Nice Morning

A   L   O   H   A  !

Not only is there a right to be happy, 

there is a duty to be happy. 

So much sadness exists in the world 

that we are all under obligation to 

contribute as much joy as 

lies within our powers.  

            John S. Bonnell 

Honolulu West of the Sun-rising

If we look at the world 

with a love of life, 

the world will reveal 

its beauty to us.

            Daisaku Ikeda 

Let's Get a Drink at Arnold's Beach Bar Link

I adore simple pleasures. 

They are the last refuge 

of the complex. 

             Oscar Wilde

Links:

Monday Murals

Our World Tuesday

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

Travel Tuesday

Tuesday Treasures

Happy Tuesday

Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World

T Tuesday [drink related]

wednesday signs     

Aw! Her name is CLOUD.

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Honolulu Sunday

A   L   O   H   A  !

Some Attend Church   Link

The best years of your life are 

the ones in which you decide 

your problems are your own.

You do not blame them on 

your mother, the ecology, 

or the president. You realize that 

you control your own destiny.

                         Albert Ellis 

Some have flown far to feel the sun

To talk well and eloquently 

is a very great art, but 

an equally great one is to know 

the right moment to stop. 

                    Mozart

Some recuperate from Saturday Night

Every morning I tell myself, 

"I'll sleep early tonight." 

And every night I say, 

"One more chapter.”

                Joyce Rachelle

Some Just Wait For Night

There is a romance about all those who 

are abroad in the black hours.

      Robert Louis Stevenson

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Homeward Magicness

A   L   O   H   A  !

Marin, California Nov 2015 - May 2019  -  "Final Dawn"

There is a kind of magicness about going 

far away and then coming back all changed.

            Kate Douglas Wiggin

The day arrived. Final exit from "our"

driveway, and leaving of "our" street, our

 neighborhood. Dear neighbor drove us.

Goodbye, Pacheco Pond,

Golden Gate Bridge. Likely I will

never cross you again. Going home.

No intention to ever leave again.

Hawaii.

"Leaving On A Jet Plane"

All roads lead home as home 

is where the heart is. 

So Love. Simply Love. 

For love is home to all of us.

        Wald Wassermann

I want to be someone you can’t live without.

           Charlotte Eriksson

VERY complicated procedure to bring

even an island born pet home!

Multiple tests, vet visits, and messengered

official paperwork for the State!

Every detail scrutinized, double checked.

Or Pixie would be incarcerated on return.

For months. The State office at HONO

that handles such matters was 

peopled by sad folks after long flights,

who just didn't know!

Children separated from pets! Adult

children separated from theirs, sadly.

At last a State veterinarian carrying

Pixie and a thick sheaf of documents

with our name on it appeared.

All in order! Happy Day!!!

We left the sad people,

an intact family for the

final leg of this epic journey:

Waikiki.

It was his home now. But 

it could not be his home till he had 

gone from it and returned to it. 

Now he was the Prodigal Son.

             G.K. Chesterton

Linking To

Saturday Critters

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Love You,

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What Hawaiian Airlines played on the plane. Whenever I hear it, I'm onboard!

Sunshine Sunshine

A   L   O   H   A  !

If you are confident in your beliefs,

you do not need to enforce them.

You only need to live them.

If you are humble, and your belief is valid,

you will see it in different faces

wherever in the world you roam.

Are you a believer - or a judge?

Love One Another has no * asterisk.

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. 

You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and 

a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams 

and you will always look lovely.

                         Roald Dahl

The City & Islands start

going OFF for Lunar New Year

THIS Weekend!

My Favorite Time of Year!

Lion Dance Practice

If you sit down at set of sun and 

count the acts that you have done, 

and, counting, find one self-denying deed, 

one word that eased the heart of him who heard–

one glance most kind, that fell like sunshine where it went–then you may count that day well spent.     

                     George Eliot

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After a period of tropical

wind and rain, the sun

and blue skies have 

returned to Honolulu!

Love You,

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That "Sunshine" Song:

Which Rock

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California Dawn

All human beings are my neighbors. 

We share the same planet.

             Ana Monnar

Duck Through The Fence

Someone who loves a neighbor allows him 

to be as he is, as he was, and as he will be.     

                 Michel Quoist

Which rock do you pick up on the beach? 

The one that looks a little different. So 

don't let the waves wear you down!"  

                     Ross Mathews

Links:
From the Archives
Weekend Reflections

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Little Things Thursday

Good Fences  

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You Are

A   L   O   H   A  !

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, 

for by doing that some have entertained 

angels without knowing it.

              King James Bible

Opportunity often comes disguised 

in the form of misfortune, 

or temporary defeat. 

       Napoleon Hill 

Thank You For Your Concern!

Today you are you! 

That is truer than true! 

There is no one alive who

 is you-er than you! 

            Dr. Seuss

Linking To:

Wild Bird Wednesday

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Glimpses of Mundane Glories

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Kalakaua Coronation Stand Link

“... the world can give you these glimpses 

as well as fairy tales can--the smell of rain, 

the dazzle of sun on white clapboard with 

the shadows of ferns and wash on the line, 

the wildness of a winter storm when 

in the house the flame of a candle 

doesn't even flicker.”   

         Frederick Buechner

Love is just the skin of knowing.

 William Paul Young

Keep Sun in Your Heart

Don't be pushed around by 

the fears in your mind. 

Be led by the dreams in your heart.

Roy T. Bennett

"No Cellphone Use"

Links:
signs

Pictorial Tuesday

My Corner Of The World

T Tuesday

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Love You,

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