The Lady Slipper, a flower i find very interesting. (image from Wikipedia)
Legend Of The Lady Slipper Flower
...Oblivious to the cold, almost indifferent to the snow crusts, and anxious only to get medicines for her husband and the people of her village Koo-Koo-Lee's wife ran swiftly over the drifts...
read the complete legend here
Featuring today three female haiku poets of Japan
Just for today
using men
for rice-planting
--Chiyo-ni (1701-1775)
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yume no ato oute hare nari sawayaka ni
chasing remnants
of a dream--the sky clears
and becomes crisp
--Abe Midorijo (1886-1980)
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chapped hands
and no rice — I weep
with a monkey's face
--Ishibashi Hideno (1909-1947)
International Women's Day 2014; this year's theme: INSPIRING CHANGE; wishing an exceptionally lovely day to all women visitors to Lunch Break
Sending Greetings This International Women's Day
21 comments:
Oh Gillena this took my breath away how absolutely lovey, ephemereal ,still, withstands the strenght of what should bend her and never does, I love this
You have spoken the truth about why the Lady Slipper is our state flower in Minnesota!
Lorraine, happy you stopped by
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happy you stopped by Karen
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I love flowers...and the Lady Slipper is lovely!
happy you stopped by Linda
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I like a good story, Gillena, and if there's a nice flower to go with... even better. :)
So pretty! It's fun to get stories behind flowers to make you stop and think about what you're seeing!
happy you dropped in Jo
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Respecting women will be a change we should all work for.
happy you dropped by Susan
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Surely RNT
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A beautiful blossom! Great shot!
Mary thanks for dropping in, yes it is a nice shot, its from Wikipedia
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such a beauty..love the legend Gillena.....
I enjoyed these shares. I would love to see a poem of your own as well!
Thanks Sumana, happy you dropped in
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Okay Susan, i really should have included one; happy you dropped in
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Thanks Loredana, happy you dropped in
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Lovely photo and story of the Lady Slipper. Thank you for sharing.
Happy you dropped in Irene
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