Rainbow Trail

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Courtesy of Maria Price

I know the thrill of the grasses

when the rain pours over them.

I know the trembling of the leaves

when the winds sweep through them...

I know what the stars said

when they came stealthily down and

crept fondly into the tops of the trees.

         Muriel Strode

Prolong not the past

Invite not the future...

Fear not appearances

There is nothing more than this.

                   Ram Dass

Dwarf Poinciana 

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. 

Let your tears water the seeds 

of your future happiness. 

Steve Maraboli 

Walk on a rainbow trail;

walk on a trail of song,

and all about you will be beauty.

There is a way out of

every dark mist,

over a rainbow trail.

    Robert Motherwell

What wisdom can you find

 that is greater

 than kindness? 

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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With Gentled Hands

A L O H A From Honolulu!

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Happiness is not a destination.

It is a method of life.

Burton Hills

A growing relationship

can only be nurtured

by genuineness.

    Leo F. Buscaglia

In wisdom gathered over time

I have found that every experience

is a form of exploration.

 Ansel Adams

With gentled hands

I set them free,

The tangled threads

of fallacy.

No longer grasping

at desires and things,

A quiet joy takes root

in my spirit and sings.

Letting the nonsense

drift to the breeze,

We'll find our solace

And rich inner peace

No longer bound

by empty strife,

I breathe the air of

A mindful life.

        Cloudia Charters

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Pixie & Cloudia

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Eagle and Hippo

 A L O H A From Honolulu!

My future starts when

I wake up every morning...

Every day I find something

creative to do with my life.

  Miles Davis

Giant Taro

The fact that I can plant a seed

and it becomes a flower,

share a bit of knowledge

and it becomes another's,

smile at someone and receive

a smile in return,

are to me continual

spiritual exercises.

Leo Buscaglia

Descendant of giants

though small she may be,
Dinosaurs live on

wild and free.

The flowers her castle

a throne made of petals
Fresh red her domain

among which she settles.

Stalks tiny flies, with

a lightning-quick strike,

A hunter supreme

in dappled sunlight. 

Cloudia Charters

There is an eagle in me

that wants to soar,
and there is a

hippopotamus in me
that wants to wallow

in the mud.
Carl Sandburg 

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

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Oh, humble baguette,

hero of the lunch,

A primal pleasure

Your hearty, crusty crunch!

Gift of grain

by fire made new,

A queenly wonder

for me and you too!

Cloudia

Happiness Springs

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Happiness springs up of itself
in a united family.
Nora Waln

Red Bougainvillea

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wildflower: Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity

in an hour. William Blake

Red Bougainvillea

Happiness is having a large,
loving, caring, close-knit
family in another city.
George Burns

Surprising peek!

Tiny head with fur so sleek.

Yorkie queen in purse

She rides 

Surveys the world with

Regal pride.

She's not a pet

But furred elite,

Captain, oh

my captain sweet 

Steers the course with cunning art,

Melting hearts

with one soft bark.

Cloudia

Rise above the clouds, See the world from a higher perspective. Feel the wind and the sun on your face. -

- Be free, my soul, Soaring high There is nothing To fear Just believe in yourself. Cloudia Charters 

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Love You,

     Cloudia & Pixie

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Look! Cousin Brad is a model on TV!

Open Power

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. Carlos Santana

Sometimes we all need a unicorn
to believe in. Sometimes we
need a unicorn to believe in us.
Claudia Bakker 

Isn't memory a funny thing?

You can still get annoyed about

something that happened

over 30 years ago.

But here's the thing:

that memory itself is a lesson

about our personality and possibly

about our growth in the intervening years.

Are we still the person who

was annoyed back then or do

we see it in a different light now?

Cloudia Charters

Ixora

Tiny green shoots

brave and bold,

Promises stories 

As yet untold.

Even after trials faced,

So much beauty

To be embraced. -

Ixora

- So let these Spring shoots

be our guide,

As goodness blooms

So shall we side by side.

A tiny green shoot

Happy and bold,

Promises stories

yet untold.

      Cloudia Charters

One of the greatest things about pets

is that they never ask us to explain,

they never ask us what's wrong.

They are just present to

love and be loved.

Just one of the great lessons

they teach us.

   Pixie & Cloudia

               

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Mystery Unafraid

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Breathe deeply, dear soul Just let your worries fade, Embrace the mysteries of life, unafraid.

In simple surrender find your truest warm, A free spirit dancing In ever evolving form.

Cloudia Charters

A cheerful frame of mind,

reinforced by relaxation...

is the medicine that puts all

ghosts of fear on the run.

George Matthew Adams

You are not the darkness

you endured.

You are the light that

refused to surrender.

John Mark Green

Scientists recently taught rats to

drive tiny cars around the lab floor.

They found that driving

relaxed the rats.

Sure they're relaxed,

no traffic!

Accept people as they are, but

place them where they belong.

You are the CEO of your life.

Hire, fire & promote accordingly.

CeeLo Green

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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