Showing posts with label my valley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label my valley. Show all posts
10/29/2010
red leaves
Take a walk with me :
. Autumn colors and sky
. Autumn 2010
Photo Collection
. My LEAF collection
Laeves in all seasons
. Clouds playing in the sky
Visit of Nakamura Sakuo san
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9/18/2010
spider and tanada
autumn deepens - does the spider know the big picture ? |
Tanada
LOOK at the terraced rice fields of today
. Photo Album : Rice Fields
LOOK at the flowers and animals by the roadside
. Photo Album : Flowers by the Roadside
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9/11/2010
woodpecker drumming
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early morning -
a woodpecker's drumming
fills the valley
After the typhoon, mornings have become cool and I can leave the windows wide open ... this woodpecker seems to drum on the bamboo, it reverberates in a low tone all over the place and he is very powerfull, no breaks, just hammering away ...
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. woodpecker, kitsutsuki 啄木鳥
kigo for all autumn
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our woodpecker working in this spring
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early morning -
a woodpecker's drumming
fills the valley
After the typhoon, mornings have become cool and I can leave the windows wide open ... this woodpecker seems to drum on the bamboo, it reverberates in a low tone all over the place and he is very powerfull, no breaks, just hammering away ...
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. woodpecker, kitsutsuki 啄木鳥
kigo for all autumn
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our woodpecker working in this spring
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9/08/2010
uraja
URAJA URA JA URA URA URA JA |
My Okayama Life
. URA JA - Kagura and Local Lore
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9/06/2010
one fallen leaf
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one fallen leaf
in a ray of sunight -
roadside treasures
The persimmon tree is beginning to shed its colorful leaves!
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one fallen leaf
in a ray of sunight -
roadside treasures
The persimmon tree is beginning to shed its colorful leaves!
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8/28/2010
autumn sunset
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autumn sunset -
the bamboo sways
in a gentle breeze
autumn sunset -
the cicadas shrill and
shrill and shrill
autumn sunset -
I run for another bottle
of cold beer
You just won't believe how hot it is tonight !
You have to run,
otherwise the beer gets warm before it reaches your mouth.
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autumn sunset -
the bamboo sways
in a gentle breeze
autumn sunset -
the cicadas shrill and
shrill and shrill
autumn sunset -
I run for another bottle
of cold beer
You just won't believe how hot it is tonight !
You have to run,
otherwise the beer gets warm before it reaches your mouth.
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8/26/2010
moon
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what a night -
the moon still hangs
behind the bamboo
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what a night -
the moon still hangs
behind the bamboo
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8/07/2010
lavender spotlight
waiting for the morning sun burning bush - the long wait for the sun |
. START the full lavender morning show !
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And here is its friend next-door
. Lady Sunflower
. rabendaa ラベンダー lavender
KIGO
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7/31/2010
woodcutters
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five thirty -
the woodcutters chainsaw
sounds deep in the forest
Friday, 9th of July
They start early to avoid the daily heat.
Lying in my bed,
I hear the huge stems creak and fall, one after the other.
How will the pine forest below look
when I go up and look out of the window?
Well, it seems the forest is loosing teeth.
Even the hawk kept circling many times over the spot,
wondering at what happened to his hunting ground.
Friday, 16th of July
They stopped for three days, due to strong rain.
This morning, they were back at six ... and the forest is loosing more shape.
Tuesday, 20th of July
They are back every morning ...
We see a huge truck carrying the long stems out of the valley.
And more sounds of splitting wood
and thudding on the ground.
five thirty -
the chainsaw sounds again
deep in the forest
Wednesday, July 21
Friday, July 30
They have been working almost every morning.
Today again, at 5:30 the chainsaw started ...
I wonder how the trees on this mountain feel when they hear the sound?
And see their tree friends fall down one after the other ?
birdsong -
again and again
the same song
chainsaw -
again and again
the same sound
In the afternoon, I took a walk to the cutting area.
Wood waiting for transportation
to kill a tree -
the mind goes
in circles
to kill this tree -
life grows
in circles
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concave or convex -
the mind still goes
wondering
(for my haiku friends)
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Now on August 8
clouds
looking like mountains -
peace on earth
August 17
They are back, more noisy than ever ...
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Here is a story send by a friend about a
WOODCUTTER
One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch off a tree above a river, his ax fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked,
"Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that his ax had fallen into the water, and he needed the ax to make his living.
The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden ax. "Is this your ax?" the Lord asked.
The woodcutter replied, "No."
The Lord again went down and came up with a silver ax. "Is this your ax?" the Lord asked.
Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."
The Lord went down again and came up with an iron ax. "Is this your ax?" the Lord asked.
The woodcutter replied, "Yes."
The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three axes to keep, and the woodcutter went home happy.
Some time later the woodcutter was walking with his wife along the riverbank, and his wife fell into the river.
When he cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?"
"Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!"
The Lord went down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez. "Is this your wife?" the Lord asked.
"Yes," cried the woodcutter.
The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"
The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord.
It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Jennifer Lopez, You would have come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Then if I also said 'no' to her, you would have come up with my wife. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I am a poor man, and am not able to take care of all three wives, so that's why I said yes to Jennifer Lopez."
The moral of this story is:
Whenever a man lies,
it is for a good and honorable reason, and for the benefit of others . . .
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five thirty -
the woodcutters chainsaw
sounds deep in the forest
Friday, 9th of July
They start early to avoid the daily heat.
Lying in my bed,
I hear the huge stems creak and fall, one after the other.
How will the pine forest below look
when I go up and look out of the window?
Well, it seems the forest is loosing teeth.
Even the hawk kept circling many times over the spot,
wondering at what happened to his hunting ground.
Friday, 16th of July
They stopped for three days, due to strong rain.
This morning, they were back at six ... and the forest is loosing more shape.
Tuesday, 20th of July
They are back every morning ...
We see a huge truck carrying the long stems out of the valley.
And more sounds of splitting wood
and thudding on the ground.
five thirty -
the chainsaw sounds again
deep in the forest
Wednesday, July 21
Friday, July 30
They have been working almost every morning.
Today again, at 5:30 the chainsaw started ...
I wonder how the trees on this mountain feel when they hear the sound?
And see their tree friends fall down one after the other ?
birdsong -
again and again
the same song
chainsaw -
again and again
the same sound
In the afternoon, I took a walk to the cutting area.
Wood waiting for transportation
to kill a tree -
the mind goes
in circles
to kill this tree -
life grows
in circles
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concave or convex -
the mind still goes
wondering
(for my haiku friends)
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Now on August 8
clouds
looking like mountains -
peace on earth
August 17
They are back, more noisy than ever ...
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Here is a story send by a friend about a
WOODCUTTER
One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch off a tree above a river, his ax fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord appeared and asked,
"Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that his ax had fallen into the water, and he needed the ax to make his living.
The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden ax. "Is this your ax?" the Lord asked.
The woodcutter replied, "No."
The Lord again went down and came up with a silver ax. "Is this your ax?" the Lord asked.
Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."
The Lord went down again and came up with an iron ax. "Is this your ax?" the Lord asked.
The woodcutter replied, "Yes."
The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three axes to keep, and the woodcutter went home happy.
Some time later the woodcutter was walking with his wife along the riverbank, and his wife fell into the river.
When he cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?"
"Oh Lord, my wife has fallen into the water!"
The Lord went down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez. "Is this your wife?" the Lord asked.
"Yes," cried the woodcutter.
The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"
The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord.
It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Jennifer Lopez, You would have come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Then if I also said 'no' to her, you would have come up with my wife. Had I then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I am a poor man, and am not able to take care of all three wives, so that's why I said yes to Jennifer Lopez."
The moral of this story is:
Whenever a man lies,
it is for a good and honorable reason, and for the benefit of others . . .
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7/15/2010
rain rain rain
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no birdsong -
only strong rain drums
on my roof
Japan is full to the brink with rainwater ...
For the last three days, almost constant rain of the strongest kind.
西日本で豪雨、土砂崩れなど被害続く
I wake up from the pounding, after an almost sleepless night, the third in a row.
The grey umbrella shows we had 11 mm/h from six to nine this morning.
next
The grey umbrella shows we had 7 mm/h from nine till 12 this morning.
. 大雨 まだ 大雨
BIG RAIN
http://www.rsk.co.jp/weather/kousui2.html
Just watched the 11 o'clock news
Wednesday, 14th of July 2010
Kagoshima is hit in many places, rivers overflowing, mudslides, hole mountain slopes coming down.
Forcast is more heavy rain for Western Japan, including red-alert warnings for our area.
More rain is expected until mid-day tomorrow, the 15th:
maybe 150 ml in 24 hours
with strong downpoors of 50 - 70 ml in one hour ... oh dear !
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Morning of Thursday, July 15
The night was not as bad as predicted in my area, now it is raining "peacefully" just a little, until tomorrow ... we hope.
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no birdsong -
only strong rain drums
on my roof
Japan is full to the brink with rainwater ...
For the last three days, almost constant rain of the strongest kind.
西日本で豪雨、土砂崩れなど被害続く
I wake up from the pounding, after an almost sleepless night, the third in a row.
The grey umbrella shows we had 11 mm/h from six to nine this morning.
next
The grey umbrella shows we had 7 mm/h from nine till 12 this morning.
. 大雨 まだ 大雨
BIG RAIN
http://www.rsk.co.jp/weather/kousui2.html
Just watched the 11 o'clock news
Wednesday, 14th of July 2010
Kagoshima is hit in many places, rivers overflowing, mudslides, hole mountain slopes coming down.
Forcast is more heavy rain for Western Japan, including red-alert warnings for our area.
More rain is expected until mid-day tomorrow, the 15th:
maybe 150 ml in 24 hours
with strong downpoors of 50 - 70 ml in one hour ... oh dear !
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Morning of Thursday, July 15
The night was not as bad as predicted in my area, now it is raining "peacefully" just a little, until tomorrow ... we hope.
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5/31/2010
Tanada Festival
a colorful arc brightens the sky - Tanada Matsuri |
Take a walk with me !
. Tanada Rice Paddies Festival
Tanada Matsuri
岡山県美咲町で「棚田きんちゃいまつり」2010
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5/22/2010
Tanada in May
rice paddies on a rainy may day . . . gentle curves |
Please look at the main entry HERE
. Ohaga Nishi Tanada 大垪和西の棚田
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5/03/2010
Takitani Pond
滝谷池 ................................................................................. the swan house two swans taking a rest ... cherry blossom time |
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. Takitani Pond Walk
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