lavender

more rain - lavender leans on the stone Buddha

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rabendaa ラベンダー lavender
Lavandula augustifolia
kigo for summer
Lavender is not listed in the big saijiki, but it is generally accepted as a kigo for summer.
http://www.a.zaq.jp/haiku/70/70_008.htm
http://www.ibukinet.jp/kigo/kigo07.html




The Lavenders
Lavandula are a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region south to tropical Africa and to the southeast regions of India.
Because the cultivated forms are planted in gardens world-wide, they are occasionally found growing wild, as garden escapees, well beyond their natural range.
Lavender flowers yield abundant nectar which yields a high-quality honey for beekeepers.
Chefs in and around Provence, France, have been incorporating this herb into their cuisine for centuries, either alone or as an ingredient of herbes de Provence. Lavender lends a floral, slightly sweet, and elegant flavour to most dishes, and pairs beautifully with various sheep's and goat's cheeses.
English lavender, Lavandula angustifolia, yields an essential oil with sweet overtones, and can be used in balms, salves, perfumes, cosmetics, and topical applications
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夢ひとつ叶ひし今朝のラベンダー　
yume hitotsu kanaishi kesa no rabendaa

one dream at least
came true - the lavender
of this morning

Tashiro Toshi 田代登志
Tr. Gabi Greve


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tension headache
different bees work
the lavender bush

Alan Summers

1. Six Years of Simply Haiku: Retrospective Selections 2003-2008,
(Eleven Themes) Selected by Richard Gilbert Spring 2009, vol 7 no 1
2. The Haiku Calendar 2004 Snapshots Press ISBN 1-903543-07-X
3. Simply Haiku: September 2003, Vol. 1, No. 3

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WASHOKU
The taste of lavender in Japanese food 　
Lavendel



murasaki 紫 ... the color of lavender in haiku



My Lavender
July 2008


My Stone Buddha
with more haiku


. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2009




My Garden in the Rain

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