in morning shadows
he passes through the barrier gate…
with paper fan ~Issa (www.haikuguy.com)
hop on over to Tina’s to join this week’s lens-artist’s challenge: shadows
lens-artist photo challenge: shadows
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lens-artists photo challenge: reflections
Even into the mind always clouded with grief,
There is cast the reflection of the bright moon ~The Sarashina Diary (Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)
image submitted in response to Patti’s lens-artists photo challenge: reflections
lens-artists challenge: seasonal
In the aging house,
crookedness of the door being straightened,
a spring-like winter day.
~Buson (Y Sawa & E Shiffert, Haiku Master Buson)
Walking on, walking on,
things wondered about — springtime,
where has it gone on too?
~Buson (Y Sawa & E Shiffert, Haiku Master Buson)
On the shortest path,
stepping through water to cross
in the summer rains.
~Buson (Y Sawa & E Shiffert, Haiku Master Buson)
No trail to follow
where the teacher has wandered off —
the end of autumn
~Buson (Y Sawa & E Shiffert, Haiku Master Buson)
and then… Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
An artistic journey through the seasons….a lens-artist’s challenge offered by Tina.
lens-artists challenge: happiness is
happiness is … found within the seeds of gratitude
This week’s lens-artist’s challenge is offered by Ann-Christine who invited us to share our interpretations of what Happiness is…
lens artists photo challenge: splash
Even water could not live on–
So lonesome is the mountain
Of the leaf-scattering stormy wind. ~The Sarashin Diary (Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)
Visit Patti at P.A. Moed to join this week’s lens-artists photo challenge: splash
lens-artists photo challenge: blending in – or standing out?
Nikon D750 f/5.6 1/400s 62mm 900 ISO
Image submitted in response to Leya’s lens-artists’ challenge: blending in – or standing out?
lens-artists photo challenge: look up
Sony RX100 III f/5 1/2000s 9.7mm 800 ISO
This week Patti at P.A. Moed invited photographers to “look up” and share what we see..I saw a smiling face. What do you see?
lens-artists challenge: path
Meeting on the path:
But I cannot clearly know
If it was he,
Because the midnight moon
In a cloud had disappeared
~ Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Image and tanka submitted response to the lens-artists challenge (Travels and Trifles): path
lens-artists photo challenge: small is beautiful
Fallen to the ground
like those words of old –
glowing leaves ~Inko
Sony RX100 III f/4 1/50s 17.9m 400 ISO
Amy (The World is a Book) invites us to share our interpretation of “small is beautiful.” Inko’s words tells me how the small messengers of autumn’s soon arrival are beautiful gifts celebrated today as well as long, long ago.
lens artists photo challenge: fences
spring peace–
a mountain monk peeks
through a fence
~Issa (cited: http://www.haikuguy.com)
This week lens-artists invited us to share our favorite fence images. While the images above are not my “favorite,” the sign did bring a smile.
I had to go back a number of “blog” years to find three of my favorite fences.
lens-artists photo challenge: action
This week’s photo challenge is offered by Patti at P.A. Mood who challenges us to “freeze in action” nature, people, objects, or animals on the move. Or, she notes “halting” the movements within the sky, or on land, the playing field, or a busy street.
Here is a moment of two young boys interacting with water spouts.
Sony RX100 III f/11 1/320s 25.7m 800 ISO
photo challenge: colorful
visit Travels and Trifles to join Tina’s photo challenge: colorful
a meditative journey 
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