Karl the Froggie

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taking a rest in the silken chamber - yellow calla Ruhepause im seidenen Gemach - gelbe Calla

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Another version :


taking a rest
in the silken chamber -
the prince and the calla



Here is what I had in mind when I saw my prince in the chamber:

Four thousand six hundred and twenty-three years ago the heavens were out of repair. So the Goddess of Works set to work and prepared 36,501 blocks of precious jade, each 240 feet square by 120 feet in depth. Of these, however, she only used 36,500, and cast aside the single remaining block upon one of the celestial peaks.

This stone, under the process of preparation, had become as it were spiritualised. It could expand or contract. It could move. It was conscious of the existence of an eternal world, and it was hurt at not having been called upon to accomplish its divine mission.

One day a Buddhist and a Taoist priest, who happened to be passing that way, sat down for a while to rest, and noticed the disconsolate stone which lay there, no bigger than the pendant of a lady's fan .....


Flowers fade and fly,
and flying fill the sky;
Their bloom departs, their perfume gone,
yet who stands pitying by?

The peach-tree and the plum-tree too
next year may bloom again,
But next year, in the inner rooms,
tell me, shall I remain?


Thus begins a wonderful story of Old China

The Dream of the Red Chamber
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/CHING/DREAM.HTM





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Calla, カラー
kigo for early summer
"sweet potato of the sea" kaiu, kai-u 海芋（かいう）
Her form seems to ressemble that of a sweet potato. It is a very elegant and beautiful flower image for haiku.




Zantedeschia is a genus of twenty-eight species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa from South Africa north to Malawi. The name of the genus was given as a tribute to Italian botanist Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773-1846) by the German botanist Kurt Sprengel (1766 - 1833). Common names include Arum lily for Z. aethiopica, calla, and calla lily for Z. elliottiana and Z. rehmannii although it is neither a true lily (Liliaceae), nor Arum or Calla (related genera in Araceae).
It is also often erroneously spelled as "cala lily".
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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happily watching
the dewdrops forming...
a frog


-Issa, 1808
http://www.xula.edu/cat/issa/

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frog concert
prelude to the next
cycle of life


Froschkonzert
Praeludium zum naechsten
Lebenszyklus

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the whole valley
vibrates with joy -
frog concert

Gabi Greve, Summer 2004


. first frog concert in 2012 .


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Karl and his many brothers and sisters
are part of the Gokuraku Paradise Family.

Here are some more of his favorite places:

Buddha's Voice Frog 仏の声の蛙

Frog in Buddha's Eye 仏の目にカール君

Cicada Birthday with Frog 　蝉の誕生　semi セミ

Voice of Buddha .. .. Frogs Farting :o) 。。蛙の屁

Frog in the Sunset 杜若と夕日

Frog and Truth, May 2006

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Frog (kawazu, kaeru) a kigo in the database

encounters with the enemy frog and cat

The Frog in the Manga An old Scroll

Karl on a rose, Autumn 2008

Karl on a green leaf, June 2009

Where is Karl ? - the BIG picture


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The story goes on in November 2005:

The Frog, well for the Japanese it reminds most of the good old Edo period, the Hut of Basho and the quietude of the old pond.

For many Europeans the mention of a frog first reminds us of the tale of the frog being kissed and then changing to a beautiful prince.

old pond
the prince jumps in -
sound of metamorphosis

古池や王子飛び込む変身の音

http://ohaga.blogspot.com/2005/11/kitty-daruma.html

To this, Origa responded:

Gabi san, your frog in the calla lily is adorable! :)))

And what a coincidence: we have just had a Basho-ki haiku writing in my Live Journal, and some of the haiku were written on the theme of a Prince-frog (or, in Russian version, it's a Princess-frog, Tsarevna-lyagushka)!

Please take a look at all the haiku for Basho-ki, here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/origa/74925.html?nc=129

They are
all bilingual, so that all of you can read all haiku :)

And this is a very lovely haiku by Kilmeny, contributed our our haiku
writing -- about the Princess frog :)))

old princess
the frog happy to stay
a frog

Kilmeny

And her beautiful sumi-e Mr.Frog haiga:

http://www.kilmenyniland.com/haiga2005/mrtoad.html

And as always -- welcome to join the fun, at any time -- just go to
http://www.livejournal.com/users/origa/, and meet my haiku friends
from all over the world! :)

Origa
http://www.livejournal.com/users/origa/

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!!!!! The Sound of Water, a thorough discussion !!!!!

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More Frogs in my Garden



by my friend, the potter
Takagaki Mondo 高垣門土　Mondo Takagaki


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