The Census Doesn't Count It

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Rainbows are made

of small raindrops. Happy lives are made from acts of kindness Amit Ray

The busy bee has

no time for sorrow.

William Blake

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Express love as freely

as bees love to buzz.

Shelley Sophia Crawford

Life is about

creating yourself. George Bernard Shaw

Every person passing through this life

will unknowingly leave something

and take something away.

Most of this "something" cannot

be seen or heard or numbered

or scientifically detected or counted.

It's what we leave in the minds

of other people and what they

leave in ours. Memory.

The census doesn't count it.

Nothing counts without it.

Robert Fulghum

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Two Lives

A L O H A From Honolulu!

We all have two lives.

The second one starts

when we realize

we only have one.

   Tom Hiddleston

When the going gets rough-

turn to wonder.

 Parker Palmer

Yawns half-suppressed,

with young energy blessed,

High-fives and fist bumps,

teamwork's the best.

Sure work's the reason,

but they are first Polynesian

Joking whispers, coffee cup sips,

Sharing stories with playful quips.

For laughter makes

their burdens light,

This team that "clicks"

 makes a future that's bright.

Work isn't just toil,

it's stories unfurled,

Connections that bind,

Tomorrow to be built.

Cloudia 

A playful path is the

shortest road to happiness.

Bernie DeKoven

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  Pixie & Cloudia

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Perfect and Real can Sometimes Unite

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Hand in hand, through
vibrant blooms they stroll,
Their symphony of laughter
makes the garden whole.

Memories bloom
like lilies in the breeze,
As their laughter dances
among the lovely trees.

Sharing deep glances
and quiet understanding,
Their lifetime of love,
forever still expanding.

Cloudia

Children see magic

because they look for it.

Christopher Moore

Platonic apple,

pristine and bright,

Unblemished by

a single bite.

It hangs in the void,

a perfect form,

Untouched by chaos,

safe from storms.

 Platonic Apple

untarnished, pure,

May yearn for what

it can't secure,

A touch of earth,

a hint of rot,

The bittersweet truths

of a world unsought.

It spins in the void,

a perfect design,

Unmarred by the flaws

of the earthly kind.

Perhaps in the spinning,

a truth comes to light,

That the perfect and real,

can sometimes unite.

    Cloudia

The brightest light is invisible. It shines through your deeds and warms the universe. Dylan Hunt

Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make others happy. Charlie Chaplin

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Benevolent Arrangement

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine. Thomas Jefferson

Beneath the morning banyan

lilting laughter hanging

Young souls meet

light as a feather,

Weaving dreams

in verdant weather.

Cloudia

The wise heart

resembles a mirror, reflecting everything

without becoming sullied. Confucius

By the bowl, a feathered huddle,

Not the dog,

but ducks in the puddle!

Fido waits, tail hanging low,

As his water dish

becomes a show.

With a final quack,

the ducks take flight,

Leaving the dog

to claim his right.

Cloudia 

Sun bled gold paints the sky,

Distant shores!

Our yearning cry.

Engines up and humming loud

Adventure waits

beneath burnt clouds.

Cloudia

Laughter is

poison to fear.

George RR Martin

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Inner Embraces

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The heart once burdened

now takes flight

Embraced by quiet

 inner light.

Cloudia 

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So live below

the wants that bind,

True riches grow

from peaceful mind.

For happiness a path unfolds

When less is held

and more is told.

Cloudia

Let freedom dance

in simple things,

The wind's soft song,

the joy it brings.

Contentment blooms

in grateful heart,

Not bought or sold

a work of art.

Cloudia

The reason people find it

so hard to be happy is that

they always see the past

better than it was,

the present worse than it is,

and the future less resolved

than it will be.

 Marcel Pagnol

I’m a great believer in

common sense, and

the older I get I see that

common sense is

not that common.

If you’re lucky enough

to get old, I think you

should celebrate it.
Iris Apfel

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Tower Morning Flower

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

O silhouette,

you steely spire,

The sun ignites,

sets clouds afire.

To churn above

in vibrant dance,

Promise another joyous chance.

Let darkness depart,

and worries take flight,

Embrace the new day

in spirits so bright.

With light

as your guide,

and hope

as your trend

May today

be a journey

that blesses

you, friend.

In the early morning frame

with a camera in my hand,

these streets are my domain

and my pockets full of sand.

[With apologies to Gordon Lightfoot]

Cucumis metuliferus, commonly called the African horned cucumber, horned melon, spiked melon, jelly melon, or kiwano, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family Cucurbitaceae. Its fruit has horn-like spines, hence the name "horned melon". The ripe fruit has orange skin and lime-green, jelly-like flesh. C. metuliferus is native to Southern Africa.

The sky is not my limit,

I am. T.F. Hodge

If you don’t learn constantly,

you don’t grow and you will wither.

Too many people wither on the vine.

Sure, it gets a little harder

as you get older, but new

experiences and new challenges

keep it fresh.

Iris Apfel

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