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a grackle hops in
smell of freshly cut grass
one them another
© gillena cox



Revisit
cut grass
cutting
dark beaks

I am blog hopping today at
Monday Mellow Yellows


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celebration time
to dance as light as balloons -
haiku instincts splurge
© gillena cox


Sunday 18th was the ninth anniversary of this blog; its one week after, and today, is the celebration party here

Revisit
eight anniversary
first anniversary
Sunday Lime 1

Sunday Smiles



How is your Sunday going? Today is #22 in the series 'Sunday Lime' To share with me you can EMAIL me; you can COMMENT; and you can enter a LINK from your blog, at the Linky below




I am blog hopping today at
Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - celebration


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Poetry Pantry 236


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Carpe-Diem "Time Glass" #18,

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Today's lunch, with my book club

I am blog hopping today at
6WS



I making the pasta salad; simple and delicious

My Ingredients
pasta
canned Shiitake mushrooms
canned black eyed peas
canned water chestnuts
pimento stuffed olives
garlic cloves
peppers
salt
black pepper
olive oil
red wine vinegar
honey

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Revisit
cake
lawn
facing

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my unkempt lawn -
daisies rise up calling out to
passing butterflies
© gillena cox


blog hopping also at
Carpe Diem little creatures #16 daisies


thousand daisies
around the farmer's house -
lowing of a cow
© Chèvrefeuille

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yet
another petal leaves
silence of
blossom fall
© gillena cox

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sweet perfume
mingles with the sound of rain -
a dog barks
another petal leaving
silence of blossom fall
[Chèvrefeuille/gillena - tanrenga]



I'm blog hopping today at
Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #70


sweet perfume
mingles with the sound of rain -
a dog barks
© Chèvrefeuille

another petal leaving
silence of blossom fall
© gillena cox

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Paint Party Friday Week 46, Year 4


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Express Your Creativity week-4

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Mango tree in silhouette, alongside The St James Amphitheatre © gillena cox 2006




a tree silhouette
looms above evening's fest -
sunset assembles
© gillena cox





I am blog hopping today at
Thursday's Challenge "TREES" (All kinds,...)


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image used for this haiga courtesy CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI


Pheasant's Eye
greet me on a card someday -
welcome good fortune

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black eyed peas
speckle the rice, good fortune
taps the new year
© gillena cox 2015


In the Caribbean, we cook black eyed peas at New Years for good luck


Revisit
nengjayou
last minute shoppers
New Year foods



Inspired by the prompt at
Carpe Diem #652, Pheasant's Eye (Fukujusoo)



ôyuki o kabutte tatsu ya fukuju kusa
covered by the big snow
yet they stand...
New Year's grasses
© Issa


asahi sasu rooshi ga ie ya fukujusoo
morning sunshine
on the old Zen teacher's home -
Pheasant's eye in bloom
© Buson


jimen kara sora ga hajimaru fujukusoo
from the earth
the sky begins ...
Pheasant's eye
© Miyasaka Shizuo (1937 - )


hi no ataru mado no shooshi ya fukujusoo
the sun shines bright
on the window panes ...
Pheasant's eye
© Matsui Kafuu (1879 - 1959)


Pheasant's Eye reflects
looks at it's beauty in the mirror -
she arranges her corsage
© Chèvrefeuille

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And back linking to
The Tuesday Platform

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picking Spainsh time
in the afternoon coolness
the mocking bird's skip
© gillena cox


Revisit
Spanish thyme
tropical mocking bird
cut grass


I am blog hopping today at
Carpe Diem #651, Picking Young Greens (wakanatsumi)


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And back linking to
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