The depth of the hearts
Of humankind cannot be known.
But in my birthplace
The plum blossoms smell the same
As in the years gone by.
~Ki no Tsurayuki*
*cited:
life’s passages … 44
monochrome photography
monochrome madness 2 – rocks
rocks and wood – front porch, light and shadow
rocks and water – Big Thompson Canyon, long exposure
images submitted for Dawn’s Monochrome Madness theme challenge: rocks
life’s passages … 33
only a memory
our neighbor’s tasty rice cakes
at our gate as before ~Issa*
*cited: Trans: Sam Hamill, Spring of my Life
lens-artists … weather
green leaves of spring,
harvest moon in autumn,
cool breezes in summer,
snow in winter …
A mind not clouded by ignorance,
the seasons of home.
Everything changes and nothing lasts forever
images submitted in response to slow shutter speed’s lens-artists challenge: weather. Weather is a specific event—like a rainstorm or hot day—that happens over a few hours, days or weeks. Climate is the average weather conditions in a place over 30 years or more.
life’s passages … 31
First snow! I see it young every winter,
Yet my face grows old
As Winter comes. ~ The Diary of Izumi Shikibu*
*cited: Trans: Annie Shepley Omori & Kochi Doi Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan
monochrome madness 1 – letter b
a well-read book of haiku submitted for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness challenge: the letter B
monochrome Monday
She is like the Moon, who, opening the gate of Heaven,
goes up over the clouds.
We, being in the same heavenly Palace, pass the night
in remembering the footfalls of the past. ~unknown
life’s passages … 22
sunday morning with Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
“… She was staring into the lake, watching the snow as it reached the black water and then vanished. As if the snow never existed. How nature teaches the same thing again and again, she thought. Yet it was so beautiful, the silence, the drift of the snow down from the heavens, the disappearance of each flake as it touched the surface of the lake. Surely they live on, she thought.” ~The Snow Fox, pg. 94
monochrome madness
morning image of shadow and light submitted in response to Leanne’s monochrome madness challenge
life’s passages … 6
wednesday morning with Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
“… And there the mist refuses to part again over that time in their lives, and for a long time, I know nothing about them. Life is like that, a book left in the rain, ink erase by water, entire chapters disappearing. And then the story continues, and you must imagine the missing chapters that went before. Rest assured, it has continued, their story, although no one was there to let me read it. But since I began to write, I have come to know the rest of it, and so I will write it down. …”*
*cited: Susan Fromberg Schaeffe, Snow Fox, pg. 172
monochrome madness – 1/3/24
Leanne Cole’s monochrome madness challenge
monochrome – morning’s sun
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