Stamps with Statues

travel the world with Buddha stamps - letter writing in spring following Buddha - every journey begins with the first step

. Stamps with Buddha Statues 　


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spring snow

spring snow - just enough to sparkle

. PHOTO ALBUM
Enjoy 16 photos of this morning 　



and this was yesterday






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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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first crocus

first crosus - I remember Gogh and the yellow sunflowers

. Museum Haiku
about famous people and artwork 　


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wild west

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Basho walked -
the rocky road
to the wild west


For my haiku friend Laura.






. . . THF . . . 　


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table 4 2

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table 4 2
- a romance reduced
to numbers








. Numbers used in Haiku 　



Friends are experimenting
with numbers as substitutes for words.


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my haiku friend Bill shared this :

I'm old enough to remember when

2 sweet
2 be
4 gotten

was considered very clever, a staple in high school yearbooks.


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one plus one = 3
a happy couple expecting
their first child

Catbird 55, WHC


fertility treatments
one plus one = 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 . . . !


Bill Kenney



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bright moon

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It was about five thirty in the morning. I opened the curtains and saw bright light, like sunshine, on the rooftiles below me . . . but coming from the "wrong" side.
It looked so different from the usual early morning light on the tiles.
Then I looked up in the sky and saw the moon hang over there ... whow ...


frosty morning -
such a bright full moon
in the west



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Japanese Values

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Japanese values -
a bowl of hot miso soup
and my kotatsu





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is spring coming ?

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is spring coming ?
the sound of rain
on my roof



I have not heared this sound for quite a while.



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sunshine for two

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sunshine for two -
the cat curls his tail
around my leg



After a morning of minus 5 centigrade,
a sudden burst of warmness in the afternoon !
So we shared our special stone . . .



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weather vane

early morning - the frozen weather vane faces north

Again minus 5 centigrade this morning.


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shoveling snow

the right kigo for a day of hard work - shoveling snow ................................................................................. Hiroshige branches ................................................................................. moonscape at my feet

Start the walk from HERE
. my PHOTO ALBUM 　



. WKD : Snow (yuki　雪) 　



. THF : the kigo game 　


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snow snow snow

yahoo weather forecast too much snow to shovel a path - cabin fever

The snow clouds over Okayama prefecture, going to stay this way until tomorrow morning
IF
the weather forecast is right . . .



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sweet valentine

Valentine's Day - I send you a sweet postcard

The postoffice is selling them as KitKat Mail.

You get three pieces of chocolate and a Daruma in pink, yellow or red.


. 「キットメール」 Kit mail Daruma 　


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. Valentine's Day - KIGO 　

. Valentine and Daruma, 2012 .


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moonshine

moonshine on my snowed-in valley - promises kept . THF : Is the Clock Ticking on Haiku?

You should see the splendor of this night !

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