Turn Tides Scatter

A L O H A From Honolulu!

A single poem, alone

can turn tides scatter galaxies

and burst forth with rivers

from paradise.

 Sanober Khan

Ravenala madagascariensis,

traveller's palm or East-West palm,

from Madagascar. It is not a

true palm but a member of the family

     Strelitziaceae (Bird of Paradise)

 If you want to know the truth

of who you are, walk

until not a person knows your name.

Travel is the great leveler,

the great teacher, bitter as medicine,

crueler than mirror-glass.

A long stretch of road will teach you

more about yourself than a

hundred years of quiet introspection.

 Patrick Rothfuss

I wander

from mind to mind.

     Avijeet Das

But dreams come

through stone walls,

light up dark rooms,

or darken light ones,

and their persons make their

exits and their entrances

as they please, and

laugh at locksmiths.

  Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

When it is in flower

it is like it is in flame.

Wangari Maathai

Like a yawn of fire

from the grass it came,

And the fanning wind puffed

it to flapping flame...

Francis Thompson

Joy comes in sips,

not gulps.

 Sharon Draper

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Links
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Where the Wild Things Are

White Dwarf Tabebuia
Tabebuia Bahamensis

That's Genius To Me

A L O H A From Honolulu!

What is it about the Heavens

that draws us to look up?

For generations, centuries, (millennia?)

it seems we are drawn to

look up for answers, comfort

in times of despair, with

pleas for help, when we are

in need of grace, and

to give thanks. Bella Vespira

Some of our greatest

historical and artistic treasures we

place with curators in museums;

others we take for walks.

 Roger Caras

Here Come My Groceries!

We have a lot of supply chain

issues these days.

And if you don’t believe that,

take a walk down the

‘common sense’ aisle

of our culture.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Self-Portrait Standing

Upon a Boulder

A boulder is a rock fragment that is

larger than 10.1 inches in diameter.

The older I get, the more I think

the only barometer for intelligence

is how kind you are. Cause it's

not easy to do. And we all

have stresses and goals and

failures and frustrations. So if

you can navigate a path in

your head to remain mindful,

kind to others, through years

of hardship and loss and the like?

That's genius to me. Josh Malerman

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Linking to
Nature Thursday
Thankful!
Rain’s Thursday art date
Little Things Thursday
I Like Thursday
Thankful Thursday

Life is a ZigZag Journey

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Shadow Chevrons & The ZigZag Snake

Life is a zigzag journey,

they say, not much

straight and easy on the way,

but the wrinkles in the map,

explorers know, smooth out

like magic at the end

of where we go.

Ivan Doig

We are the boat, we are the sea,

I sail in you, you sail in me. Lorre Wyatt

Bitter melon is a tropical vine that is closely related to zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and cucumber. Bitter melon is used as both food and medicine. It is considered the most bitter among all fruits and vegetables. *

Some interesting things you see
cannot be photographed.
You just have to enjoy them
then and there.
But it is photography that has
taught you to notice.
You are a photographer with or
without a camera once

you have been initiated.

There's nothing half so pleasant
as coming home again.
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

The time to relax is when

you don't have time for it.

Sidney J. Harris

Aging is a peculiar mixture of
surrender and being indomitable.
Kindness & Happiness
travel together.

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It's us:
Cloudia & Cat!

* Bitter melon is used to treat diabetes, cancer, viral infections, and immune disorders. It contains a chemical that acts like insulin to help reduce blood sugar levels.
Bitter melon also has antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, which help excrete toxins from the blood and liver and heal many liver conditions. Regular consumption of bitter melon improves gut health and treats many intestinal conditions, including constipation and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Experimental Generative AI

151st Kamehameha Day

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The subjects of King Kamehameha V
wished to honor him on his birthday with a holiday. Instead he proclaimed the first Kamehameha Day

on June 11, 1872 to honor his grandfather Kamehameha I unifier of

the Hawaiian Islands
into a monarchical form of government

established in 1810, an internationally

recognized nation state. This first

public holiday of the Kingdom

is still celebrated today as a

State of Hawaii Official Holiday

11 June Annually.

It never ceases to amaze me:

we all love ourselves more

than other people, but

care more about their

opinion than our own.
Marcus Aurelius

161–180 CE

Common Ivy

Beauty is a fairy;

sometimes she hides herself

in a flower-cup, or under a leaf,

or creeps into the old ivy,

and plays hide-and-seek

with the sunbeams...
George Augustus Henry Sala

Rainbow Shower Tree Season!

While you can't control

someone's negative behavior,

you can control how long

you participate in it. Kylo

Rainbow Shower Tree

An untrammelled conscience

will always know more than

all the books and teachers.

    G.I. Gurdjieff

Young Pixie 4 years old

It's one thing to be truthful

in what you say today.

It's another to uphold

your commitments tomorrow.

Honesty is being candid

as you talk. Integrity is

honoring those words as you walk.

Adam Grant

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Cloudia & Pixie

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From The Archives
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T Tuesday

The Drinking Tree said to the girl:

"Take a load off your feet

and pop a drink!"

Morning People of Waikiki

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Be willing to be a beginner

every single morning.

Meister Eckhart

In the garden of my soul,

there blooms a lavender field.

Anonymous

The thoughts of the morning

become the blessings

for the day.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Just one small positive

thought in the morning can

change your whole day.

  Dalai Lama

The more in harmony
you are with the flow of
your own existence,
the more magical
life becomes.
Adyashanti

Keep the dream alive:

Hit the snooze button.

Punit Ghadge

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Linking To

Monday Murals 

The compass rose is nothing

but a star with an infinite

number of rays pointing

in all directions.

It is the one true and perfect

symbol of the universe.

And it is the one most

accurate symbol of you.

Spread your arms in an embrace,

throw your head back, and

prepare to receive and send

coordinates of being. For,

at last you know—you are

the navigator, the captain,

and the ship.

    Vera Nazarian