Sunrise Hope

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Windward Oahu Sunrise,

Courtesy of My Friend Cynthia Tucker

The secret to

a good morning is

to watch the sunrise

with an open heart.

Anthony T. Hincks

Anyone can do well …

It's all out there waiting

for you to take. But

first you must reach

out and get it. You

must work for

your riches.

Cary Grant

I imagined it all

but I never expected

it to happen.

   Keith Richard

Pandanus tectorius is a species of Pandanus

that is native to Malesia, eastern Australia,

and the Pacific Islands. It grows in

the coastal lowlands typically

near the edge of the ocean.

Common names in English include

thatch screwpine, Tahitian screwpine,

hala tree and pandanus.

Wikipedia

Pala ka hala, ʻula ka ʻāʻī

"When the hala ripens,

the neck is

brightened by them."

An important cultural plant

in Hawaii & Polynesia

Link

There was never

a night or a problem

that could defeat

sunrise or hope.

    Bernard Williams

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Love  You,

 Pixie & Cloudia

Wonder in Small Continuous Doses

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Windward Oahu: Ancient

& Meaningful Landscape

Captured by my friend

Dustin Ebisu

South Shore Oahu, Honolulu

I think things are beautiful

when you don’t plan them,

and you don’t have any

expectations, and you’re

not trying to get

somewhere in particular.

Alison Mosshart

Na lima mili hulu no‘eau*

Feathered Hula Ornaments

[of a kind]

Blue Skies

Shades of Green

Vivid Fuchsia Blossoms

Dance a Rising Diagonal

Taking My Spirit

With Them

As Long As

We Wish to

Linger.

Benediction

By Palm Frond.

[See the bird?]

What I like

in a good author

is not what's said

 but what's whispered.

   Logan Pearsall Smith

The heart of the wise one

lies quiet like limpid water.

Cameroon proverb

Or WHAT is

wisdom For?

Pixie

Let's go from nowhere

to somewhere!

Trust, It's just

a step ahead.

  Mahrukh

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

Linking To

Saturday Critters

*Na lima mili hulu no‘eau is a Hawaiian expression that means “the skilled hands that touch the feathers.” It honors the ancient art of feather lei, capes, headdresses, and other ornaments. Link

Our Regular Encounters

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Sunflowers

is the title of two series

of still life paintings by

Dutch master

Vincent van Gogh.

The first series, executed

in Paris in 1887,

the second set, made a

year later in Arles,

shows a bouquet of

sunflowers in a vase.

Wikipedia

Never been Painted

No Need to be Sainted

A Neighbor with whom

I'm most well

Acquainted!

Originally named "Sillies"

[Just LOOK at them]

Garden Snobs Lobbied

To Have Them Re-Named

Lilies.*

The horses, mares,

and frisking fillies,

Clad, all, in linen

white as lilies.

Robert Herrick

Shell Ginger

Always a Clincher

Hanging South

They Open Mouth

But Never Bite

The Finger!

A little ginger

will never injure

Ella Fitzgerald

    "Everybody Step" 

This Sweet Little Bunny

Clad in Kimono

Is Happy With Flowers,

Eager for the

Spring to Flow!

Icons Dancing

Above and Below

Impassive Diamond Head

Surf's Never Ending Show

Sky Keeps an Eye

And a Conga Line

of Clouds

Slowness means cleaving

perfectly to time,

so closely that the

seconds fall one by one,

drop by drop like the

steady dripping of a

tap on stone.

This stretching of time

deepens space.

It is one of the

secrets of walking:

a slow approach to

landscapes that gradually

renders them familiar.

Like the regular encounters

that deepen friendship. Frédéric Gros

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Love You

Pixie & Cloudia

.

Links

Weekend Reflections & Street Photography

Jaipur Garden Affair

Skywatch

Floral Friday

Feline Friday

* Not Really

How We Change the World

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Person to person,

moment to moment,

as we love, we

change the world. 

Samahria Lyte Kaufman

[Sometimes]

Small talk feels

too small,

-big talk

too enormous.

     Anna Quindlen

Not too little,

not too much. 

Just enough

Swedish proverb

Too Much?

At the best times,

nothing needs

to be said

with words.

At Play

Among The Flowers

Cleanliness is a mindset

– a positive habit

that keeps the body,

mind, and environment

happy, healthy,

simple, neat,

and delightful. Amit Ray 

There is never enough

time to do everything,

but there is always

enough time to do the

most important thing.

Brian Tracy

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

.

Links

Nature Thursday

SkyWatch

Thankful Thursday

Thankful!

Little Things Thursday

Home Love Poetry In Pictures

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Pink Sky

Make me Think

Sky.

Pink Darters Darting

in a Baby Blue Sea.

You & I

go a long way back,

Oahu Skies

Full of Gods, Powers & Tales.

Blessed. Best.

It's Here I'll Keep

My Rest!

Red Delight

Ante-ceding Night

I look to the sea

that sailors live upon

sleeping on her bosom

all night long.

I Wonder at

Their Boundless Delights.

But as for me?

Shore City Nights!

Diamond Head Bus Stop

Quiet & Still.

Tranquil striated slopes

on the iconic hill

where temples and signals

betokened ancient forces.

Later overlooked the

19th Century racing of horses.

Named for a beloved Queen:

Kapiolani Park

                                   Link

The Bus! The Bus!

Always Exciting!

Ever Reliable

Thrill in the Sighting!

Waikiki Route 20 Link

Shaka

8 Main Islands

Shining in the Sea

part of an

Archipelago *

longer than a thousand

nautical miles.

But these main 8

are the factory of smiles.

The Ninth Island?

We call Vegas that!

Quack! Peep! Moan!

Duck Nursery has

returned home!

Living out here has

just meant happiness.

Sometimes I think

I'm half-mad

with love

for this place.

   Georgia O'Keeffe

And Pixie

& Me

We Love You!

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