dedicated to Issa

pines and blossoms ..... the essence of Japan alive with ISSA

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. Haiku of Kobayashi Issa
The Haiku Guy David Lanoue 　　

dedicated to Issa and his great translator, David!

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Dragon Branches

dragon branches in the new spring the quiet pond ................................................................................. a few petals floating on the pond . . . and dragon branches ................................................................................. .................................................................................

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Walk with me through the park 衆楽園 Shuraku-En in Tsuyama

It was a cold morning, cloudy sky, but the pond like a mirror.


. Hanami in Tsuyama
Photo Album


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dragon branches -
reaching for new horizons
in the old sky


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Dragon Branches in Green
Summer 2006



Dragon Branches in Red
Spring 2006, on the Road to Izumo



Dragon Branch in Katsuyama







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Hanami

花見客　食べてたべて　また食べて

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. Tsuyama Castel Hanami 　　


. Kamenoko River Hanami 　


. My Valley . . Easter Walk 　　



.Tsuyama Shuraku-En Park
Dragon Branches 　　






. My Daily Hanami Road . . April 10 　　




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Osterspaziergang

easter walk ... the rice paddies of Wadakita full of water ................................................................................. Lake Asahi and wild cherry blossoms

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apricot blossoms

daybreak - - light and shadow on the apricot blossoms

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Apricot blossoms (anzu no hana) KIGO


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midnight

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midnight -
the whiteness of snow
and moonlight




. SNOW from yesterday





The full moon
is on March 30, 2010.




Full moon. Image credit: NASA



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next morning
snow on the stone lantern









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more snow

red quince in snowstorm too surprised to take good photos ... sudden snowstorm

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made by Alan D Taylor. AHA




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Snow in Spring 2010



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QUOTE : give birth

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You must give birth to your images.
They are the future waiting to be born...
Fear not the strangeness you feel.

The future must enter you
long before it happens.

Just wait for the birth,
for the hour of new clarity.

Rainier Maria Rilke
(4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926)

RILKE in the WIKIPEDIA !




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give birth to your haiku
when you experience it . . .
the time is NOW



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QUOTE : with love in my heart

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I will greet this day with love in my heart.

And how will I do this?
Henceforth will I look on all things with love
and I will be born again.

I will love the sun for it warms my bones;
yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit.

I will love the light for it shows me the way;
yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.

I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart;
yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul.

I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due;
yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.


Og Mandino
source : www.livinglifefully.com







love in my heart
on this rainy morning -
it must be spring



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spring saijiki

rainy day - I finally finished the Spring Saijiki

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Click on the photo to go there!



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how black

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how black !
dirt on the last patch
of snow



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first butterfly

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computer crash ...
I wish I were
this butterfly








Just saw my first spring butterfly !



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Getting older

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getting older -
do I now shrink
to my real size ?


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plum blossoms

梅が香 fragrant plum blossoms . . . almost the same show as every year plum blossom viewing ... the little details that catch my soul .................................................................................

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Plum Blossom Walk ... ALBUM 　　





From the archives

. Plum Blossom Park, 2008


. Plum Blossom Park, 2006



old plum tree

plum pink, 2007




The plum blossom viewing (ume-mi, kan-bai 梅見、観梅) is more of an　individualistic　endeavor, different from the noisy, crowded cherry blossom parties.

. Plum (ume) the KIGO 　


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Translating BUSON

紅梅や入日の襲う松かしは
koobai ya irihi no osou matsu kashiwa

. Red plum blossoms (koobai) and Buson



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late snow

late spring snow - the bamboo cracks in despair snowclouds over Japan ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: heavy snow --- the bamboo bends deeper next morning - - - a ray of hope behind the bamboo :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

This snow is very heavy and damaging for the plants.

I hope to be out for photos later, now it is six in the morning
and I hear the sound of breaking branches outside.

The bamboo in the grove hang their heads soooo low !

And more snow in the forecast until tomorrow !

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