only a memory
our neighbor’s tasty rice cakes
at our gate as before ~Issa*
*cited: Trans: Sam Hamill, Spring of my Life
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
my hut
the butterfly’s sleeping place
tonight ~Issa (www.haikuguy.com)
Sunlight, shadows, and Spring Creek’s current reflected on the wall of an underpass. I hope you enjoy.




lens-artists photo challenge: buildings and other structures

fujifilm X-T4: f7.1 . 1/1000s . 120mm . 0.3ev. . 500 ISO.
Fujifilm simulation film recipe: Dramatic Monochrome*
*FujiXWeekly app

Fujifilm X-T4: f/7.1 . 1/1000s . 52.5 mm . ev -2/3 . 320 ISO . Dramatic Monochrome*
Edited: Photoshop
*FujiXWeekly app

vast sky
vast earth
autumn passes to
Issa (cited: www.haikuguy.com)

The combining of hope, expectation, patience, attention to detail, and skill that built a home…abandoned and weathered.
Image submitted in response to Jen’ (Wits End Photography) photo challenge: weathered.



Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/400s 85mm 1600 ISO

Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/15s 56m 100 ISO

Old and tattered…yet, still catches sun rays. Jumping in Becky’s roof square challenge.
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