7/27/2005

Cicada Birthday 050725



Happy Birthday, dear Cicada !





evening breeze -
a cicada staggers
out to new life







Aaaa, almost there ...





trying hard
to cope with life -
the baby cicada






out of the cask
and free to roam -
baby cicada






... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...


making friends
on the first day -
welcome to Paradise !






Little Karl came by to greet his new friend!





兵庫県の87歳の俳人から、
「自分はまだ見たことがない蝉の変態シーンをGabiさんが句に詠み写真を撮られていて感動した」



More photos of the birthday are here:
..... my FLICKR Album


Cicada (semi) is a kigo for late summer.



. Earth Language Translation  

. Yoshiko McFarland  


. Matsuo Basho and Cicada Haiku .
- semi 蝉 cicada / semi no koe 蝉の声 -

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonderful photos and ku, Gabi san. Thanks for sharing your paradise!
Isabelle.

Anonymous said...

Amazing photo, Gabi san! I have never seen the birth of a baby cicada :-) And the photo with little Karl watching cicada -- is precious! Thank you for sharing!

Anonymous said...

二番目と四番目を訳してみました。
(相変わらずの素人訳ですぅぅぅ)


蝉ん子や 一所懸命 生き抜けよ
( semi-n-ko ya isshokenmei iki-nuke yo )

極楽に 蝉の子生まれ 友を知る
( GokuRaku ni semi no ko umare tomo wo shiru )

新しい命の誕生は、ほんとうに感動的な一大イベントですね!
GabiさんもKarl君もそこに立ち会えてなんと幸運だったことでしょう!

セミの鳴き声などが聞けます。
http://homepage2.nifty.com/saisho/Zikade-e.html

アブラゼミの羽化、タヌキやアライグマなどの動画がたくさん!
http://home.n02.itscom.net/wad/u/movie.htm


をのひ

Anonymous said...

Oh Gabi, these photos are priceless --
an amazing record of the cicada's emergence!
And to have Karl welcome it...
thanks for sharing this event!

:~)
L.

Anonymous said...

Some great shots, Gabi!
I saw a palmetto bug (huge cockroach to the uninitiated)just after it had emerged from its egg case and was sure I'd found some sort of alien life form.
Thanks for sharing.

cheers,
S.

Anonymous said...

Gabi

These are remarkable photos. I like the final touch with the Prince and the Cicada.

Shane

Anonymous said...

Gabiさま
 スゴーイ! またとないシャッターチャンス。

K.

Anonymous said...

when will it
lose its voice
the cicada

Ella Wagemakers

Gabi Greve said...

Thank you for sharing nature's beauty Gabi

.....

ditto... thank you Gabi!

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Thanks for visiting, my friends !
GABI

anonmyous SH said...

Awesome photos. Thank you so much for sharing. And the haiku as well of course but the photos really resonated for me.

I was especialy pleased with the photo where the cidada looks so much larger than the cocoon/shell.
..... snip
Went back to reread your haiku: I like your use of "evening" because it suggests the old life that the cicada has outgrown and "breeze" for the suggestion of movement, which brings up, at least for me, the idea of change, transformation, and growth. Subtle and beautiful.

J