Everyone who reads my blog regularly knows I’ve been going strong since March with Women Music March 2025 and A2Z 2025. The weather is getting nice and there are things that need to get done out in the yard. The bike needs to get out on the roads and bike paths. I’ve got some writing…
Category: haiku
A2Z 2025 — Day 14 — Nests
Robin Nest There used to be a robin’s nest under the top board of an old section of fencing until the board fell. I haven’t seen robin nests in the yard since then. Wren NestOut back there is a mass of wild rose bramble. One year birds (wrens) made a nest in it. …
A2Z 2025 — Day 9 — Iris
Iris Also known as flags, some of the ones in the yard (the bright violet Japanese ones) were here when we moved in in 2011. The rest were given to me as rhizomes from a lady at work whose parents raised them. It was quite a job digging up space for all of them. Most…
Doodads from the past week
This past week was a whirlwind of activities and barely time to transfer photos from camera to computer to share. This past Tuesday I was on my way to FMG when suddenly both lanes of traffic halted. It was difficult to see what was going on ahead, only that lanes were crawling. As my car’s…
24 SSPC 1 — Autumn Equinox (Shubun) (1st wk Sept 22 – Oct 7)
Autumn sunset’s rain dry dirt drums from crust to mud; dawn sprouts wee mushrooms. top image: “Dawn Mushrooms” by Bryan Garnett kigo = autumn sunset Colleen Chesebro is the host of Tanka Tuesday. Today we begin the 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge. Colleen says: Your syllabic poetry writing invitation is to choose a kigo word…
Tanka Tuesday 334 — exercise in kigo
Cool autumn air sweetens backyard apples deer midnight snacks Tinged pear foliage against mackerel cloud sky contemplates texture Crows harass scarecrow my lantern touches the moon to the whoosh of wings Sulphur cosmos sway hummingbirds hover with bees autumn’s soft, warm stage Egret’s still white dots on early autumn’s green screen nature’s pause button First,…
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