Barefoot on the Road Less Traveled

A  L  O  H  A !

 "  We inhabit ourselves 

without valuing ourselves,
unable to see

 that here, now,
 this very moment
is sacred;
 but once it's

 gone -
- its value is

 incontestable. "

Joyce Carol Oates

" Just cause you got 

the monkey off your back
doesn't mean the circus

 has left town. "

George Carlin

" People are like
 stained-glass windows.
 They sparkle and shine
 when the sun is out,
 but when the darkness sets in
their true beauty
 is revealed only
 if there is light
from within.  "

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

=^.^=

Thank YOU

For visiting today!

Warmly, cloudia

Gift of Pessimism

A  L  O  H  A !

" To be always

 fortunate,
and to

 pass through life
 with a soul
 that has never

 known
sorrow,
 is to be 

ignorant
 of one half 

of nature. "

    Seneca

“ If you have

 a garden

 and a library,

 you have 

everything 

you need. ”

 

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" Beautiful sunsets

 need 

Cloudy Skies. "

 Paulo Coelho

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Disclaimer:

Pessimism can poison

your entire life.

 

BUT

when you have come up

like I have:

expecting

- often receiving -

FAR from life's

 best;

When things have

been

very difficult,

and survival

 the paramount

virtue,

year

after year;

Well,

what other people

consider

"just normal stuff"

like hot water,

a place to cook,

great weather,

love & care

in place of

neglect

(and worse)

enough

to pay the bills

- that

 "normal stuff"

is received

with grateful

delight.

Nuclear war

didn't happen.

I didn't die

young.

I've been

happily married

for 25 years.

B I N G O !

Looks like winning

to me.

And to those

who had magical

childhoods,

who never really

feared,

lost a friend,

or went hungry:

You have my

 condolences.

And this parting

gift:

One day

YOU

will be

No More.

So take

a "get real"

pill

if you need to,

and stop worrying

about tomorrow.

You already

are a winner-

just collect,

and enjoy

Your Winnings!

Comment?

Yes Please! 

         Warmly, cloudia

Kitty's Update

A  L  O  H  A !

 Aloha; 

 I'm Pixie.

 Come right in

and see my

new digs

 I'm a water girl.

Running water 

FASCINATES me.

And we all

need to drink,

eh?

 I'm training them

to turn it on

when I wish.

 This is my get-away.

They look in,

but let me be.

 Of course, I have

places known only

to myself.

Places NO ONE

can ever see 

tricky,

magnificent Me.

 It is my responsibility

to supervise

and be seen.

They do need

some watching.

My nose tells me

a very old, sick cat

recently lived here. 

Much love passed

between them,

they are grieving-

But I'm nursing 

them

back to 

mental health.

 Here's a 

secret wink

 to you!

Wait, I'll do another, 

BETTER wink

below:

 * R  O  A  R *

Mahalo Gracie

of Perth Daily Photo

" A kindly gesture

 bestowed by us 

on an animal

 arouses prodigies
 of understanding
 and gratitude. "

Colette

 Heh heh-

I'm SO running

this place!

See my lightning bolt?

I'm a distant relation

of Usain Bolt.

Yah Mon-

 I'm making my mark-

Everything's

coming up

Calico!

=^.^=

Thanks for visiting me.

Leave cloudia a comment-

she gets really happy

when she reads them!

                Sincerely, Pixie Harlequin

Self Portrait

A  L  O  H  A !

" Seek not 

for fresher founts

 afar, 

just drop your bucket 

where you are. "

Sam Walter Foss

" I believe 

there are more urgent 

and honorable 

occupations

 than
the incomparable waste 

of time 

we call 

suffering. "

Colette

 " Where flowers bloom

 so does hope. "

Lady Bird Johnson

 

 There I am!

 The important reflection

 to me

is the one I see

in their eyes - 

and Yours.

Thank you 

for sharing Yourself

here with us!

' Take away Peace - Leave Your Valued Comment '

                         Warmly, Cloudia

Hawaii Flowers

A  L  O  H  A !

Click on the flowers to make them bloom

" A thankful heart

 is not only

 the greatest virtue,
but the parent 

of all other

 virtues. "

Cicero

" I have just three things to teach:
simplicity, patience,

 compassion.
These three

 are your greatest

 treasures. "

 Lao Tzu

" One of the most

 attractive things

 about the flowers
 is their beautiful

 reserve. "

 Henry David Thoreau

" For a writer,

 published works are like

 fallen flowers,

 but the expected new work

 is like a calyx 

waiting to blossom.  "

Cao Yu

 

" I believe

 in the compelling power 

of love.

 I do not understand it. 

I believe it to be

 the most fragrant blossom 

of all this thorny

 existence. "

Theodore Dreiser

" The greatest lovers 

are like twin blooms,
each reflecting

 the passion and the glory

of the other. "

  

 Jonathan Lockwood Huie

" How did the rose

 ever open its petals
 and give to this world

 all of its beauty?
It felt the encouragement
 of light on its being,
otherwise we all remain
 too frightened. "

  Hafez

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Thank YOU for your visit today!  

Leave your scent in comments-

                       Warmly, cloudia

Walking Stones

A  L  O  H  A !
 

Click on the Pics

 " I am one

 who is fond of 

olden times

 and intense in quest 

of the sacred knowing

 of the ancients.  "

Gustave Courbet

" Some are so very 

studious 

of learning what was done

 by the ancients

 that they know not

 how to live

 with the 

moderns.  "

William Penn"

 “ Reflection is 

a flower of the mind,
 giving out

 wholesome fragrance ”

 Desiderius Erasmus

 “ But who will watch my lilies, 

 When their blossoms open white? 

By day the sun shall be sentry, 

 And the moon and the stars by night!”

Bayard Taylor

 " The snowdrop and primrose

 our woodlands adorn, 

and violets bathe 

in the wet o' the morn.  "

Robert Burns

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Ah the ancients.

How did they do it?

Building things,

unimaginably heavy

things;

Voyaging

across  oceans

vast.

How?

Modern theories are often

untested-

Old stories

tell of magic

and gods.

There is a stone

not far from here

at the gates of Punahou School

that our president passed

daily there

as a school boy.

Actually, the stone

by the gate

is just a fragment

of the original 

Pohaku.

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There remains

an old legend 

about the moving 

of the great Pohaku: 

" This is not a stone,
it is a man "

click to read

The stone that 

walked

like a man.

sounds cool, right?

Well below is a video

of a large stone

"walking"

with the help of 

some friends
right here
on this island.

It may clear up

an enduring mystery

about the great Moai

of Rapa Nui.

 ( "Easter Island" )

Thank YOU

for 'walking' here today

' Take Peace & Laughs - Leave Your Comment '

                               Warmly, cloudia