7/13/2008

monsterlins

  
  


short night ... mijika yo
at the stroke of twelve
the monsters dance









rainy afternoon -
catching monsters and
a few ghosts






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Fudo stabbing a Monster Cat (bakeneko)


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More Gongen caught this afternoon !



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healthy food

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healthy food
on our dinner table ...
life indeed



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It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... all before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best and more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow
learners...

God left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of our body!

God's Pharmacy! Amazing!

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... and YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopine and are indeed pure heart and blood food. ( Tomatoes are best when cooked that is why the are categorized as lipophilic- their nutrional
value increases when cooked. Doc)

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neo-cortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Avocadoes, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female - they look just like these organs.
Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries

Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.


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7/09/2008

bedsheet

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muggy night ...
the coolness of
new bedsheets





The Japanese have developed some kind of new material and weaving technique to make sheets keep you cool in summer ...



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7/08/2008

Tanabata

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Tanabata ya
another opportunity
missed





Star Festival (Tanabata, Japan) July 7

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7/06/2008

summer heat

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summer heat ...
my cat hides under
the silk carpet





Haiku kun sneaked into my cooled room and peeks out from under the fringes of the carpet ... fully knowing he is not supposed to be there ...




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7/02/2008

seeds

  
  




haiku -
picking the seeds
from real life







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7/01/2008

last day of june

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last day of June ...
the broad smile
of my healthy husband





. . . . Summer Purification Ceremonies in Japan
June 30






last night of june ...
wild boars trample
through the grove


they are back! in the bamboo grove!




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6/29/2008

almost missed

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looking for fireflies ...
I almost miss
the dramatic night sky




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A friend suggested to leave out the"dramatic" .

I am rather fond of adjectives lately ... grin...

this was not just any dark night sky, it was one with thunderclouds racing in many layers of gray like spotlights and would make a haiku in itself to discribe it.
I want to make sure, using the adjective, that it was a very special night sky and I did not realize it in the beginning because I was focussed looking below in my valley for the fireflies. Only when I looked up I saw what I was missing there ...


looking for fireflies ...
I almost miss
the night sky

that gives me a much more quiet evening which I experience most often, but not the drama of the other night.

Maybe another adjective would work ?
Then he suggested:


looking for fireflies
I almost miss
the thunderclouds



thanks so much for your help, B.


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6/28/2008

dark night

  
  


dark night -
just one firefly
in the rain






we are expecting heavy rain this night ...







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rain again

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tsuyu sanaka, in the middle of the rainy season



rainy season ...
dark coulds huddle
below light clouds



rainy season ...
the green of the forest
deepens




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Here are a couple to add, Gabi.


as if silence
were enough . . .
the monsoon!




a groaning in the
jungle, that dragon
made of water


robert d. wilson



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6/25/2008

silent night

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dark night ...
a firefly flies
over my roof




two days later




dark night ...
three fireflies brighten
my valley




again two days later







silent night ...
the delicate shimmer
of fireflies








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At first I was tempted to write ... a silent night
to make sure it was not THE Silent Night ... spelled mostly with capital S and N.

It is like a Christmas present to see these thousands of fireflies in the remote valley in complete silence, up and down, back and forth ... and we can enjoy it for about two, three weeks if there is no rain at night ..




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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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6/24/2008

inaka gurashi

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毎日の
風景の中に
毎日の

私がある



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6/22/2008

simple life

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doing the dishes ...
outside
two tender butterflies









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The TENDER ... well, we have so many different types of butterflies around, and these "janome" are always as a pair, on their honeymoon trip, so it seems, and really tender, considering the bigger and tougher ones that can even escape the claws of my cats without much harm.


As for the form, I am experimenting with .. short long short ...

the OUTSIDE ... should bring you inside yourself, meditating whilst doing the dishes ...

Greetings from my zen kitchen!


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Butterfly (choo) KIGO



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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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