Thursday, July 31, 2014

Skywatch Pies from the Skies

A  L  O  H  A !
Click on Photos to Be Enveloped in Clouds
 " The sky
 is everywhere, 
it begins at your feet.” 
                                        Jandy Nelson











 “I saw a star,
 I reached for it. 
I missed, so
 I accepted the sky” 
                        Scott Fortino












“The sky 
is not my limit...
I am.” 
                     T.F. Hodge



See Sky Watchers 
around the globe

                          Thank You, cloudia

Thursday Fences

A   L   O   H   A  !
"The superior person 
understands what is right;
 the inferior person
 understands 
what will sell. "
                         Confucius










Secret Gate

"I like the
serendipitous surprises 
of reality." 
                                 Lawrence Wright











World's Smallest Yard
"Land 
really is the best art."
                           Andy Warhol

See more Good Fences

                   Warmly, cloudia




Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Sincerity

A  L  O  H  A !
"Sincerity
 makes the very least 
person 
to be of more value 
than the most 
talented hypocrite."
                                             CHARLES SPURGEON








"Men 
can be analyzed, 
women 
merely adored. "
                            Oscar Wilde



Sounds right to me!









"As I get older,
 I realize that
 the thing I value
 the most is 
good-heartedness."
                               Alice Walker







"Most of the change 
we think we see 
in life is due 
to truths being 
in and out
 of favor."  
         Robert Frost 
                                                    
" Truth is eternal,
Knowledge is changeable. 
It is disastrous 
to confuse them. "
 Madeleine L'Engle

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Thanks for Favoring 
us with Your visit!
                                                             cloudia

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Fresh Daily

A   L   O   H   A !
 "Clarity shows up
 after 
you've already 
gone through 
the darkness. "
               Gonzo Arzuaga









Click to enlarge the humans

“The beginning 
is always today.” 

                  Mary Shelley



click on the dream home

" Be not the slave
 of your own past. 

Plunge into 
the sublime seas,
 dive deep 
and swim far, 

so you shall come back
 with self-respect, 
with new power, 

with an advanced experience
 that shall explain

 and overlook

 the old."
                 Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nothing is
as American
as the 
"Fresh Start."

But everyone
get's a shiny
new one
Every Day.

Thank Goodness,
I am not defined
by the dumbest
or meanest
thing I have
ever done!

What is fresh
in Your world
today?

             Fondly, cloudia

Monday, July 28, 2014

Our World Tuesday

A  L  O  H  A !
Nothing Says "Hawaii" 
                                like dear Diamond Head!

"I promise 
if you keep searching
 for everything beautiful 
in the world, 
you 
will eventually 
become it." 
                        Tyler Kent White


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Our World Tuesday
Awaits You

                         Warmly, cloudia

Mural Car

A  L  O  H  A !
We are on a ROLL 
with another Mural Car!
This VW Rabbit is 
a paean to Nature.
Love the Butterflies.



This Hawaiian Warrior is looking
at that car like:
"Outa my way!"

" Art 
enables us 
to find ourselves 
and lose ourselves 
at the same time. "
                             Thomas Merton

Visit Mural Monday:

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Luminous Thirds

A  L  O  H  A !

"Things turn out best 
for the people 
who make the best
 out of the way
 things turn out. "
                             Art Linkletter


Sounds trivial
but deeply true











"Nothing
 is particularly hard
 if 
you divide it
 into small jobs. "
                       Henry Ford




This truth got me through
university . . . . and 
Life!






" When a noble life 
has prepared old age, 
it reveals not decline
but immortality's
 first days. "
                               Germaine De Stael

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Threes & thirds
describe something,
ARE something
deep & fundamental.

The stool will not stand
without a third leg.

There is no Story
without
Beginning, Middle
& End.

Till age Thirty
we become/mold
 ourselves,
prove ourselves
in the becoming,
acquire Skills
and Lessons.

From Thirty
to Sixty
we mate, create,
most reproduce,
raise young,
make family,
community and
continue to learn
to ripen;
We peak 
physically
build wealth
and regrets.

From Sixty on
we synthesize,
we realize
our themes &
meanings:
the Truth about 
ourselves
and our experience.

Confirmations 
& Surprises.

Time to meditate
to dream,
to fully Feel
the Wonder of
Being Alive,
yea 
in the shadows
of eternity.

And if we are 
Lucky
we find one last boon
the chance to
Love
and Be Loved,
through person,
pet,
and planet.

Amen?

Thanks for visiting
for hanging here!

            Fondly, cloudia

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Secrets From the Lily

A   L   O   H   A !
"... here is the deepest secret

 nobody knows -







Click Photos To Enlarge
- ( here is the root of the root

 and the bud of the bud 

and the sky of the sky 

of a tree called life;

 which grows higher

 than the soul can hope

 or mind can hide ) -















- and this is the wonder

 that's keeping the stars apart

 I carry your heart

(i carry it in my heart). "

                           e.e. cummings 
                                                 (1894 - 1962)














" None of you 
really has faith 
unless he desires 
for his neighbor 
what he 
desires for himself."
     Prophet Muhammad






Click To ENLARGE!
"This is so nice, 
it must be illegal."
              Fats Waller



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So Nice of YOU
to Visit!
                     Fondly, cloudia

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Noble Critter

A L O H A !
“Each meeting occurs 
at the precise moment 
for which it was meant. 
Usually, 
when it will have 
the greatest impact
 on our lives.” 
             Nadia Scrieva


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                Warmly, cloudia

IN, But Not FOR

A  L  O  H  A !
Click on this Dutch Haze, Leonardo

" Generally, 
by the time you are real, 
most of your hair 
has been loved off, 
and your eyes drop out 
and you get loose 
in the joints 
and very shabby. 

But these things 
don’t matter at all, 
because once you are
 real 
you can’t be ugly, 
except to people 
who don’t understand."
                               Margery Williams, 
                                    The Velveteen Rabbit



















"Fools 
love not
 the wise, 
drunkards
 love not
 the sober."
                  Ukrainian Proverb








Click to gasp grasp the vast

" To be social 
is to be 
forgiving."
                    Robert Frost











Fashionable Player


"A civilized society is 
one which tolerates 
eccentricity 
to the point of 
doubtful sanity."
               Robert Frost
Lucky for ME!



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I want to really 
live 
IN the moment; 
but not live 
just FOR 
the moment.

How About You,
Friend?
                              cloudia



Friday, July 25, 2014

Pirates on Holiday

A  L  O  H  A !
Arg, me mateys!

" A truth that's told
 with bad intent, 
Beats all the lies 
you can invent. "
                                   William Blake 









" It takes great wit and interest 
and energy to be happy. 
The pursuit of happiness 
is a great activity. 

One must be open 
and alive. It is 
the greatest feat 
we have
 to accomplish. "
                             Robert Herrick


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Thank You
for fueling my happiness
with your Friendship!
             Warmly, cloudia