houses getting old

getting older - the sad reality of rural Japan spring sunshine - remembering a friend by the roadside

His funeral was in January.

The family graves are right there in the background
of the second photo, behind the breakdown house.


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My colorful friends by the roadside today
ALBUM
take a walk ... from here to Nr. 34 !


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fragrant daphne

evening rain - the twilight smells of daphne

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unknown bird

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spring afternoon -
another call from
an unknown bird



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Slowly the birdsong in my garden is getting more and more vivid ... each new arrival is a new joy.


And here is another unknown "bird" that I met today ...

HOKKU
David Coomler



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Feeding Birds

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feeding birds ...
the BIG BULLY chases
the small ones



The sparrow family would flutter around him and
be back in no time to get another seed.

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Gardener,s Joy

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harusame　春雨


gentle spring rain -
the colors grow
with every drop



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harusame is a gentle warm rain in spring. Haru no ame, however, denotes any kind of rain in spring, from a strond downpoor to a wintercold drizzle.


. . . Rain in various kigo



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today well lived

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Look to this day!
For it is life, the very life of life.
In its brief course
Lie all the truths and realities of your existence:

The bliss of growth
The glory of action
The splendor of achievement,

For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,

But today well lived makes every yesterday
a dream of happiness
And tomorrow a vision of hope.

Look well, therefore, to this day!
Such is the salutation of the dawn.

--from a Sanskrit text


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salutation of dawn <>
so many birds singing
in my garden


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getting older

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getting old -
another broken dish
in the sink






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Senior Citizen's Day.
Respect for the Aged Day (keiroo no hi)
Including: Old people, elders, elderly and so on as haiku topics


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spring garden

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spring garden -
another color and then
one more


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Every day adds more color to my garden,
new blossoms, new shades of green !



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equinox

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spring ancestor worship -
a bunch of sparrows
in the old tree



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Equinox days are for ancestor worship.
The family assembles at the graves, cleans them and performs the rites of the season.

. . . Spring equinox (haru higan)



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Graduation Day

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Today was Graduation Day of our local grammar school, where we teach the kids about International affairs.

30 students were lined up ... and their parents in rows just beside us.


graduation day -
his hankerchief moves
up and down


The few fathers (it was a normal working day) seemed even more moved than the mothers, especially when the final "Good Bye" song was performed.



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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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Plum Blossom Park

just one face in the spring sunshine ... my love for you Pink and Red The Busy Bee 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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The next message you need
is always right where you are.


Ram Dass




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The next haiku you need
is alwayas right where you are!



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watch the cat

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feeding time -
birds watch the cat
watch the birds



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next box

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warm sunshine -
a sparrow peeks out
of the new nest box


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Bird's Nest (tori no su 鳥の巣)
kigo for all spring



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