5/12/2010

crazy cat

  
  




60 Lucky Cat




a crazy cat
on the restaurant wall ...
travelling in spring






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.ALBUM
Tottori May 2010



.ALBUM
Nagi and Chizu, May 2010





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5/10/2010

Happy Birthday

  
  




Happy Birthday, dear Bernard !



58 two happy Daruma


what can go wrong
with Daruma as company !
birthday dinner



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25 Bernd with animal wall



27 elephant and Bernd






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Join us !
. Birthday Trip .

to Nagi, Tottori and Chizu




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5/08/2010

Lupinus

  
  


lupinus ...
just one in my garden
one in my heart












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Wisteria Fuji

  
  




04 early wisteria fuji blossoms




05 early fuji



wisteria blossoms . . .
the faint memories
of grandmother's lace






06 pink fuji END







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. wisteria, fuji 藤 (ふじ ) KIGO  



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5/06/2010

Summer Begins

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summer begins ...
I share my bath
with a centipede




the HAIKU SUMMER begins on May 6 in Japan.


summer begins, May 6, rikka 立夏

Early summer: 6 May – 5 Jun
Mid-summer: 6 Jun – 6 Jul
Late summer: 7 Jul – 7 Aug


. Haiku Summer Natsu



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5/03/2010

Takitani Pond

  
  


滝谷池


001 Takitani Pond Walk till Nr. 27





009 blossoms lake mountain





011 blossoms and lake




012 mountain and blossoms





018 blossoms and cedar trees





023 cherry blossom festival






024 blossoms lake and sky



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the swan house


015 swan house among blossoms





two swans
taking a rest ...
cherry blossom time




006 swans among blossoms





013 pink in blue sky







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wordless smile

  
  



spring is here !
three wordless smiles
by the roadside



03 three yellow sisters narcissus






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One of Buddha's disciples
reveals his enlightenment through
a 'wordless smile.'


This smile was passed along until the Bodhidharma (Daruma san) brought it to China, where the smile was transformed into thundering laughter.


Alan Watts called haiku “the wordless poem”.

. Wordless smile, wordless poem   




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5/02/2010

Melody

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a melody
comes to my memory . . .
wind in the rosebush








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una melodia
torna alla mia memoria...
vento tra i rosai


Tr. by Moussia, WHCitalian


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Special thanks to Moussia!



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5/01/2010

egret

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morning mist --
an egret hunts
in the lotus pond





The scene is almost too kitsch ... but happened none the least.
And I did not have the camera handy to capture it!



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4/29/2010

spring gales

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spring gale ...
a raven misses
the landing branch


spring gales - -
two raven collide
in mid-air






We have quite a strom again.




Storm in Ohaga


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4/25/2010

late frost

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late frost . . .
the tulips bend
their heads





most of the green leafy weeds are destroyed,
many buds are gone is just one icecold night ...




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4/21/2010

spring flowers

  

  


01 spring in all colors till Nr. 16



spring comes
in all colors ...
sharing a smile





three sisters

03 three yellow sisters narcissus




a busy bee

09 find the bee




yellow weeds full of power

06 sunshine by the roadside




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tulip mandala

04 tulip mandala



05 tulip innermost


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sakura one tuff





sakura by the shinto shrine

08 pink green blue




magnolia and cherry blossoms


14 power of spring









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. SPRING 2010
my PHOTO ALBUM
  




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4/20/2010

QUOTE : slow down

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Slow down
and take the time to really see.
Take a moment
to see what is going on around you
right now, right where you are.
You may be missing something wonderful.


J. Michael Thomas








slow down
for the fine print ...
write haiku




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4/18/2010

sakura matsuri

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大垪和滝谷池さくらまつり
Cherry Blossom Festival at Takitani Pond


. Sakura festival in Ohaga - Information .

2012年4月15日(日) April 15, 2012


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4月18日(日)April 18, 2010
Cherry Blossom Festival at Takitani Pond


第1回大垪和滝谷池さくらまつり

岡山県久米郡美咲町大垪和東 滝谷池周辺にて
9時半から15時まで


01 Sakura Matsuri Poster





27 the local shaman at the END

喜楽童Toshi&七海 コンサート
. 14時より喜楽童コンサート


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23 first sakura matsuri Takitani pond



13 detail



07 spectators on the rocks



25 jump and turn



26 beautiful jump





. 祭りの写真集
Festival Photo Album START





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. . Takidani Pond (Takitani no Ike 滝谷池)
滝谷の池 情報



17 park


. TAKITANI Photo Album
滝谷池 写真集
 


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holding hands

  
  




a12 white and pink buds




two friends
beginning to hold hands ...
spring in the air





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a few days later


an old couple
by the roadside ...
spring in the air





26 a nice couple





29 pink and white together










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My first encounter with these buds reminded me of this decoration for the new year

. WASHOKU
mochibana 餅花 (もちばな) "mochi flowers"
 




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