Spider and thistledown
Frustration all round
in a conflict of interests.
We all make mistakes.
~~~
Sympetum*
Red dragon couchant
on a green ground, long enough
to stay in focus.
~~~
Snail under blackberries
Pace of life too much?
Find a place to hide away,
pass fruitful hours.
~~~
(* Dragonfly identification proves difficult. I think it was a sympetum.)
16 comments:
Love the top photo the most of the three lovelies and haiku. Hope things are OK over there?
Beautiful vignettes Lucy.
Thanks both.
ML - no, everything's fine. I reread the haiku in the light of your comment and see that they do seem to have troubled themes but that's nothing to do with my life, thankfully, I'm just having fun at the expense of the spider and the snail!
Of the pictures, it is number one; of the haiku, I like the dragonfly (having recently photographed a red in my yard.)
These are beautiful. I especially love "fruitful hours." Would be a good name for a book.
I've never really dig about haiku..but what you wrote were beautiful..and need I say about the pics too?
lovely selection, nicely observed...
Excellent, all of them, but the second one I found completely captivating.
Lucy, are you really Japanese?
I shall raise a cup of cold Saké to you tonight.
I too have never been particularly impressed by any haiku (haikus?) I've read (not that this has been many) but I really enjoyed yours.
Snails also enjoy my clematis flowers, hiding behind the leaves during the day just like that.
Thanks again.
Haiku - I think the plural is invariable, like kimono - are no big deal, and these are probably not really in the true spirit. I just find they're a good way to blog a quick something and use odd photos that I'm pleased with but which wouldn't necessarily fit in any other post.
Rouchswalwe, my tippling friend, I am quite partial to sake; here the Vietnamese restaurants serve it in very rude little cups. I once also had some with a Japanese friend which had bits of gold leaf floating in it.
You were well out of it with sympetum; stressed first syllable (I'm supposing) would have posed awkwardness.
On my trip to Japan none of the other journos liked sake and so - as a kind gesture - I drank all theirs. Some sake came in cans with a central tube containing a chemical that reacted with air. Open the tube and the ensuing reaction heated the sake. Neat.
These are so charming, Lucy.
We are heading for the Lake District tomorrow and I hope to "pass fruitful hours" there.
All good, to my eye, Lucy, and I especially like the red dragon.
:)
Perfect pairings again, Lucy. Delights, all three.
I love these!!
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