2/24/2007
Dead Bird
love season for cats -
a dead bird's feathers
on my carpet
Haiku kun has done it again !
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2/22/2007
Downtown snapshots
Snapshots, like Haiku are about the things we all see, but only a few notice.
From a photo exhibition of downtown Tokyo
downtown in spring -
the old barber clips
his bonsai tree
downtown in winter -
a fat cat sleeps beside
the chestnut vendor
(he has a small stove to roast the chestnuts for sale)
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Denn es ist ja etwas völlig Unbenanntes und auch wohl kaum Benennbares, das, in solchen Augenblicken, irgendeine Erscheinung meiner alltäglichen Umgebung mit einer überschwellenden Flut höheren Lebens wie ein Gefäß erfüllend, mir sich ankündet ...
Eine Gießkanne, eine auf dem Felde verlassene Egge, ein Hund in der Sonne, ein ärmlicher Kirchhof, ein Krüppel, ein kleines Bauernhaus, alles dies kann das Gefäß meiner Offenbarung werden.
Jeder dieser Gegenstände und die tausend anderen ähnlichen, über die sonst ein Auge mit selbstverständlicher Gleichgültigkeit hinweggleitet, kann für mich plötzlich in irgend einem Moment, den herbeizuführen auf keine Weise in meiner Gewalt steht, ein erhabenes und rührendes Gepräge annehmen, das auszudrücken mir alle Worte zu arm scheinen.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
http://www.uni-protokolle.de/foren/viewt/64626,0.html
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First Crocus
早朝や 初クロッカスに 初明かり early morning - the first sunray on my first yellow crocus Almost like a tiny heavenly candle lit on the brown earth, showing the way to spring ... |
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Crocus (Europe, worldwide)
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2/21/2007
Spring sunshine
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Looking down the valley at my neighbours place.
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2/17/2007
Thoughts like Snowflakes
thoughts
drifting like snowflakes
through my mind
rural Japan -
an empty train fades
into snowstorm
rural Japan -
the station master
feeds the cranes
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© PHOTO http://www.fmfmtp.net/~kei/mtp04/pair/
At a remote train line in Hokkaido in the far north of Japan, there are some red crested cranes (Grus japonensis) coming down to feed in the nearby fields. The station master wears a cap with the same red color and feeds them twice a day.
No train stops at this station any more, but when the cranes land to feed, the station master signals to the stations further up and down the line. The trains then slow down while passing, so as not to disturb the birds and give the passengers a good chance with their cameras !
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2/16/2007
Visitors
客を待つ 吐く息ごとに 春深む
waiting for visitors -
with each breath
spring deepens
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Food Colors
food colors - the color of LOVE is still . red |
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Food Colors and E-Numbers (European Union)
E100 Curcumin, turmeric (food colouring)
E101 Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), formerly called lactoflavin (Vitamin G) (food colouring)
E101a Riboflavin-5'-Phosphate (food colouring)
E102 Tartrazine (FD&C Yellow 5) (food colouring)
E103 Chrysoine resorcinol (food colouring)
E104 Quinoline yellow (food colouring)
E105 Fast Yellow AB (food colouring)
E106 Riboflavin-5-Sodium Phosphate (food colouring)
E107 Yellow 2G (food colouring)
E110 Sunset Yellow FCF, Orange Yellow S, FD&C Yellow 6 (food colouring)
E111 Orange GGN (food colouring)
E120 Cochineal, Carminic acid, Carmines, Natural Red 4 (food colouring)
E121 Orcein, Orchil (food colouring)
E122 Carmoisine, Azorubine (food colouring)
E123 Amaranth (FD&C Red 2) (food colouring)
E124 Ponceau 4R, Cochineal Red A, Brilliant Scarlet 4R (food colouring)
E125 Ponceau SX, Scarlet GN (food colouring)
E126 Ponceau 6R (food colouring)
E127 Erythrosine (FD&C Red 3) (food colouring)
E128 Red 2G (food colouring)
E129 Allura Red AC (FD&C Red 40) (food colouring)
E130 Indanthrene blue RS (food colouring)
E131 Patent Blue V (food colouring)
E132 Indigo carmine, Indigotine, FD&C Blue 2 (food colouring)
E133 Brilliant Blue FCF (FD&C Blue 1) (food colouring)
E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins: (i) Chlorophylls (ii) Chlorophyllins (food colouring)
E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins
(i) Copper complexes of chlorophylls
(ii) Copper complexes of chlorophyllins (food colouring)
E142 Greens S (food colouring)
E143 Fast Green FCF (FD&C Green 3) (food colouring)
E150a Plain Caramel (food colouring)
E150b Caustic sulfite caramel (food colouring)
E150c Ammonia caramel (food colouring)
E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel (food colouring)
E151 Black PN, Brilliant Black BN (food colouring)
E152 Black 7984 (food colouring)
E153 Carbon black, Vegetable carbon (food colouring)
E154 Brown FK, Kipper Brown (food colouring)
E155 Brown HT, Chocolate brown HT (food colouring)
E160a Alpha-carotene, Beta-carotene, Gamma-carotene (food colouring)
E160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin (food colouring)
E160c Capsanthin, capsorubin, Paprika extract (food colouring)
E160d Lycopene (food colouring)
E160e Beta-apo-8'-carotenal (C 30) (food colouring)
E160f Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid (C 30) (food colouring)
E161a Flavoxanthin (food colouring)
E161b Lutein (food colouring)
E161c Cryptoxanthin (food colouring)
E161d Rubixanthin (food colouring)
E161e Violaxanthin (food colouring)
E161f Rhodoxanthin (food colouring)
E161g Canthaxanthin (food colouring)
E161h Zeaxanthin (food colouring)
E161i Citranaxanthin (food colouring)
E161j Astaxanthin (food colouring)
E162 Beetroot Red, Betanin (food colouring)
E163 Anthocyanins (food colouring)
E170 Calcium carbonate, Chalk (food colouring)
E171 Titanium dioxide (food colouring)
E172 Iron oxides and hydroxides (food colouring)
E173 Aluminium (food colouring)
E174 Silver (food colouring)
E175 Gold (food colouring)
E180 Pigment Rubine, Lithol Rubine BK (food colouring)
E181 Tannin (food colouring)
List of more subdued
Japanese Colors
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2/13/2007
Early Bee
early bee - don't get hurt in the coming snow storm |
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More of our Windwheels
極楽庵の風車
BEE (mitsubachi), a kigo
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2/11/2007
Fukuyama Hiroshige
museum park - the Hiroshige perspective comes to mind |
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Fukuyama Castle and the ANT
Another Haiku Perspective
My Visit to Fukuyama Castle
My Visit to Fukuyama Bingo Shrine
Photo Album Fukuyama, February 2007
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Fukuyama castle ant
looking up at the castle tower - I am the ANT |
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Photo Album Fukuyama, February 2007
My Hiroshige Haiku Perspective of the Castle !
My Visit to Fukuyama Castle
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2/09/2007
Sysyphos
cutting the weeds
one by one ...
sysyphos in winter
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2/07/2007
Red Leaves
red leaves in the evening sun - spring is a'comin |
Nanten and Haiku
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2/05/2007
Sparrows
a crowd of sparrows
chirping on the high branches -
my cat in hiding
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2/04/2007
February Sun
February Sun -
the growing threat of
global warming
February Sun -
a myriad birdsongs
in my valley
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屋根までに雪が積もるや温暖化
global warming -
up to the roof
in heavy snow
© Gabi Greve, December 22, 2005
Global warming, a Haiku Topic
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Funeral Parade
funeral parade - black robes wandering through the white snow |
It was a rather traditional rural funeral.
Fresh Snow
Grandmother Stonefield
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