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I live
in Paradise Hermitage -
crows on my roof
every morning, much toooo early for me, they hop on the huge tin roof and their claws make incredible sounds. Then they greet each other kwaaaak hwaaaak ...
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Showing posts with label Animal. Show all posts
6/18/2009
6/13/2009
first firefly
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first firefly -
a quiet night and then
lightning
Whow, what a sight !
a little later my husband came out
it was pitchdark this night
first firefly -
he says the flashlight
has no battery
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Living in the countryside is full of surprizes.
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firefly sweets --
the wonderous world of
wagashi
Look at them
! HERE !
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first firefly -
a quiet night and then
lightning
Whow, what a sight !
a little later my husband came out
it was pitchdark this night
first firefly -
he says the flashlight
has no battery
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Living in the countryside is full of surprizes.
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firefly sweets --
the wonderous world of
wagashi
Look at them
! HERE !
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6/12/2009
babies
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praying mantis -
her babies tumble
in my mailbox
There were hundreds of them this morning,
they must have hatched over night ...
Reference : watch them here !
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praying mantiss, kamakiri 螳螂 Tenodora aridifolia
kigo for autumn
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praying mantis -
her babies tumble
in my mailbox
There were hundreds of them this morning,
they must have hatched over night ...
Reference : watch them here !
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praying mantiss, kamakiri 螳螂 Tenodora aridifolia
kigo for autumn
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6/08/2009
sudden rain
| sudden rain - a homeless runs for shelter  |
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5/10/2009
bee
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a bee disappears
in the red flower -
my busy days
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a bee disappears
in the red flower -
my busy days
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5/06/2009
centipede
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a centipede
takes its morning walk -
aah, my kitchen table
the season has started !
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Centipede, millipede, mukade 百足 むかで
Tausendfüssler, Tausendfüßler
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a centipede
takes its morning walk -
aah, my kitchen table
the season has started !
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Centipede, millipede, mukade 百足 むかで
Tausendfüssler, Tausendfüßler
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4/08/2009
first swallow
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she sings
quite a different tune -
first swallow
she plays
quite a different tune -
summer evening
! Click HERE to see what I mean !
Last night was warm enough
to sit outside and there
high in the sky
the first sounds of our beloved swallows!
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she sings
quite a different tune -
first swallow
she plays
quite a different tune -
summer evening
! Click HERE to see what I mean !
Last night was warm enough
to sit outside and there
high in the sky
the first sounds of our beloved swallows!
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4/06/2009
tea ceremony
| a frog jumps into the stone basin - tea ceremony  |
Photo from norlog, Temple Ryoanji, Kyoto
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tsukubai つくばい(蹲い)
Tea Ceremony Saijiki 茶道の歳時記
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4/05/2009
Bison
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deep winter -
a bison mourns for his
dead mother
In winter, they move over the prairie in groups of 20 to 30 females and calves, all family members, with one BIG MOTHER leading the herd.
When one animal dies, they mourn for about 30 minutes, rubbing horns and heads ... kicking it gently with their hooves ...
..............................................and then move on.
comments from HH
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Bison
is a taxonomic group containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Only two of these species still exist: the American bison (B. bison) and the European bison, or wisent (B. bonasus), each with two subspecies.
The American and European bison are the largest terrestrial mammals in North America and Europe.
Wallowing is a common behavior of bison.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
bison mating season
kigo for late summer
Cow, Bull, Ox (ushi) as kigo
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deep winter -
a bison mourns for his
dead mother
In winter, they move over the prairie in groups of 20 to 30 females and calves, all family members, with one BIG MOTHER leading the herd.
When one animal dies, they mourn for about 30 minutes, rubbing horns and heads ... kicking it gently with their hooves ...
..............................................and then move on.
comments from HH
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Bison
is a taxonomic group containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Only two of these species still exist: the American bison (B. bison) and the European bison, or wisent (B. bonasus), each with two subspecies.
The American and European bison are the largest terrestrial mammals in North America and Europe.
Wallowing is a common behavior of bison.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
bison mating season
kigo for late summer
Cow, Bull, Ox (ushi) as kigo
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2009
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3/15/2009
spring sunshine
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spring sunshine
on the cat's belly -
mountain hermitage
Haiku kun is my best teacher.
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Cats in the Paradise Hermitage
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spring sunshine
on the cat's belly -
mountain hermitage
Haiku kun is my best teacher.
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Cats in the Paradise Hermitage
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2/19/2009
sparrow and Buddha
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winter rain -
a sparrow shits
on my stone Buddha
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winter rain -
a sparrow shits
on my stone Buddha
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1/26/2009
stray dogs
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winter morning -
three stray dogs
at the post box
Our post box is at the end of the road up on the mountain.
These poor creatures were looking quite out of place and seemd so afraid of humans, they ran away as soon as I started to "talk" to them.
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winter morning -
three stray dogs
at the post box
Our post box is at the end of the road up on the mountain.
These poor creatures were looking quite out of place and seemd so afraid of humans, they ran away as soon as I started to "talk" to them.
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12/31/2008
pheasant
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early morning -
a pheasant hollers
right above me
There were two of them in two groves opposite the valley, having a long conversation right across space, even outmouthing the crows today.
And then the one in the bushes near my home took off to meet the friend over there, and flapped right above me, hollering all the way, with his most unusual silouhette and flapping wings against the light morning sky !
A scene of wonder indeed !
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Pheasant (kiji) Japan : KIGO for early spring
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early morning -
a pheasant hollers
right above me
There were two of them in two groves opposite the valley, having a long conversation right across space, even outmouthing the crows today.
And then the one in the bushes near my home took off to meet the friend over there, and flapped right above me, hollering all the way, with his most unusual silouhette and flapping wings against the light morning sky !
A scene of wonder indeed !
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Pheasant (kiji) Japan : KIGO for early spring
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11/28/2008
kitsune
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bright daylight -
a fox peeks into my
living room
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I had just settled for a cup of tea when I saw some ears outside. Both cats were in the kitchen sleeping, so who could it be? Most probably a stray cat to chase away.
When I opened the door-window, a small fox was standing outside, looking at me in wonder just as I looked at him. He did not even run away, but seemed to ask "Care to feed me something?"
After quite a while he turned away, walked leisurely over to the staircase and to the upper part of our garden. With a final look back and giving me a kind nod he disappeared in the underbrush.
WHOW ... I sure hope to see this visitor again !
We have seen foxes around in the late evening and hear them in the nearby woods.
FOX ... a kigo for all winter
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Fotos and Haiku from Tom Maretic, thanks TOM!!
a young urban fox --
there is already friendship
in our meetings
fox's voice
in the night ... inspires
a new story
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bright daylight -
a fox peeks into my
living room
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I had just settled for a cup of tea when I saw some ears outside. Both cats were in the kitchen sleeping, so who could it be? Most probably a stray cat to chase away.
When I opened the door-window, a small fox was standing outside, looking at me in wonder just as I looked at him. He did not even run away, but seemed to ask "Care to feed me something?"
After quite a while he turned away, walked leisurely over to the staircase and to the upper part of our garden. With a final look back and giving me a kind nod he disappeared in the underbrush.
WHOW ... I sure hope to see this visitor again !
We have seen foxes around in the late evening and hear them in the nearby woods.
FOX ... a kigo for all winter
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Fotos and Haiku from Tom Maretic, thanks TOM!!
a young urban fox --
there is already friendship
in our meetings
fox's voice
in the night ... inspires
a new story
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11/20/2008
Hatsuyuki
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hatsuyuki ya 初雪や
first snow ...
two crow families fight
for a place in the sky
first snow
on red leaves ...
global warming
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A cold spell has gripped Japan, much too early for the season.
Daily high not above 5 degrees centigrade ...
and a cover of white on the red leaves and the yellow gingko !
And these crows are constantly "barking" in the sky, chasing each other, fighting for a space to stay in our valley
November 19, 2008
The cold spell continues, white morning again today, yesterday was a warm plus four centigrade ...
November 20, 2008
. WKD : first snow, hatsu yuki 初雪 .
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hatsuyuki ya 初雪や
first snow ...
two crow families fight
for a place in the sky
first snow
on red leaves ...
global warming
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A cold spell has gripped Japan, much too early for the season.
Daily high not above 5 degrees centigrade ...
and a cover of white on the red leaves and the yellow gingko !
And these crows are constantly "barking" in the sky, chasing each other, fighting for a space to stay in our valley
November 19, 2008
The cold spell continues, white morning again today, yesterday was a warm plus four centigrade ...
November 20, 2008
. WKD : first snow, hatsu yuki 初雪 .
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11/13/2008
echizen kurage
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Echizen kurage ...
a monster tamed with
miso paste
Checking about Washoku ...
the Echizen kurage are huge jellyfish at the coast of Echizen, lately bringing much harm to the local fishernets because of their enormous numbers and sheer size ...
And yes ...
if you have lemons, make lemonade, so the locals made it ...
chopped finely and eaten with a mix of miso paste and salted plum paste.
Enjoy Japanese Food, Culture and Haiku !
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/05/fukui.html
Echizen kurage 越前水母（えちぜんくらげ)
kigo for all summer
. WKD : Jellyfish (kurage) and related KIGO
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Echizen kurage ...
a monster tamed with
miso paste
Checking about Washoku ...
the Echizen kurage are huge jellyfish at the coast of Echizen, lately bringing much harm to the local fishernets because of their enormous numbers and sheer size ...
And yes ...
if you have lemons, make lemonade, so the locals made it ...
chopped finely and eaten with a mix of miso paste and salted plum paste.
Enjoy Japanese Food, Culture and Haiku !
http://washokufood.blogspot.com/2008/05/fukui.html
Echizen kurage 越前水母（えちぜんくらげ)
kigo for all summer
. WKD : Jellyfish (kurage) and related KIGO
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10/21/2008
frog on rose
 watering plants ... my frog takes his shower on a red rose  |
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My Karl the Froggie .. 蛙とカラー
..... Frog in Buddha's Eye 仏の目にカール君
Thank you, Terry, for the arrangement!
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kigo for roses in all seasons
. Rose (bara 薔薇) .
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10/20/2008
lunch outside
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lunch outside ...
a little bee explores
my salted plum
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lunch outside ...
a little bee explores
my salted plum
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10/14/2008
autumn deepens
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autumn deepens ...
a mosquitoe floats
in my bathtub
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This haiku has two kigo.
One is strong, autumn.
One is weak, mosquito for all summer, since we encounter this animal in other seasons too.
In that case the two kigo do not collide.
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Gabi,
I am always fearful of using two kigo in a haiku because I don't know how. It helps a little that you have characterized these as 'strong' and 'weak', and that 'mosquito' is the weak kigo because one can find these insects in other seasons. ???
Could you speak to this a little more?
L.
Answer
... this was part of the teaching of Hasekawa Kai sensei the other day on NHK. Other sensei often say the same.
One kigo is of course best, but since the situation sometimes calls for more than one, like my friend in the bathtub this morning, there is no harm done to be true to the situation.
If you follow my own link, there is a bit from Bill Higginson about the use of two kigo, along the same lines. He uses the word DOMINANT for the strong one.
To be on the safe side,
only use one kigo in your own haiku and
enjoy the ones with two by the master poets ...
is another piece of advise I often hear in Japan.
Gabi
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Mosquitoes are best in summer in Japan. Now, as autumn deepens, even they get weaker and once in a while I find one in my bathtub (this never happens in summer).
So they show me the cycle of life during the seasons and I use two kigo here, one for my moment in the bathtub and one for the flow of the seasons in the life of the animal.
They remind me that for all of us the end comes when the circle of our life energy is completed.
. . . The use of KIGO in Japanese haiku
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
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autumn deepens ...
a mosquitoe floats
in my bathtub
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This haiku has two kigo.
One is strong, autumn.
One is weak, mosquito for all summer, since we encounter this animal in other seasons too.
In that case the two kigo do not collide.
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Gabi,
I am always fearful of using two kigo in a haiku because I don't know how. It helps a little that you have characterized these as 'strong' and 'weak', and that 'mosquito' is the weak kigo because one can find these insects in other seasons. ???
Could you speak to this a little more?
L.
Answer
... this was part of the teaching of Hasekawa Kai sensei the other day on NHK. Other sensei often say the same.
One kigo is of course best, but since the situation sometimes calls for more than one, like my friend in the bathtub this morning, there is no harm done to be true to the situation.
If you follow my own link, there is a bit from Bill Higginson about the use of two kigo, along the same lines. He uses the word DOMINANT for the strong one.
To be on the safe side,
only use one kigo in your own haiku and
enjoy the ones with two by the master poets ...
is another piece of advise I often hear in Japan.
Gabi
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Mosquitoes are best in summer in Japan. Now, as autumn deepens, even they get weaker and once in a while I find one in my bathtub (this never happens in summer).
So they show me the cycle of life during the seasons and I use two kigo here, one for my moment in the bathtub and one for the flow of the seasons in the life of the animal.
They remind me that for all of us the end comes when the circle of our life energy is completed.
. . . The use of KIGO in Japanese haiku
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
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10/04/2008
snail
 gravity - a snail clings to a leaf |
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