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Showing posts with label flower. Show all posts

4/20/2011

cherry shade

  
  




01 sakura light and shadow .. till Nr. 13



staying in the shade -
waiting for a haiku
to be born
 






07 one branch in light








Photo album
. START the walk from HERE .  


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4/14/2011

land of sakura

  
  







this land of
sakura - this land of
tsunami









桜の国
なれど
津波の国










. Japan - after the BIG earthquake  
since March 11, 2011



Photo by plusmin.doorblog.jp


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. Sakura walk PHOTO ALBUM .   


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3/31/2011

colors of spring

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04 narcissus sunshine


colors of my spring -
one yellow narcissus
one yellow butterfly


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Friends sharing their spring colors

colors of my spring
one last purple,3 new peach
flags at the gate


Brenda Roberts


colours of my spring
one yellow daffodill
one purple crocus


Geoff Sanderson



red cheek child
gray haired granny
blue day dawnning


Barbara Beene


source : facebook


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2/28/2011

plum blossoms

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plum blossoms -
this strong rain
hits them all



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The Old Ones have always said
that no matter who despises or ignores you,
no matter who keeps you
from entering their circles,
it is right to pray for them
because the are like us, too.

Larry P. Aitken, CHIPPEWA



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2/25/2011

first crocus

  
  


first crosus -
I remember Gogh and
the yellow sunflowers











. Museum Haiku
about famous people and artwork
 


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10/18/2010

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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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






. NEXT
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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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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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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8/10/2010

lily to be born ubayuri

  
  



01 fingers in prayer lily




what is her face
before she was born ?
koan in the making




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DAY 02


02 finger lily side



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DAY 03



03 lili 400



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DAY 04




02 all trumpets are open







taking a look
inside the flower heart -
koan fulfilled



04 looking inside





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DAY 05




02 lily another angle





looking in wonder -
the open mouth
of my lily



04 lily open mouth





what was her face -
she never asked
she never asked






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DAY 06




02 whole 400





all the beauty
withered and gone - - -
what was her face ?














Koan and Haiku - 公案と俳句

. What is your original face
before your parents were born?






. My Lily with Grashoppers Wedding
in 2008



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January 2011



. Snow Meditation


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August 2012 - first sunshine on the ubayuri







September 2012





expectations
and new dreams
side by side









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August 1, 2014

There are now four lilies in the same place, two are open today.











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View from my kitchen window, the next rainy morning. . .


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- Reference : Ubayuri lily - 姥ユリ -ウバユリ -
Cardiocrinum cordatum



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8/09/2010

writers block

  
  





13 sunflower waiting END






every day
she waits patiently -
lady in the shadow










This is still early in the morning. Later she gets the full sunshine.


And here is her friend next-door

. LAVENDER
waiting for the morning sun
 


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The last line might also read

lady in shadow
lady in the shadows


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. Sunflower (himawari)
KIGO
 



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8/07/2010

lavender spotlight

  
  




waiting for the morning sun
























burning bush -
the long wait for
the sun




11 burning 400










. START the full lavender morning show !  



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And here is its friend next-door

. Lady Sunflower  




. rabendaa ラベンダー lavender
KIGO
  



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8/06/2010

Myoga Ginger

  
  







myooga no ko -
the roots of life
on my table

















We harvested our first myooga of the year.
It is delicious fried with a crambled egg or in miso soup.


More ways to eat it are here
and more kigo too :



. Japanese ginger (myooga)  
myooga no ko 茗荷の子 "children of myoga"




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