Hawaiian Royalty Mural Monday

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Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani 

and King David Kalakaua

Still Watching over Honolulu

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Just Because

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" Life is short; 

live it up. "

Nikita Khrushchev

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Early Morning Reflections

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Absolutely Beautiful Morning for a Walk to the Mall

" By health I mean 

the power to live 

a full, adult, living,

 breathing life

 in close contact 

with... the earth 

and the wonders

 thereof - the sea -

 the sun. "

                         Katherine Mansfield

“Given enough time, 

you could convince yourself 

that loneliness was 

something better, 

that it was solitude, 

the ideal condition 

for reflection, 

even a kind of freedom. -

 

 - Once you were 

thus convinced, 

you were foolish to 

open the door 

and let anyone in, 

not all the way in. 

You risked the 

hard-won equilibrium, 

that tranquility 

that you called peace. ” 

                                         Dean Koontz

" The willingness

 to accept responsibility

 for one's own life

 is the source

 from which 

self-respect springs. "

                                   Joan Didion

" Anyone 

who does not believe 

in miracles 

is not a realist. "

                                  Audrey Hepburn

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The Night Artist

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The Waikiki Street Artist, Kalakaua Avenue

" The purpose of art 
is washing the dust 
of daily life
 off our souls. "
                        Pablo Picasso

Thank You, Artists!

Caricature

" A caricature 

is putting the face

 of a joke 

on the body of 

a truth. "

                          Joseph Conrad

Face of a Child; We Are All
 Children Before Creation

" To find joy in work
is to discover
the fountain of youth. "
                                          Pearl Buck

The Handsome Subject

" The painter who feels 

obligated to depict his subjects 

as uniformly beautiful

 or handsome and

 without flaws 

will fall short

 of making art. "

                     Joyce Maynard

" Being handsome 

wasn't much of a burden.

 It worked for me. "

David Bailey

Caught!

" Nothing is as real as a dream.

 The world can change around you, 

but your dream will not.

 Responsibilities 

need not erase it. 

Duties

 need not obscure it. 

Because the dream 

is within you, 

no one can 

take it away. "

                 Tom Clancy

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Signs and Wonders

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Plane  Wonder

" The soul is 

made of love

 and must ever strive 

to return to love. -

Yellow Banner High

- Therefore, 

it can never find 

rest nor happiness 

in other things. 

It must lose itself in love. "

Mechthild of Magdenburg

Pulpit - Worth an Enlarging CLICK

" Truth 

isn't always beauty, 

Meditate Upon Every Day Wonders

- but 

the hunger 

for it is. "

Nadine Gordimer

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Hawaii Skies

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 “ I'm an introvert... 

" I love being by myself, 

love being outdoors, 

" love taking 

a long walk 

with my dogs -

- and looking at 

the trees, flowers, 

the sky.” 

 Audrey Hepburn

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Shadow Blossoms

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 Click to Enjoy Photos

" Set up as an ideal 

the facing of reality

 as honestly and 

as cheerfully 

as possible. "

Dr. Karl Menninger

" Art is a step from 

what is obvious 

and well-known 

toward

 what is arcane and 

concealed. "

Khalil Gibran

The Rivers of Our Imagination

Do Run to

Wondrous Places

Hiding

in Plain Sight

Doesn't the Eye

Adore Change?

Remember to look up

from your screen regularly!

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