time out

time out . . .

the to-do list

in my head

Posted as a comment at Gillena's blog

brightening

brightening sky

after the eclipse

a skylark's song

I posted this as a response at Juliet's blog. In fact, it is directly inspired (some might say stolen) from Juliet's post on the recent solar eclipse

jug-jug

snow arriving

just in time

for spring

Vernal equinox about 6:45 PM. Snow arriving a bit before that.

Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

curve

the curved back

of a garden Buddha

winter rain

First published at Temps libre.

steady

steady rain

a little salt

in my beer

Posted as a comment at Gillena's blog

alone

alone . . .

snow falling

on snow

First place, Shiki Kukai, February 2015; assigned topic: "alone"

narcissus

narcissus

in moonlight

her smile

Shiki Kukai, February 2015; Kigo: "winter plants"

unheard revised

Once the votes have been counted, the kukai decision is final. But, looking at the ku I posted as "unheard," I found my self playing with it, with this tentative result

shadows dance

in the summer wind

unheard melodies

Comments welcome.