Saturday, January 4, 2014

Magic Clouds of HAWAII




Wishing YOU Sweet Skies, 
with Aloha from Waikiki
cloudia

Recharge Saturday

A   L   O   H   A  !

  " Humility, acceptance... 
with these coins
 we are to pay 
our fares to paradise."

 Robert  Lindner





Having a sense of 

Humor

is not the same thing

to treating life

as a joke









 “ I find that in your 60s 

everything begins to look 

sort of slightly 

magical again. . . "

Roger Cohen















Rest, Relax,

Recover.

May your visit 
here today
lift your spirits,
Friend!

                       Warmly, cloudia



Friday, January 3, 2014

The Nearest Happiness

 A  L  O  H  A ! 
" May your coming 
year be filled with magic 
and dreams 
and good madness. . . 
And I hope, somewhere 
in the next year, 
you surprise yourself. "

Neil Gaiman 








    " The greatest power 
that a person possesses
 is the power 
to choose "

 J. Martin Kohe









" You'll come to learn
 a great deal 
if you study the
 Insignificant 
in depth. "

Odysseus Elytis









" Only if you have been
 in the deepest valley, 
can you ever know 
how magnificent it is
 to be on 
the highest mountain. "

 Richard Nixon
















" To be kind to all,
 to like many 
and love a few,
 to be needed and wanted 
by those we love,
 is certainly the nearest 
we can come 
to happiness. "
Mary Stuart 

> <  }  }  ( ° >

Will you hear my confession?

I confess that it 

DELIGHTS me

that the Holidays 

have passed!

Gosh I'm enjoying
the return of 
"Normal."

You?

                           warmly, cloudia




Thursday, January 2, 2014

Men Dancing Strong Hula

New Year, New Laws

 A L O H A ! 
Father/Son Color & Clogs

 "I will honor Christmas
 in my heart, 
and try to keep it 
all the year."

Charles Dickens








The REST of the Picture (and family)
Click to see those New Year Day SMILES


 "Kindness,
 I've discovered,
 is everything
 in life. "

Isaac Bashevis Singer 










Married by me, Jan 1st 2014

"By the power vested in me
by the State of Hawaii
just last month,
I now pronounce you
spouses and wives
before these your friends
Legally
To your military command,
ALL of it
EVERYTHING!

(One is in the military,
the other is now a 
military spouse)



  =^..^=        



As of Jan 1 2014

  Illinois police
cannot fly drones
without a warrant;
also becoming the 
13th state to prohibit 
handheld cellphones 
while driving.

Legal marijuana
is now for sale 
in Colorado.

Transgender children
may use the 
school bathroom
and play sports
in California.

Friendly, Humane
Francis is Pope
in Rome.

Connecticut has
tighter gun control,
and raises the 
minimum wage to $8.70 an hour,
New Jersey to $8.25
New York and Rhode Island to $8. 
Nine states automatically raise
their minimum wage because they 
index it to inflation. 


And I performed 
a wedding.

What is NEW
for YOU
this year?

                             Warmly, cloudia










                                   

Wednesday, January 1, 2014