Life is a ZigZag Journey

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Shadow Chevrons & The ZigZag Snake

Life is a zigzag journey,

they say, not much

straight and easy on the way,

but the wrinkles in the map,

explorers know, smooth out

like magic at the end

of where we go.

Ivan Doig

We are the boat, we are the sea,

I sail in you, you sail in me. Lorre Wyatt

Bitter melon is a tropical vine that is closely related to zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and cucumber. Bitter melon is used as both food and medicine. It is considered the most bitter among all fruits and vegetables. *

Some interesting things you see
cannot be photographed.
You just have to enjoy them
then and there.
But it is photography that has
taught you to notice.
You are a photographer with or
without a camera once

you have been initiated.

There's nothing half so pleasant
as coming home again.
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

The time to relax is when

you don't have time for it.

Sidney J. Harris

Aging is a peculiar mixture of
surrender and being indomitable.
Kindness & Happiness
travel together.

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Pixie & Cloudia

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* Bitter melon is used to treat diabetes, cancer, viral infections, and immune disorders. It contains a chemical that acts like insulin to help reduce blood sugar levels.
Bitter melon also has antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, which help excrete toxins from the blood and liver and heal many liver conditions. Regular consumption of bitter melon improves gut health and treats many intestinal conditions, including constipation and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Experimental Generative AI

151st Kamehameha Day

A L O H A From Honolulu!

The subjects of King Kamehameha V
wished to honor him on his birthday with a holiday. Instead he proclaimed the first Kamehameha Day

on June 11, 1872 to honor his grandfather Kamehameha I unifier of

the Hawaiian Islands
into a monarchical form of government

established in 1810, an internationally

recognized nation state. This first

public holiday of the Kingdom

is still celebrated today as a

State of Hawaii Official Holiday

11 June Annually.

It never ceases to amaze me:

we all love ourselves more

than other people, but

care more about their

opinion than our own.
Marcus Aurelius

161–180 CE

Common Ivy

Beauty is a fairy;

sometimes she hides herself

in a flower-cup, or under a leaf,

or creeps into the old ivy,

and plays hide-and-seek

with the sunbeams...
George Augustus Henry Sala

Rainbow Shower Tree Season!

While you can't control

someone's negative behavior,

you can control how long

you participate in it. Kylo

Rainbow Shower Tree

An untrammelled conscience

will always know more than

all the books and teachers.

    G.I. Gurdjieff

Young Pixie 4 years old

It's one thing to be truthful

in what you say today.

It's another to uphold

your commitments tomorrow.

Honesty is being candid

as you talk. Integrity is

honoring those words as you walk.

Adam Grant

𑄒𑄒𑄒𑄒𑄒𑄒𑄒𑄒𑄒𑄒𑄒𑄒

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The Drinking Tree said to the girl:

"Take a load off your feet

and pop a drink!"

Morning People of Waikiki

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Be willing to be a beginner

every single morning.

Meister Eckhart

In the garden of my soul,

there blooms a lavender field.

Anonymous

The thoughts of the morning

become the blessings

for the day.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Just one small positive

thought in the morning can

change your whole day.

  Dalai Lama

The more in harmony
you are with the flow of
your own existence,
the more magical
life becomes.
Adyashanti

Keep the dream alive:

Hit the snooze button.

Punit Ghadge

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The compass rose is nothing

but a star with an infinite

number of rays pointing

in all directions.

It is the one true and perfect

symbol of the universe.

And it is the one most

accurate symbol of you.

Spread your arms in an embrace,

throw your head back, and

prepare to receive and send

coordinates of being. For,

at last you know—you are

the navigator, the captain,

and the ship.

    Vera Nazarian

Sweet Saturday Surreality

A L O H A From Honolulu!

I am forever chasing light.
Light turns the ordinary
into the magical.
Trent Parke

Photograph the world as it is.
Nothing’s more interesting
than reality.
Mary Ellen Mark

Once you reach deeper and

deeper into your reality,

you approach closer and

closer its surreal essence. *

Talismanist Giebra

My life is shaped by

the urgent need to wander

and observe, and my

camera is my passport.

Steve McCurry

Contentment is natural wealth. Socrates

The opinion of 10,000 people

is of no value if none of them

knows anything about the subject. Marcus Aurelius

The most important thing

is to enjoy your life

--to be happy--

it's all that matters. Audrey Hepburn

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Cloudia & Pixie

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*  "Surreality is the quality of being bizarre and dreamlike. It can also mean having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream.

Surreal is often used to describe something that is not real or that seems too strange or fantastic to be true. It can also be used to describe something that is so extraordinary or unexpected that it seems to defy the laws of reality.

Surreal is neither negative nor positive. It can easily go either way."

  Google Generative AI 

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Gold Trumpet Good Dreaming

A L O H A From Honolulu!

Let your gratitude

smother your fear

Golden Trumpet Tree

You are the light of the world,

when your compassion radiates

and pervades the world...

...When your mind is in higher

consciousness and heart is

full with compassion...

Amit Ray

I think good dreaming is
what leads to good photographs.
Wayne Miller

The beauty you see in me

is a reflection of you.

Rumi

To take a photograph is to

participate in another person’s

(or thing’s) mortality, vulnerability,

mutability. Precisely by slicing out

this moment and freezing it,

all photographs testify to

time’s relentless melt.

 Susan Sontag

Gazing on beautiful things
acts on my soul.
Michelangelo

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