Cat Welcomes Home Soldier (awesome)

Waikiki Morning

A   L   O   H   A !

 “Remember, 

happiness doesn't depend

 upon who you are 

or what you have;

-  it depends solely 

upon what you think. -

- So start each day 

by thinking of 

all the things 

you have to be 

thankful for. -

- Your future will depend 

very largely

 on the thoughts you think

 today. -

- So think thoughts 

of hope 

and confidence

 and love and 

success.” 

              Dale Carnegie

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Thanks!

               Warmly, cloudia

Advice To A Friend

A   L   O   H   A !

 Any negative fear

Can be dissolved

By Gratitudes

Called to mind.

I don't know why;

It just

Works

Don't think of sad things

Don't Pull at loose strings,

Don't eat with those

Who tread on your toes.

While giving bouquets

Save yourself a rose.

Time

Can be a very sad thing

In very many ways:

Useful servant

Always teaching

'Nothing Stays.'

I have nothing to say

Then we get together.

Everything is interesting

And Stories pour forth;

My stories - which I had 

Forgotten.

You give me back myself

By calling it out to play.

You are 

That rarest of all

A True friend.

I hope you know already:

I appreciate You

Every day.

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Thanks for sitting

under da tree with us!

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Dusk Set NightFall

A   L   O   H   A !

Photos are satisfyingly clickable - DO!

" At this stage in my life, 

I think it's all about 

the soft stuff.  

I don't give a damn 

about what you know 

or what you do 

if you can't be kind. -

" I want the 

art of you 

before I'll tangle 

with the science 

of you. -

" Talk to me 

so that I might know 

who you are. -

" Be naked 

in the vocabulary 

of kindness. "

                 Sandy Carlson

[ ALL Above ]

" The difference 

between school and life?

 In school, 

you're taught a lesson 

and then given a test. -

In life, 

you're given a test

 that teaches you 

a lesson.”

               Tom Bodett 

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Thank YOU

for Visiting!

            Warmly, Cloudia

' Take Peace & Smiles - Leave Your Comment '

Honolulu Mural Madness

A L O H A !

What is going on here?

Just another day in Honolulu!

[ did you notice the man atop the building? ]

Click on photo to see the Deere

" 'Tis an ill wind
 that blows no minds. "
Malaclypse the Younger

What are you going to do with that Gradall!!!???

Enjoy more Mural Monday

Here

Thanks!

           Warmly, cloudia

Layered Dawn Rainbow Bay

A   L   O   H   A !

Layered dawn of Honey Moon 

[ next one:  June 13, 2098 ]
Link

" A joyful life

 is an individual creation

 that cannot be 

copied from a recipe. "

                Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Layers of a Different Stripe

" Tranquil pleasures 

last the longest; 

we are not fitted

to bear the burden 

of great joys. "

              Christian Nevell Bovee

Click Oh Click on THIS One!

Waves Too

Are Layers 

of Healing, 

Washing & 
Washing Away

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Thank YOU

for Visiting

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Tapa Cloth Graces

A   L   O   H   A !

 Tap Tap Tap. . . 

These Hawaiian Ladies are 

manufacturing Kapa Cloth. 

“I was tired of seeing

 the Graces

 always depicted as

 beautiful young things.

 I think wisdom comes 

with age 

and life 

and pain. 

And knowing 

what matters.” 

                   Louise Penny

Pounding out mulberry bark 

to make the cloth

I hole ‘ia no ka i‘e i ke kau o ka lā.

The time to cut designs

 in a tapa beater

 is when the sun is high.

[Do your work 

when you are at your best.]

                                 Hawaiian Proverb

The carved sticks 

that print the patterns

" When 'I' 

is replaced with

 'We', 

even 'Illness'

 becomes 'Wellness'. " 

                                     Malcolm X.

 Drying & inspecting 

the printed Kapa

" To fulfill a dream, 

to be allowed to 

sweat over lonely labor, 

to be given the chance 

to create, 

is the meat and potatoes 

of life. 

The money is the gravy. 

As everyone else,

I love to dunk my crust in it.

 But alone, 

it is not a diet designed 

to keep body 

and soul together. "

                          Bette Davis,

                                                    The Lonely Life, 1962  

Read More About Kapa 

Here


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Thanks For Visiting, Friends
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