Friday, December 23, 2022

A Bit of Light Dispels

A L O H A From Honolulu!
A little bit of light
dispels a lot of darkness. Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi


Outward courage
dares to die; Inner courage dares to live. Lao Tzu



When I started feeling
the drag of winter, I
began to treat myself like a
favored child: with kindness and love.
I assumed my needs were reasonable
and that my feelings were
signals of something important.
     Katherine May




In America law is king. Thomas Paine





When angels visit us, we do not hear the
rustle of wings, but
we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts. Mary Baker Eddy





 We often need to get out
of alignment with the rest
of the world to get back
into alignment with ourselves. Real confidence looks like humility.
  Cory Muscara 

𐩿𐩷𐩿𐩷𐩿𐩷𐩿𐩷𐩿𐩷𐩳
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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Thursday, December 22, 2022

Happy Tasting Beauty

A L O H A From Honolulu!

A happy person is not
a person in a certain set
of circumstances, but rather
a person with a certain
set of attitudes.
Hugh Downs


Why not seize the pleasure 
at once, how often is 
happiness destroyed by 
preparation, foolish 
preparations.
            Jane Austen



Hibiscus waimeae
White Kauai rosemallow, Hawaiian: kokiʻo keʻokeʻo, or kokiʻo kea is a species
of flowering plant within the okra family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to
the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii.
    Wikipedia





The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. Emily Dickinson



The defining function of the artist
is to cherish consciousness.
       Max Eastman


We are tasting
 the taste of eternity
 this minute.
  Rumi




Because your heart 
is so beautiful, 
everything looks 
beautiful to you.
           Japanese proverb







Only those who are
capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent. Christopher Isherwood


ჶჶჶჶჶჶჶჶჶჶჶჶჶჶჶჶⴚ

Love You!
Cloudia & Pixie





Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Reasserting

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Good is coming back.
Reasserting, I can feel it. Be part of the rising wave.
Spread kindness.




My Home of 20 Years in Dry Dock
Hardships often prepare
ordinary people for
an extraordinary destiny.
C.S. Lewis




Scary Gingerbread
Once you know who you really are,
being is enough. You feel neither
superior nor inferior to anyone. Deepak Chopra








I am a student
of fallen blossoms.
Like this African Tulip
nestled in a wet street.
It's pod resembles
a tiny banana.








The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. Thomas Moore

ᥤ ᥥ ᥦ ᥪ ᥫ ᥠ
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Honolulu Winter Skies

 A L O H A From Honolulu!
Look for the gift in
everything that happens.


When people are hurting, we often tell them how they should feel. What usually helps more is validating how they do feel. Sharing our perspective is less comforting than showing we understand their perspective. Emotions have to be recognized before they can be regulated. Adam Grant


When we recall Christmas past,
we usually find that the
simplest things, not the great
occasions, give off the
greatest glow of happiness.
Bob Hope


Your children need your presence
more than your presents.
Jesse Jackson


Loriini is a tribe of small to medium-sized arboreal parrots characterized by their specialized brush-tipped tongues for feeding on nectar of various blossoms and soft fruits, preferably berries.[1] The species form a monophyletic group within the parrot family Psittaculidae. The group consists of the lories and lorikeets


Let us never know 
what old age is. 
Let us know the
happiness time brings, 
not count the years.
Ausonius 

𖠑𖠑𖠑𖠑𖠑𖠑𖠑𖠑𖠑𖠑𖠑𖠡

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


Links

Travel Tuesday 

Happy Tuesday 

Pictorial Tuesday 

Tuesday Treasures

My Corner Of The World

Wild Bird Wednesday

Signs2

Nature Thursday

Wordless Wednesday


Mele Kalikimaka!
Merry Christmas

Monday, December 19, 2022

If You Ask

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Although we are in different boats,
you in your boat and
we in our canoe, we share
the same river of life.
   Oren Lyons




 Alpinia zerumbet, commonly known as shell
ginger, is a perennial species of ginger
native to East Asia. They can grow up to 8 to 10 ft
(2.4 to 3.0 m) tall and bear colorful
funnel-shaped flowers. They are  
 grown as ornamentals and their leaves are used  
 in cuisine and traditional medicine. They are  
 also sometimes known as the pink porcelain lily,  
  variegated ginger or butterfly ginger.  Wikipedia  





A canoe does not know who is king.
When it turns over, everyone gets wet.
Malagasy proverb Link



"E lei kau, e lei ho‘oilo i ke aloha"
Love is worn like a lei through the winter. 
  Hawaiian Olelo Link



If you ask what is the single
most important key to longevity,
I would have to say it is
avoiding worry, stress and tension.
And if you didn't ask me,
I'd still have to say it. George Burns

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Love YOU,
Pixie & Cloudia

Links

What is a holiday party
without drinks!

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Morning Portraits

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The Scariest demons of darkest night melt in the graces of morning's good light.



Surfer in the Park
When you stop expecting
people to be perfect, you can
like them for who they are.
   Donald Miller


Robot in the Park
 The worst tempered people
I have ever met were those who knew they were wrong. David Letterman




Waikiki
I smell the soil. I smell the sea.
I smell the mountain forest,
how very lucky for me!



Cameo Appearance in the Wall

The light of the Beloved
shines only NOW.
Rumi



Holiday Portrait
Laughter is
carbonated holiness. 
 Anne Lamott 



No love, no friendship
Can cross the path
of our destiny
Without leaving some
mark on it forever.
Francois Mauriac

ਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐੴ
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia.
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 Linking To



These are Kings & Queens of Hawaii recognizable to any local school child. The Profile in the Santa Hat is Brother Israel Kamakawiwo`ole: