10/18/2010

Daruma Dew

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Daruma Dew -
a fresh drop for
each morning








. The Buddhist Channel -
Dharma Dew




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pine and gate

  
  



look at this pine !
a home is growing
fairytales



19 pine above the gate








. 亀甲 - Kamenoko in Okayama   


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Tamago Egg Festival

  
  

たまごまつり 
Egg Festival in Kamenoko



亀甲黄福通りに遊びに来てみんちゃい~
美咲町

2010年10月18日(日)10:00~15:00



06 tensui no sato tent



07 tensui vegetables


10 tensui no sato stamp

"Tensui no Sato" Club
A group of my village, Ohaga


. 天水の郷クラブ Tensui no Sato



20 Egg Festival Eggs


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写真集 






. Egg (tamago, ran 卵) and KIGO  


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10/13/2010

dear flower

  
  



dear flower -
please teach me to grow old
so gracefully




10 growing old gracefully









. My Lady Murasaki


. Yellow Orchids




04 clouds reflected

. WALK WITH ME
Takitani Pond Album






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Cosmos fields and Tanada
  


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No one gets out of here alive.

although we all like to believe
we will be the exception,
our death is inevitable


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. Autumn flowers and kigo  



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Lady Murasaki

  
  




22 colors of hope






Lady Murasaki
tries on her new robes -
just for me





23 natural colors








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. Murasaki the Color and Kigo

Genji Monogatari and Murasaki Shikibu ... 紫式部




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orchids

  
  




15 yellow orchids by the roadside




haiku TBA



17 two orchid faces




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25  three violet faces up END






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. Orchids and kigo  



. Autumn flowers and kigo



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10/11/2010

ten past ten

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ten past ten -
a long minute
for a short wish





Today is the tenth day
of the tenth month in the year
two thousand and ten.




Sunday (10/10/10)
Sunday, October 10, 2010








Double Tenth Day in Taiwan
10/10 The national day in Taiwan,
the anniversary of the Wuchang rebellion of 1911.



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10/10/2010

Autumn Festival

  
  

02 autumn festival at Ichi no Miya Shrine




autumn festival -
ever more moss
on the pines




05 moss and stone




06 the pine stem




07 more moss








. Wadakita Autumn Festival 2010
Photo Album ... start here
 



01 Wadakita Aki Matsuri .. Till Nr. 35


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9/28/2010

colors of hope Tanada

  
  




Tanada 01 higanbana till 05




before the storm -
all the colors
of hope




Tanada 04 just one yellow




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before the storm -
all the colors
of hope




Tanada 05 storm coming












TANADA 棚田 大垪和西

. Ohaga Nishi - the Terraced Rice Fields  



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9/26/2010

cosmos

  
  



F08 colorful cosmos



dear cosmos !
he points with his finger
at grandma






F07 pind and white cosmos








. kosumosu コスモス cosmos  

akizakura 秋桜(あきざくら) "autumn cherry"  



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Abason Village Visit

 




Chiiwa shrine 千磐神社

famous for its huge trees and clear water





06 stone water basin


water clears -
to quench the thirst
of all the demons








Abason, 阿波村, the village of Aba in Northern Okayama, north to Tomada district and bordering to Tottori, with a small pass leading over the mountains to Chizu town.


The shrine Chiiwa Jinja 千磐神社 looked rather forelorn and not in use. The wooden stage for the lion dance was in a very bad shape, certainly not ready to be used for this year's autumn festival.


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. Abason Village 阿波村 my TEXT  



. Abason ... my Photo Album  




. Chizu 智頭 (Tottori)  


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In summer, the demons are out there in the heat :

邪鬼が踏む大和盆地の暑さかな
jaki ga fumu Yamato bonchi no atsusa kana

as if the demons
tread on the Yamado plains -
this heat


Kadokawa Haruki 角川春樹 (1942 - )


This year the summer heat was especially HOT, and it seems all demons had come out to dance in all of Japan. ....

seeing this huge bolder as a natural basin reminded me that the cool water of the River Yoshiigawa will now bring coolness to Okayama as will all the other rivers bring coolness to the other over-heated parts of Japan.



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. Water clears (mizu sumu)  
kigo for all autumn



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9/23/2010

one day at a time

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one day at a time -
we all have to cope
with life




For a Haiku Friend.




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9/19/2010

orange delight

  
  





F14 the crown is hers




here comes the queen -
she wears her crown
with dignity






F13 one more yellow face





F15 among the flowers



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F06 one yellow face




F05 orange cosmos










. ALBUM
Autumn Flowers 2010
 



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9/18/2010

spider and tanada

  
  




19 spider and Tanada whow




autumn deepens -
does the spider know
the big picture ?









06 Tanada valley








Tanada
LOOK at the terraced rice fields of today

. Photo Album : Rice Fields





Flowers ...  a hungry visitor butterfly

LOOK at the flowers and animals by the roadside

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9/17/2010

What’s a Basho?

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What’s a Basho?

This question has been asked (jokingly),
but I will try and answer with kigo.

We have to consider the spelling, basho and bashoo with a long-sounding oo in Japanese:





spring tournament, haru basho 春場所 (はるばしょ)
summer tournament, natsu basho 夏場所
shichigatsu basho 七月場所 (しちがつばしょ)
Nagoya basho 名古屋場所(なごやばしょ)Nagoya Grand Sumo
. Grand Sumo KIGO




bashoo 芭蕉 (ばしょう) plantain, banana plant ( Musa paradisiaca)
Japanese Skunk Cabbage , mizu bashoo (Lysichiton camtschatcense)
. bashoo in plant names




. bashoofu 芭蕉布(ばしょうふ) "banana fiber cloth"




Matsuo Basho, a Haiku Poet  
松尾芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashoo)







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The question is here

Is Haiku Poetry?
A Quiz of THF The Haiku Foundation

Is Haiku Poetry? / 4th POSITION




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