Monday, June 17, 2019

Selfie Madness

A  L  O  H  A !

Ah Waikiki! Wait. What's that on the roof?

You are only young once, 
but you can stay 
immature indefinitely. 
         Ogden Nash















That is not a deck, balcony or lanai. 
No rails, not meant for people.

"If the sight of the blue skies 
fills you with joy, if a 
blade of grass springing up 
in the fields has power to 
move you, if the simple things 
of nature have a message that 
you understand, rejoice, for 
your soul is alive.
               Eleonora Duse
















 Immortal Youth: What Price Social Media Likes?

Take hold of grace, for 
younger you will never be. 
                    Swedish Proverb











 𝐎 𐠓 ϴ ϕ

Stay Safe Dear!
cloudia

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Joyous Night in Waikiki

A  L  O  H  A !
Day: Sun & Fun

The twilight tints have left the sky, 
and night commences 
her watch over the world, 
high in the heavens 
is her taper lit, 
around which will soon glow 
a thousand kindred flames.
               Henry James Slack 
              (1818–1896) 
          The Ministry of the Beautiful













It was a night so beautiful that 
your soul seemed hardly able to 
bear the prison of the body.
             W. Somerset Maugham















O radiant Dark! O darkly fostered ray!
Thou hast a joy too deep for shallow Day.
                       George Eliot












And one by one the nights 
between our separated cities 
are joined to the night 
that unites us.     
    Pablo Neruda










🌒

Nose Abroad
upend your routine
be part of the cast
of this grand, 
nightly scene!


Love You
Friend!
cloudia





Saturday, June 15, 2019

Bring Mangoes

A  L  O  H  A !
Eyes can only capture objects 
already seen in mind.
And mind can only see things 
already written in heart. 
Toba Beta













Don’t sit at home and wait 
for mango tree to bring mangoes 
to you wherever you are. It won’t happen. 
If you are truly hungry for change, 
go out of your comfort zone 
and change the world. 
             Israelmore Ayivor










The attitude of faith is to let go, 
and become open to truth, 
whatever it might turn out to be.
           Alan Watts



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🜖🜲

Thank YOU
for all you do!
                         cloudia

Friday, June 14, 2019

Relationship With A Peak

A  L  O  H  A !
I love the mountains behind Honolulu
Only if you have been in the 
deepest valley, can you ever 
know how magnificent it is to 
be on the highest mountain. 
                 Richard M. Nixon









Exciting to find new view planes
Wheresoever thou findest 
a high mountain or a 
lofty hill and a green tree, 
know that an idol is there! 
        Akiva ben Joseph








The peak attracts clouds,
the cloud caresses 
and nourishes the mountain.
It's a beautiful relationship!

꧁꧂



Best Warm Wishes!
            cloudia


Thursday, June 13, 2019

Best Things In Life

A  L  O  H  A !
"This is the key to life: 
To expect everything to be 
given to you from above, yet 
to be genuinely surprised and 
forever grateful, when they are. -








-Expecting all good things 
to be yours, 
while not knowing how 
to take anything for granted.- 








-If there may be a key in life, 
this is the key." 
    C. JoyBell C.

פּפּפּפּפּפּסּ
I have found this
to be a true formula
for happiness.

Wishing YOU
All The Best!
             cloudia

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Waikiki Verticals

A  L  O  H  A !
 The yellow of your dress
dialogues, no SINGS, harmony
with the Rainbow Shower Trees!












 Fans & Lanterns are cousins
as Asia has long known.
Kites are the black sheep soaring,
riding, hiding, gliding,
serving only their own fancy.
And the slender thread.










Verticals Heretical
to some.
But Hawaiians of old
piled stone upon stone to 
height for their purposes too.








Original Verticals
of Waikiki.
Royal Groves of palms.
The Magic, the surf, and
the breezes remain.
As do these beauties!

Linking To
Sky Watch

Aloha Dear Friend!
                                     cloudia

Your Wings

A L O H A !
Red Ti

Do all the good you can and make 
as little fuss about it as possible. 
                   Charles Dickens












That’s rule number one for 
a photographer, isn’t it? 
Fill your frame? 
        David Cronenberg









Keep away from people 
who belittle your ambitions. 
Small people always do that, 
but the really great make you feel 
that you, too, can become great.    
                    Mark Twain

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Woodpecker and Yellow Fellows


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Let Nothing
Clip Your Wings!
           Fondly, cloudia