If You Ask

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Although we are in different boats,

you in your boat and

we in our canoe, we share

the same river of life.

   Oren Lyons

 Alpinia zerumbet, commonly known as shell

ginger, is a perennial species of ginger

native to East Asia. They can grow up to 8 to 10 ft

(2.4 to 3.0 m) tall and bear colorful

funnel-shaped flowers. They are  

 grown as ornamentals and their leaves are used  

 in cuisine and traditional medicine. They are  

 also sometimes known as the pink porcelain lily,  

  variegated ginger or butterfly ginger.  Wikipedia  

A canoe does not know who is king.

When it turns over, everyone gets wet.

Malagasy proverb Link

"E lei kau, e lei ho‘oilo i ke aloha"

Love is worn like a lei through the winter. 

  Hawaiian Olelo Link

If you ask what is the single

most important key to longevity,

I would have to say it is

avoiding worry, stress and tension.

And if you didn't ask me,

I'd still have to say it. George Burns

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Love YOU,

Pixie & Cloudia

Links

Nature Notes

From The Archives

The Good.Random.Fun.

AWWW Monday

T Tuesday

What is a holiday party

without drinks!

Morning Portraits

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The Scariest demons of darkest night melt in the graces of morning's good light.

Surfer in the Park

When you stop expecting

people to be perfect, you can

like them for who they are.

   Donald Miller

Robot in the Park

 The worst tempered people

I have ever met were those who knew they were wrong. David Letterman

Waikiki

I smell the soil. I smell the sea.

I smell the mountain forest,

how very lucky for me!

Cameo Appearance in the Wall

The light of the Beloved
shines only NOW.
Rumi

Holiday Portrait

Laughter is

carbonated holiness. 

 Anne Lamott 

No love, no friendship

Can cross the path

of our destiny

Without leaving some

mark on it forever.
Francois Mauriac

ਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐਐੴ

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia.

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 Linking To

Monday Murals 

Cats!

These are Kings & Queens of Hawaii recognizable to any local school child. The Profile in the Santa Hat is Brother Israel Kamakawiwo`ole:

People Who Look Like You

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Wake up, dance with the

light of the morning sun. Enjoy the warmth of her love, feel the joy of life, feel the joy of

deepest gratitude. Debasish Mridha

Mussaenda philippica (Aklan: Agboy)

is a plant species in the family Rubiaceae

that grows as a shrub or small tree.

Native to the Philippines.

Wikipedia

Courtesy of Alan Spector

If you can look in the mirror

and say I love myself, that's

going to affect your interactions

with people who look like you.

Brent Faiyaz

Nothing that I can do will change

the structure of the universe.

But maybe, by raising my voice

I can help the greatest of all causes-

goodwill among men

and peace on earth.

Albert Einstein

I could do with a bit more excess.

From now on I'm going to be

immoderate-

-and volatile--I shall enjoy

loud music and lurid poetry.

I shall be rampant.

Joanne Harris

[EVERYONE

goes a little nuts

on the holidays]

ままままままままままままぬ

Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

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 Links

Saturday Critters
I’d  Rather Be Birding
Jaipur Garden Affair

Courtesy of Alan Spector

"What?"

Backlooks

A L O H A From Honolulu! 

Conrad and I were taxi drivers together
here in Honolulu, circa 1990

 There's no fence nor hedge around time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it, if you can remember. How Green Was My Valley

(1941)

How can time take so long,
yet pass so quickly?
Back then I yearned,
and wondered;
Today I have memories
and know.

Grab your coat,

and get your hat

Leave your worry on the doorstep

Just direct your feet

To the sunny side

of the street!

Dorothy Fields

A photograph can be
an instant of life captured
for eternity that will
never cease looking
back at you.
Brigitte Bardot

Looking back, 

my life seems like 

one long obstacle race, 

with me as the 

chief obstacle.

           Jack Paar

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Love You,

  Cloudia & Pixie

 Links 
Weekend Reflections & Street Photography
Skywatch
Feline Friday
Friday Faceoff

The only time you should

ever look back, is to see

how far you've come.

 Berta Lippert

[OR if a creepy woman is

sneaking up on you

to take your picture!]

What You Get

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Be FOR

something great,

Not angry about

something you hate.

There are voices which we hear

in solitude but they grow

faint and inaudible as

we enter into the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

To live is so startling it

leaves little time

for anything else.

Emily Dickinson

You don’t get in life what you want;

 

you get in life what you are.

            Les Brown

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Love You,

Cloudia & Pixie

Links

SkyWatch

Thankful!

Rain’s Thursday art date

Little Things Thursday

Floral Friday

I Like Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Capacity

A L O H A From Honolulu!

All my life I have tried
to pluck a thistle
and plant a flower
wherever the flower
would grow in
thought and mind.
Abraham Lincoln

To be truly ignorant, be content with your own knowledge. Zhuangzi

 The capacity for delight is

the gift of paying attention. 

           Julia Margaret Cameron 

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything.

Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have. Ralph Marston

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

Would Suffice

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Your expression of mood
provides the daily weather
for those you love the most.
Be mindfully mild as a
spring day when you can.

To make anything interesting you simply have to look at it long enough. Flaubert

If it's not a health problem,

It's NOT a problem.

 If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice. Meister Eckhart

Few delights can equal 

the mere presence of

 one whom we 

trust utterly.

                 George MacDonald

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Love You,

Pixie & Cloudia

Links

Travel Tuesday 

Happy Tuesday 

Pictorial Tuesday 

Tuesday Treasures

My Corner Of The World

Wild Bird Wednesday

Signs2

Nature Thursday

Wordless Wednesday