2/24/2008

heavy snow again - yajiri

  
  



icicles from my roof

06 icicles





My Buddha under cover

08 Buddha snowed in





cypresse trees in heavy snow

13 cypresse






the way up to my mailbox

16 road up to my mailbox





treetops

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avalanches forming on the large roof

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half of the roof snow is now DOWN !
Blocking our back yard - yajiri 屋尻 


24 the back is closed





jifubuki, snow blowing UP by strong storm

25 jifubuki snow blowing UP



29 mountain tops



shovelling snow
the whole day ...
no time for haiku








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Check my ALBUM from Nr. 1 to Nr. 30 to see this splendid winter day.

Snowed In ... ALBUM



YAHOO weather forecast

Monday Morning, 25
Still all white around, minus four in the morning ... and more snowmen in the weather forecast!


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The back of a farmhouse is often called
yajiri 屋尻 "bottom side of a house"


In mountainous regions this part can be very narrow and dangerous for mudslides.
In winter, snowslides from the slopes and the roof are a problem.


はつ雪の降り捨てある家尻哉
hatsu furi no sutete aru yajiri kana

a dumping ground
for the first snow...
my backyard


Kobayashi Issa
(Tr. David Lanoue)

If you do not get rid fast enough of the snow from the roof, it might break the beams that support the house.
And behind the house, where no sunshine reaches until next spring, it will pile up like a glacier . . .




snow avalanches behind my home in Okayama



. The Japanese House .
in all seasons


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Snowstorm

  
  


02 gatehouse and Buddha



meditating ...



04 Buddha is snow



the Buddha's face
in the snowstorm






05 Buddhas face






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Next morning, 40 cm of snow and more to come ...

Japan is engulfed with low pressure fields !






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More snow, more snow, more snow ...
Sunday all Day !






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curry days

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Hi All,

we have just finished lunch and my husband (the cook) had a great idea

we will eat curry on February 23 to 25 for lunch each day as a tribute
to not being able to join the real festival in India.
Join us, all of you who can not go to India !


I envy all who can join in person !

You see, now we are very close to you all in our hearts (and stomachs) ... grin


curry days <>
the faint smell of
haiku



GABI

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Big smile as I read this, Gabi ... it's close to lunch here. But should this not read:

haiku days -
the faint smell
of curry


:>) Ella



It should read both ways at once, but we do what we can.
Best, Bill K


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2/23/2008

Bertrand Russel

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The secret to happiness is this:
Let your interest be as wide as possible,
and let your reactions to the things
and persons that interest you
be as far as possible friendly
rather than hostile.


Bertrand Russell

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2/21/2008

bamboo exploding

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spring preparations -
the sound of bamboo
exploding



GOOGLE with TAKE



The farmers are beginning to clear the bamboo that has grown since last year. They cut it down, make small piles of it in the fields and burn it.

The sound of this poor bamboo cracking and popping --- pang panggg --- sounds like a constant firework explosion through my whole valley.



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Bamboo as a kigo, Bamboo art in Asia ...
Bamboo in my Valley



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COUNTDOWN finale

  
  



11 icicles on my roof




countdown -
still counting the icicles
on my roof !





! Final call till Feb. 22 !
! Join the Countdown !

February 23 to 25, 2008 Bangalore, India


World Haiku Festival - India 2008





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2/20/2008

secrets

  
  


cats in love -
this untold story of
you and me



cats in love -
this untold story of
U and MEE






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. Cats in love, a KIGO



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2/19/2008

walk toward sunshine

  
  




05 entrance walk to hope




cats in love -
his fast retreat toward
the sunshine





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2/18/2008

short lifespan

  
  




02 monochrome tiles



morning meditation -
the short lifespan
of snow patterns




01 Monday manhole till Nr. 09






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This morning meditation is a kind of Quigong, standing position 站椿功 , for about 10 minutes, during which time the snow was all gone.




For those who might need a more concrete imagery in the last two lines ...


snow patterns -
my cat passes
without a glance






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countdown India

  
  



countdown -
all I count is five
seven five





! Join the Countdown !

World Haiku Festival - India 2008





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2/17/2008

strong storm

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strong storm -
a bird whirls by
amongst the snowflakes




it was so small and seemed to have completely lost control over its navigation system ...


Japan still in the grips of an arctic cold spell of considerable lenght !



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stone Buddha

  
  



Buddha stone





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Stone steles in a temple in Kamakura



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windows

  
  


temple windows -


temple window




temple window





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you are a marvel

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Each second we live is a new
and unique moment of the universe,
a moment that will never be again . . .
And what do we teach our children?
We teach them that two and two make four, and
that Paris is the capital of France.

When will we also teach them what they are?

We should say to each of them:
Do you know what you are?
You are a marvel. You are unique.
In all the years that have passed,
there has never been another child like you.
Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers,
the way you move.

You may become a Shakespeare, a Michelangelo,
a Beethoven.
You have the capacity for anything.
Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up,
can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel?

You must work - we must all work -
to make the world worthy of its children.


Pablo Casals


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pink snow

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light snow -
pink sunshine
on the pines



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Snow in Ohaga
My Weekly Weatherforecast



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