Sunday, March 24, 2024

The Joy The Day Will Be

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Thank you, sun,
for waking me, With light and hope
setting shadows free.
A grateful heart,
I offer thee, For this bright gift
O happily!



To free us from the
expectations of others,
to give us back to ourselves-
-there lies the great, singular
power of self-respect. Joan Didion



No amount of regret
changes the past,
no amount of anxiety
changes the future, but
any amount of gratitude
changes the present.
    Ann Voskamp





The trick to forgetting the big picture is to
look at everything close-up. Chuck Palahniuk

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


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Monday Murals






Saturday, March 23, 2024

This Time

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Genius is the recovery
of childhood at will. Arthur Rimbaud



If you tend to a flower,
it will bloom, no matter
how many weeds
surround it.
Matshona Dhliwayo



Throw away the idea that
you need to agree with
someone 100% on every
topic to be friends,
partners or colleagues.
There is beauty in difference,
and there's power in
understanding another person.
Sylvester McNutt


Happiness held
is the seed;
Happiness shared
is the flower.
John Harrigan





This time in my life is
dedicated to healing deeply,
while attracting happiness. Sylvester McNutt III 


㐍㐍㐍㐍㐍㐍㐍㐍㐍㐍


Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


Links

Friday, March 22, 2024

Theory of Colours

A L O H A From Honolulu!

This trail of sparks
O fleeting sight, A dragon thrashes
shedding light.

Through evening's sky
it twists and darts, Jewel that thrills
our twilight hearts.
Cloudia 




Flowers are the music
of the ground from
earth’s lips spoken
without sound.
Edwin Curran




I am enough of a realist
to understand that I
can't reach every child,
but I am more of an optimist
to get up every day and try.
Preston Morgan




E lei kau, e lei ho'oilo
i ke aloha.

Love is worn like a Lei
through the summers
and the winters. 



The highest goal
that we can achieve
is amazement.
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
                Theory of Colours



Thursday, March 21, 2024

A Certain Set

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Three furry friends
this playful pack,
Tail wag greetings,
never look back.

A loyal trio
this furry crew,
loved by all
the whole street through.

Belly rubs from
friendly hands,
Sharing treasures
sticks are grand!

No matter where
their walk may lead,
These neighbor dogs
are a joyful breed!




The sun is shining
through the rain.
This is the time when
foxes have their weddings.
         Mother to Child
      In Akira Kurosawa’s film “Dreams”


Fall in love with the energy of the mornings
trace your fingers along the lull of the afternoons...


...take the spirit of the evenings in your arms kiss it deeply. Sanober Khan




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

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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


Links

SkyWatch

Floral Friday

Friday Faceoff



Invest in your joy.
It is the wellspring
of your everything!

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Meaning And Transform

A L O H A From Honolulu!
True progress quietly
and persistently moves
along without notice.
Francis de Sales




Facts which at first seem
improbable will, even on
scant explanation, drop the
cloak which has hidden them
and stand forth in
naked and simple beauty.
Galileo Galilei




You don't have to swim across a river dodging bullets. You don't have to race in an ambulance to the scene of an emergency. Bless those who do! But bless those too who simply keep the good and the true alive in their hearts.
Where it radiates throughout
their lives and acts.
There are many forms of heroism
and they all have their place.
Cloudia


Age is giving me
the two best gifts:
softness and illumination Anne Lamott


I have always believed, and
I still believe, that whatever good
or bad fortune may come our way
we can always give it meaning and
transform it into something of value. Hermann Hesse



ᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨᱨ
Love You,
Cloudia & Pixie

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Gratify The Right People

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Anything you can do that
helps another person to
relax, to take a breath,
to gain a tiny grain of perspective,
is a holy and patriotic act
at this time. Your sanity
and your heart are the most valuable
commodity in the world today.
Preserve them, guard them,
share them wisely. The world
needs you and me: average people
who care, and think, and vote!
Cloudia




The deeds you do
may be the only sermon
some persons will hear today. Francis of Assisi



Manu O Ku
Hawaiian White Tern




Clever, calculating, twisty people
cannot comprehend the trustworthy. Be straightforward & honest,
and your crafty enemies will pour
hot coals on their own heads
trying to figure you out.
You will not "compute" to them
and it will make them crazy.
But upright folk will be gratified.
Cheaters ultimately
cheat themselves.


At end of day
it's natural to reflect
on the sights and scenes of that day.
A rainbow glimpsed, a family at play,
native birds, and a valiant flower
flourishing in a strange spot.
I take it all in. Pixie keeps her
secrets. Only our love is no mystery.
We live it all day long in the intimacy
of our together-ship.

[Together-ment?]



The easiest way to be inscrutable
is to be completely
straightforward and honest.
George Hammond

𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚𐡚

Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia


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My favorite neighborhood shop!
"many Japanese cakes are creamier and less sweet than Western ones because, as I said before, Japanese people tend not to enjoy the excessive sweetness. Another remarkable difference is that individual servings dominate in pastry shops. So you can buy different flavours and try them all."
Voyapon Link