Showing posts with label flower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flower. Show all posts

4/18/2009

Magnolia buds

  
  




26 magnolia and new bamboo leaves



magnolia buds
sway before the bamboo -
just that






27 magnolia and bamboo








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 MORE PHOTOS
of this lovely spring walk !





Magnolia (mokuren, kobushi, hoo no hana,
kigo for Japan)


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4/05/2009

shining colors

  
  




02 bright red boke



another walk
in the neighbourhood -
shining colors of spring



04 narcissus sunshine






first cherry blossoms

07 cherry blossoms





small yellow by the roadside

09 yellow smile END







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3/30/2009

day by day

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spring sunshine -
the colors return
to my garden




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2/18/2009

crocus

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cold sunset -
the crocus shuts
its blossoms




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They are out since two days, even if it gets minus four centigrade in the morning.



Crocus KIGO



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9/05/2008

pink weeds

  
  


autumn deepens ...
these tiny pink flowers
on my wildest weeds






03 red flowers






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7/19/2008

lavender

  
  



15 full lavender




deep in lavender ...
the color of her eyes
in my memory





14 deep in lavender







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THANK YOU, Allison !




source :  AHA


. My Lavender in June 2012 .


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6/25/2008

power of life

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summer rain ...
some cut-off flowers
take root again




Hydrangea branches in the compost have sprouted ... we just planted six new ones in the garden !



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6/21/2008

rainy season

  
  



露最中



rainy season ...
only two iris
remain




tsuyu sanaka ...
in the middle of the rainy season






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MURASAKI
Violet, Purple, Lavender ... or ?



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6/10/2008

snowbells

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snowdrops
singing rin rin rin
in the cold air



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Snowdrops, Schneeglöckchen KIGO



It is a bit out of time, but a friend asked about these flowers ...


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4/20/2008

white butterfly

  
  



68 my colorful garden



colorful spring garden -
a white butterfly seeks
the white tulips






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4/10/2008

Shuraku-En Park

  
  



Dragon Branches



63 pine dragon branches




dragon branches -
the old park is
back to life





66 branches wide





62 tree and petals in water




64 green pine and roof in water






68 bridge only




55 carp in blossom water



鯉の口 大きく開いて 落花飲む
koi no kuchi ookiku aite rakka nomu


this old carp
opens his big mouth
to drink petals









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Start HERE :
Tsuyama Castle


Take the SLIDE SHOW !



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Tsuyama Hanami

  
  



31 stone wall detail



just a few petals
on the old stone walls -
Tsuyama castle



CLICK to view the whole album !




38 wall on the right





29 looking down at the walk







44 pink hanging down


a pink cloud
hanging from the sky -
old castle walls





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Hiroshige Branches


28 Hiroshige detail



35 Hiroshige branches








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Unfortunately, the sky was overcast and it started to rain later ...
But all the trees seemed to be in full bloom !
There were only a few petals already fallen on the ground and the stone walls, a rather rare sight this year !


Continue HERE with
Shuraku-En Park



Take the SLIDE SHOW !


Background color is sakura nezumi : #e9dfe5



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3/31/2008

fragrant daphne

  
  




01 daphne and plums Till Nr. 08.


evening rain -
the twilight smells
of daphne




07 blossoms deatail






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3/21/2008

Daphne

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fragrant daphne -
the old mailman stops
to bend

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沈丁花 郵便配達 屈みけり
jinchoooge yubin-haitatsu kogomi keri


Japanese from Nakamura Sakuo
THANK YOU!


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Daphne (Jinchooge, Japan) Trident Daphne (Mitsumata) Plant



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3/19/2008

Plum Blossom Park

  
  




02 one big pink face


just one face
in the spring sunshine ...
my love for you





05 pink branch





12 detail





Pink and Red

16 pink and red END






The Busy Bee

22 big busy bee







Hiroshige Branches


07 Hiroshige branches








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LOOK :
Plum Blossom Park
Album from here to Number 23 !



Kume Plum Park Visit in 2006



The Background Box Color is "Plum Mousegrey",
ume nezumi #c099a0.



AAah and by the way, for those with rules to break,
this is not a personification of the flower, but a poem for my dear husband!




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3/10/2008

first plum blossom

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first plum blossom -
finally we feel
some warmth




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Read the famous PLUM haiku by Ransetsu:
ume ichi-rin ichirin hodo no atatakasa


Plum Blossoms, a KIGO



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2/25/2008

rosebuds in snow

  
  




08 red and white




monochrome pattern


05 rosebud monochrome




04 rosebud ok




rosebuds in snow -
the wait for spring
continues





01 rosebuds in snow





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Rosebuds ALBUM till Nr. 10



MORE of my Roses and Haiku
Roses in Paradise



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rose rose snow rose bud rose buds
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1/29/2008

Camellia in Snow

  
  




03 camellia





03 camellia detail






04 Nagayamon entrance house





wax forsythia in snow


02 robai in snow






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. . . Look at my Photo ALBUM from today ... back to Nr. 01



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12/31/2007

First Snow Roses

  
  



初雪や



07 seconds of sunshine




first snow !
the silence of my roses
deepens




09 detail






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Roses and Clouds, December 26 !!!



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12/19/2007

red berries

  
  










red berries
to brighten my mind -
winter walk






16 red berries





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***** Nandina Berries, Nandin Berries,
nanten no mi, mi nanten 
南天の実、実南天 
Nandina Berries: kigo for all winter


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***** aoki no mi 青木の実 (あおきのみ)
berries of the Aoki laurel

Aucuba japonica, kind of Japanese laurel
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Aoki-Frucht

kigo for all winter

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aoki no hana 青木の花 (あおきのはな)
blossoms of the Aoki laurel


kigo for late spring

They are light brown and very small. The tree grows wild in many mountain regions of Japan and prefers a shadowy place.

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. WKD : Oleander (Nerium oleander) . kyoochikutoo 夾竹桃 .
Laurel rosa


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Haiku from my friends:



a gift from Gabi
a haiku to brighten
my imagination



Bill Kenney


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clumsy grey jay--
in the alpine snow field
red berries


wade german (ookigoshi)

(the grey jay, a.k.a. the whiskey jack, or canada jay)


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December -
all colors faded but for
nandina's red berries.


Zhanna P. Rader


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p.s. do you know just how amazing your "red berries" poem truly is?! absolutely beautiful...


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. PLANTS in all seasons - SAIJIKI


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