Shikoku 0605

Trip to Shikoku May 26/27 2006

Two days with on and off rain...


Marugame Fan Museum with Daruma fans


Pines at the beach of Temple Kannon-Ji 観音寺　

the old pine
fighting wind and sand -
a dragon in the rain





Zenigata, the coin made of sand



The Story of Zenigata

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Ehime 2005
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. Temple 69 Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji .


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Shades of Grey

a shade of grey on my cherry blossoms - sakuranezu

a shade of grey on my willows - yanaginezu

a shade of grey on my grapes - budoonezu

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Introducing Traditional Japanese Colors


GREY in Haiku
With LINKS to other colors.



GREEN in Haiku

RED and Daruma san

YELLOW

WHITE in Haiku


Chart of 48 shades of tea (green) and 100 shades of gray of Old Edo
100 rats . yonjuuhatcha hyakunezu 四十八茶 百鼠

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a shade of grey on my violets - Edo Murasaki 江戸紫 a present from Sakuo san

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Memory Loss

memory loss at the kitchen table - who are you ? Gedächtnisverlust am Frühstückstisch - wer bist Du ?

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Watanabe Ken 渡辺謙
in his latest movie, Memories of Tomorrow (ashita no kioku　明日の記憶), about a salaryman who develops early Alzheimer's disease.
I had just read about the release of his latest movie, when the dandelion outside cought my eye, sparkling in the sunshine for just a moment before the wind started blowing ...

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hole in the butterfly net -
the beginning of Alzheimer
in poetry

For AR. Facebook february 2012



. World Alzheimer's Day
September 21 　


Dandelion (tanpopo) a KIGO in the Database


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Spring to Smell

closing my eyes -
so much spring to
smell and hear


After an hour in the Garden with Haiku Kun on my lap ...


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Now, here is a coincidence, opening my mail today :

I believe in the flesh and the appetites.
Seeing, hearing, and feeling are miracles,
and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

— Walt Whitman quoted in
Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living
by Roger Housden

To Practice This Thought:
Identify one of the miracles in your body.

http://www.spiritualityhealth.com/

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By the way, according to the Haiku Calender, we are now in Summer !


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Flower Heart

looking deep into the flower heart - all is MU 花心　深く見れば　無　となり

This is a kind of late-blooming cherry blossom.

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Some friends have translated this haiku to other languages. Thank you all for your efforts !


Read the translations and more about
MU 無　
and its translation in haiku

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Cherry Blossoms, a KIGO

My Haiku Archives for April 2006


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May 1 Hyacinth

hyacinth - your freshnes helps to start this day

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April 2006

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This Month, MAY 2006

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Spring Flowers

spring flowers - a big THANK YOU forms in my mind spring weeds - a big THANK YOU forms in my mind spring sunshine - a big THANK YOU forms in my mind ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo fern in spring - a big THANK YOU grows in my heart

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Cherry Blossoms

side by side with a good friend - watching cherry blossoms all are flowers from the same tree - peace on earth !

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Addition from Winnie

They are so, so beautiful, the cherry blossoms!

Pink is my favorite color; your photographs are an ambrosial feast for the eyes! We lived just outside of Washington D.C. for a number of years and Cherry Blossom Time was one of the best things about living in the area. I have such lovely memories of walking through acres and acres of delicate, exquisite beauty with my two entranced little girls. The one photograph of the dark pink and white blossoms reminds me of those little girls, who are young women now.



We have always said that they are Snow White and Rose Red; one blonde and blue-eyed like my Scandinavian ancestors, the other with the dark hair, olive skin and black eyes of her father’s Cherokee blood. I am going to send the link to my daughters, I know they will see the same thing in those two flowers. I also know that they will appreciate your words of peace.


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Stone Lanterns

stone lantern - the time it takes to grow old ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo stone lantern - the gracious shades of PINK ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo below cherry blossoms - the stone lantern too smells nice

Look at more photos from this tour to Yonago Flower Park


Stone Lantern (ishi dooroo) in the World Kigo Database



IZUMO KAIDO, the Road to Izumo
. . . YONAGO 米子



Mark Schumacher has more details:
Stone Lanterns

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Shadows

six dots - a shadow racing under water he walks on water - his shadow creates wobbles ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo quiet pond - mountain and forest merge without ripples

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Water strider, water boatman, amenbo .. アメンボ、水馬 ... KIGO



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