Reflected

Try not to become a person

of success but rather to

become a person of value.

Einstein

Since you cannot do good to all, pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into

closer connection with you. Augustine of Hippo

If a hungry bird has your tail,

better to lose the tail

than to be a meal!

Lizard Wisdom

There is something in

every season, in every day,

to celebrate with thanksgiving.

Gloria Gaither

& us!

ꀓꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇꀇ

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

All The Paint You Can

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The true purpose of education

is to teach one to carry oneself

triumphant to the sunset. Liberty Hyde Bailey

Ships at a distance have

every one's wish on board

   Zora Neale Hurston

Neon Sign

Life is a great big canvas,

 and you should throw

all the paint you can on it.

 Danny Kaye 

"Sport: Born A Dog,

Died a Gentleman"

Epitaph at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery,

New York

You can observe a lot

just by watching.

  Yogi Berra

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

 Links

Travel Tuesday 

Happy Tuesday 

Pictorial Tuesday 

Tuesday Treasures

My Corner Of The World

Wild Bird Wednesday 

Wordless Wednesday

Rain’s Thursday art date

Signs2

Nature Thursday

Make me immortal

with a kiss.

Christopher Marlowe

Yellow fronted canary