Celebrities in Waikiki

A  L  O  H  A !

 “ I am thankful

 for all of those who said 

NO to me. 

Its because of them 

I’m doing it myself. ”

 Albert Einstein

You never know WHO
 you are going to see
 walking in Waikiki. 
Took this one on Saturday last.
Is that. . . . ?

IT IS!

Fiddle Playing, 

mobile phone talking

S A N T A!

Aloha, Your Majesty!

" Only those who
attempt the absurd 

will achieve the 

impossible.

 I think it's in my basement... 

let me go upstairs 

and check. "

M. C. Escher 

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Thank You, Friend

for walking along

with us here.

Write your comment

in the sand :-)

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50s Vintage Thrills

If I could visit the 50's. . . . 
                          I'd have vintage Thrills!

 

Who Notices

A   L   O   H   A  !

" Do the best you can,

 and do not take life

 too serious. "

Will Rogers 

“ Not all tongues

 that wag

 cohabit with

 a brain.” 

 Donita K. Paul

" A beauty

 is a woman you notice;

 a charmer

 is one who notices

 you. "

Adlai E. Stevenson 

>MWM<

Enjoy YOUR Day!

Leaving your comment
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Happy Easter

A   L   O   H   A  !

Warmly, cloudia

Spring's Open Secret

It's JOY!

A   L   O   H   A  

Sincere Blessings to YOU. . . 

. . . To ALL!

 “ Life is short,

 live it.

 Love is rare,

 grab it. 

Anger

is bad, 
dump it. 

Fear is awful, 

face it. 

Memories are sweet, 

cherish it.” 

 Unknown

Thank YOU

for sharing 

with us here

today!

YOUR comments

shine. Do leave one

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3 Holy Men Walk into a Bar

A  L  O  H  A !

" Do good deeds 

with the same zeal

 that the evil person

 does bad ones."

The Belzer Rabbi

"Don't confuse 

small with

  insignificant."

Joel Osteen

" In the sky,

there is no distinction

 of east and west; 

people create 

distinctions 

out of their own

 minds

 and then

 believe them

 to be true. " 

Buddha 

<(-'.'-)>

What distinctions,

what boundaries

and limits

can you burst through

just by changing

your mind?

.

Wishing YOU

a

Delightful Weekend!

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Teacher Geese

A  L  O  H  A !

Growing up,

 I lived beneath

 the Great Eastern Flyway 

of the Canada Geese.  

Feeling trapped in my childhood, 

longing to escape 

to far away places. 

 I painted that big world  

out there

 in all the bright yearnings 

of my heart's dreams. . . . 

Alone, outside, 

at a moment of peace,

 imagined, hinted, then 

YES, heard! 

 The celestial voices

 of the fleet above. 

Together, 

traversing continents,

 hinting at eternal cycles 

and circles

 that might redeem me

 if I could just know them, 

find my flock, 

embark on my own 

journey.  

A few years later,

 away at college 

in Northern New Hampshire

 I climbed my first 'mountain'

 Bald Peak.

At the top,

 crouching at the sheer 

I  M  M  E  N  S  I  T  Y

 of space and height, 

I imagined that I heard

 a familiar voice. 

Then it was faint

 but distinct! 

 A V of Canada Geese

 was approaching! 

My first mountain - 

with old friends. 

At last I was 

in their realm 

thousands of feet 

high.  

They flew as accustomed

 at such remote

height,  

 but here the peaks 

rise up to meet 

the sky.  

My luck, or blessing 

was strong that day; 

The V of singing birds 

grew closer.  

At once I understood 

that they were heading

 right in my direction!

 Indeed, I waited

 breathless in the sky

 as they drew nearer. 

Individual voices 

could be divined

 for the first time

 by me.  

"This is a special moment. 

This is a wonderful gift.

 This is the mystery 

of Life's wonder

 and reward." 

 The fleet drew close.

 Now I saw 

not a single 

V, 

but a tribe

 of tired, skillful 

Voyagers.

 Each voice 

in it's turn proclaiming 

"I'm still here - keep going!"

The tiny perfect formation 

I had watched out of sight 

my entire life,

 was now seen

 in it's gypsy truth

 up close.

 In my mind's eye

 today,

I still can see their

 eyes,

 determination,

 skillful shifting on the winds, 

an ancient admirable

 wonderful keeping-on

 over eons. . . . . 

A sight seen only

 through fortuitous 

circumstance.  

On the wing, on the wind,

 on the trial 

to what I would

 become;  

That day's portion 

took me up a mountain

 to see a divine thing, 

a talisman of my life 

that I shall quite probably

 see

 one last time

 at death's door. 

 It was a smallish mountain

 among giants; 

But it was big enough

 for me that day- 

Thank For Climbing

together with us

today!

Plant your comment,

"I was here"

Hooray!

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