11/15/2010

QUOTE finding hope

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When things are bad,
we take comfort in the thought
that they could always be worse.

And when they are,
we find hope in the thought
that things are so bad
they have to get better.

Malcolm S. Forbes







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11/14/2010

little crab

  
  




morning walk -
a little crab
stares at me












She was sitting in the middle of the road.
I picked her up
and put her in the shadow of some weeds.



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. Crab (kani 蟹) : KIGO  



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11/13/2010

life in shadows

  
  




17 momiji in black and white





life in the shadows -
even the momiji
are black









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an autumn walk





. Life in the shadows .


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shiawase happiness

  
  



幸せは足元にあり俳句みち

shiawase wa ashimoto ni aru
Haiku michi




09 mantis looking



happiness
is right at our footsteps -
haiku walk




11 red leaves




06 autumn rose




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02 one yellow





06 cosmos middle





sunshine
grows into shadows -
symphony in yellow




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10 Haiku kun half shadow



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幸せは青空にある俳句みち

shiawase wa aozora ni aru
haiku michi



22 more gingko momiji





18 momiji beginning




31 vines detail





happiness
is right up in the sky -
haiku walk




28 Hiroshige and red leaves





34 Hiroshige and sunshine









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11/12/2010

simplify

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The ability to simplify
means to eliminate the unnecessary
so that the necessary may speak.

Hans Hofmann



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first frost

  
  




03 frosty morning sea of clouds unkai




05 frozen field morning sun





first frost -
today is the eleventh day
of the eleventh month




06 frozen fields



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10 one frosty leaf



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wild asters
in frosty robes -
much too early


12 wild asters in frost




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morning sun -
how long will it last,
our frosty roof ?


13 frosty roof









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First Frost !
My neighbors too
must be freezing !

. First Frost, 2005


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11/10/2010

winter morning

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winter morning -
an old witch brews
her magic tea








My husband is away on business,
so I am home alone, for better or worse.



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Some oldies from 2003


A Millionairs Morning

ruby red tail
bird on a branch
in white snow

melting snow
dripping diamonds
from each branch

early sunrays
mere molehills turn
golden mountains

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Morgen eines Millionaers

Rubinroter Schwanz
Vogel auf einem Ast
In weissem Schnee

Schmelzender Schnee
Tropfende Diamanten
Von jedem Ast

Fruehe Sonnenstrahlen
Ein Maulwurfshuegel wird
Zum Goldenen Berg.

And all of this within 30 minutes.
We are all SOOO rich!


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. HOT DRINKS
Winter SAIJIKI
 


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11/09/2010

winter storm

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whatever happens
I take as "the best" --
winter storm



Two large low-pressure systems with cold air over the Sea of Japan, heading down ...
with whipping wind and all ...
a typhoon by any other name ...
and maybe 24 more hours to go ...





what a scene -
colored leaves are blown
before they fall




Outside the window, colored leaves are blown by.
They might have made it on their trees for a bit longer,
if it was not for these bursts of super-strong wind.





In Utsunomiya town they had the first frost of this year on the morning of November 6. About eight days later than usual.


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11/08/2010

extinct birds

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autumn memories -
the sound of birds
long extinct




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New Zealand

The value of conservation is better understood by an appreciation of lost biodiversity. New Zealand's greatest biological loss is 42 percent of its' terrestrial birds since human settlement 700 years ago. The 57 extinct birds evolved in an isolated land, and without mammal predators, developed various levels of flightlessness, ground feeding and nesting habits, and fearlessness over millions of years.
source : www.terranature.org






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11/07/2010

salt spilled

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salt spilled
on a black tray -
chrystal galaxies









. WASHOKU
Salt in Japanese Culture
 


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11/06/2010

quality of time

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Milky Way -
the spiritual quality
of time


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quote
The theory of relativity is synonymous with the name of Albert Einstein, who gave to the world a new concept pertaining to the interrelationship of the energies of life. It is the Kabalarian intention to establish a new philosophical concept of relativity applicable to
the spiritual quality of time.

The understanding of time is a challenging mental exercise. It is easy superficially to equate time to the position of the earth relative to the sun and even the graduations of changes with civilizations, geological periods, and celestial positions. However, there is a much more subtle yet profound recognition of the value of time and the intelligence of time.

Read MORE
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kairos - καιρός - the right moment
the right or opportune moment
the supreme moment
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calendar time


A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial, or administrative purposes. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months, and years.
The name given to each day is known as a date.

Many civilizations and societies have devised a calendar, usually derived from other calendars on which they model their systems, suited to their particular needs.
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How much "spiritual quality time"
do you experience each day?
Is your "haiku time" a spiritual time?

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starless night--
the baby's hunger
measures time


Remembering when time was all about "feed on demand".

Carole MacRury


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night shift -
falling asleep with
the dawn's chorus

sprite


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lazy afternoon-
I drift along with the breeze
and dandelion seeds

Alan Summers
1. Haiku Friends 2 ed. Masaharu Hirata, Osaka, Japan 2007
2. Aesthetics, Bath Spa University literary journal, Summer 2007
3. Haiga artwork by Kuniharu Shimizu (Tokyo, Japan)
4. Creative Writing Bath ekphrastic challenge (2010)


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quality time-
break between lessons
for haiku

Alex Serban


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. Calendar Time in the Japanese Saijiki   



. The Milky Way (ama no kawa, amanogawa) as KIGO  



. Time Memorial Day (toki no kinenbi)




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11/04/2010

dokuraku

  
  



独楽


dokuraku
hitori de tanoshimu




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熊谷守一 Kumagai Morikazu
(1880―1977)




to enjoy his garden
all by himself -
to enjoy life





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Kumagai Morikazu
is mostly recognized as a representa-tive painter of the Japanese modern age. Kimura Teizo (1913-2003), a Nagoya art collector, first discovered Kumagai's talents and assisted him in various ways throughout his life. When they first met, Kumagai was 25 and Kimura, 59 but they formed a bond that lasted a lifetime. Many of Kumagai's works are simple and offer the viewer a calm and nostalgic feeling.

Although Kumagai is known generally as a western-style painter, he left behind various styles of artwork, including Japan-ese paintings and calligraphies. Kimura bought more than 100 pieces of his work and his ability to identify authentic talent was amazing. Even after Kumagai's death, Kimura's collection of Kumagai's paint-ings grew year by year.

Kimura and his wife donated the collection to the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. This collection consists of about 50 oil paintings, 100 Japanese-style paintings, 40 calligraphies, and 20 sculptures and paintings on pottery, which gives the entire picture of Kumagai's artistic output, offering an interesting insight into the diversity of Kumagai's world.


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For the last thirty years of his life, after loosing two children to disease, he lived in a home in Tokyo, with a small garden, that turned out to become his paradise. He put up tree stumps in six locations to enjoy the view, spending hours to observe the animals, from the smallest ants to the bigger birds and the cats in the neighbourhood.



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He could stare at a puddle
until he had grasped
the essence of raindrops.



He could lie on his back on the earth, watching the sun pass through the trees and observe the changes of shadows, the bees and the butterflies, the little flowers and the weeds.


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11/03/2010

Birthday

  
  



a chorus of raven
in the dark morning sky -
happy birthday to me










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birthday kisses -
the lingering taste
of honey










. November 3 -
Culture Day in Japan
was
Birthday of Emperor Meiji
  


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Happy birthday, dear Gabi!
お誕生日おめでとうございます。Tanjoubi Omedetou!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!
С Днём рождения!!!
СРЕЋАН РОЂЕНДАН, ДРАГА ГАБИ!

Wishes from facebook WKD


  恵

may your birthday be filled with joy
...every day be blessed with poetry
grave or light hearted you could be
unto the last moment of your life!
may your brush be busy
in composing and writing haiku!

Wishes from facebook : Gabi



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10/31/2010

Tanada Festival

  
  




13 baloon and one blossom




a hot baloon
hovers in the valley -
autumn festival









. Ohaga Culture Festival October 2010  



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Hokusai on google

  
  





Google.co.jp, October 31












. Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎  
(1760-1849)


. Various Dragons from Hokusai  



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