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[photo collage - 'postal bits']


[photo collage - 'postal bits' - Crop 1]


[photo collage - 'postal bits' Crop 2]


[water colour 5 by 7 inches 'Mirror']

cloths to cover all mirrors
as grandmother used to
© gillena cox 2019

i grew up seeing my grandmother covering mirrors during heavy rains when there is lightning flashes. i also do so still



[MOO 'Winged']




Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem
#1671 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (18) lightning flash
haiku prompt
lightning flash–
what I thought were faces
are plumes of pampas grass
© Basho (Tr. unknown; taken from "The Small Road Into The Deep North")

today's 'lightning flash' Tan Renga
lightning flash–
what I thought were faces
are plumes of pampas grass/mb

cloths to cover all mirrors
as grandmother used to /gc



AND


Week 13 Year 9


AND


POSTAL BITS

AND


#192 Things with Wings



REVISIT
31 May 2018
31 May 2015
31 May 2014



ENJOY THE VIDEO

2436

[image from google dot com]

a moon in the night sky
flowers scent the alley
© gillena cox 2019


Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem
#1668 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (15) flower fragrance

haiku prompt
coming to sea cliffs
the off-shore breeze raises
a flower fragrance
© Jane Reichhold
(from her online "Dictionary of Haiku" section Summer, subsection Celestial)



today's 'flower fragrance' Tan Renga
coming to sea cliffs
the off-shore breeze raises
a flower fragrance /jr

a moon in the night sky
flowers scent the alley /gc


REVISIT
28 May 2017
28 May 2015
28 May 2014

2435

[red hibiscus bud from google dot com]

walking by without stopping
hibiscus buds on a shrub
© gillena cox 2019


Blog hopping today with

Carpe Diem
#1667 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (14) Hibiscus Red ... Raymond Roseliep

haiku prompt
unable
to get hibiscus red
the artist eats the flower
© Raymond Roseliep (1917 – 1983)
- a poet and contemporary master of the English haiku and a Catholic priest. He has been described as "the John Donne of Western haiku
More about Raymond Roseliep


today's 'Hibiscus Red' Tan Renga
unable
to get hibiscus red
the artist eats the flower /rr

walking by without stopping
hibiscus buds on a shrub /gc



REVISIT
27 May 2018
27 May 2016
27 May 2015

ENJOY THE MUSIC

2434

[ink and brush on water colour board 5 by 7 inches]
their choruses -
early morning interviews
bird song and the rain
© gillena cox 2019


Sunday SmilesSome rain shower blessings yesterday and this morning, that was nice.


❧✿❧


BLOG HOPPING
[As I haiku my heart today 'sound of rain']

a weekly unfurling of tiny jubilant love

AND


Poetry Pantry #481



Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #37 of the series SUMI-E SUNDAYS. Tell me about your Sunday
email me
post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below



ENJOY THE MUSIC



REVISIT
Sunday Standard 37
Sunday Lime 37
26 May 2017

2433

I luv trying new food, and thoroughly enjoyed a korean dish; new to me at the mall this week (luv spicy but the mild was still a bit too hot for me); A happy week end to all my visitors and friends.

from a stone bowl -
this appetizing aroma
in steam rising
© gillena cox 2019



[ATC 'Wonderland Door'... digital composition]


['Open Sesame' digital composition]



['Meow... luv this hat' digital collage]


['Raining Hats & Dogs' photo collage]




BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Week 12 Year 9

AND


INTERESTING OR AMAZING HATS



AND


#191 DOORS


REVISIT
24 May 2016
24 May 2015
24 May 20 11


ENJOY THE VIDEO

2432

[A “photo-shopped” #haiku for Carpe diem]
1.
the New Year shines
through the eyes of an old man -
Cherry blossoms


2.
he watches
Cherry Blossoms at New Year -
the old man
© gillena cox


[image from Pixaby]



[given haiku]
even an old man
has New Year’s eyes…
cherry blossoms
© Kobayashi Issa (Tr. David G. Lanoue)


Blog hopping with

Carpe Diem
Weekend Meditation #85 Photo-shopping Haiku (2) Cherry Blossom


REVISIT
21 May 2017
21 May 2015
21 May 2013

2431

[ink and brush on water colour board 5 by 7 inches]
the love surrounding -
radiance of ixoras
on a hot day
© gillena cox 2019


Sunday Smiles


❧✿❧


BLOG HOPPING
[As I haiku my heart today 'love']

a weekly unfurling of tiny jubilant love

AND


Poetry Pantry #480



Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #36 of the series SUMI-E SUNDAYS. Tell me about your Sunday
email me
post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below



ENJOY THE MUSIC



REVISIT
Sunday Standard 36
Sunday Lime 36
19 May 2017

2430

[haiga]

welcome chimes
the ice cream trick approaches -
hot day
© gillena cox 2019

[ATC ink pencils on water colour board]


[Girls On A Road Trip - digital collage]


[loves me... loves me not...]



BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Week 10 Year 9

AND


AUTOMOBILE


AND


#191 DOORS


REVISIT
17 May20 15
17 May20 14
17 May20 12


ENJOY THE MUSIC

2429

[drawing: ink and brush on water colour board, size 7 by 5 inches]

fudge squares neatly stacked -
reminiscing the precision
of mother's hands
© gillena cox 2019



Happy Mothers Day to all visitors of Lunch Break today.
Sunday Smiles

[smiley from google dot com]

❧✿❧


BLOG HOPPING
[As I haiku my heart today 'mother']

a weekly unfurling of tiny jubilant love

AND


Poetry Pantry #479



Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #35 of the series SUMI-E SUNDAYS. Tell me about your Sunday
email me
post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below



ENJOY THE MUSIC



REVISIT
Mothers Day 2018
Mothers Day 2017
Mothers Day 2016
Mothers Day 2015
Mothers Day 2014
Mothers Day 2013
Mothers Day 2012
Mothers Day 2011
Mothers Day 2010
Mothers Day 2009
Mothers Day 2008
Mothers Day 2007


MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL 2019
Happy Mothers Day to Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

[photo from the internet]

2428

[haiga - morning light]

morning light -
a bee draws breakfast from
yellow ixoras
© gillena cox 2019

[ATC]




[tag it - Yellow - digital collage]

[image from the internet used in making 'tag it']



[Bravo - digital collage]

[internet images used in creating 'bravo']



[Water Colour - Morning Light]


[On the drawing board - Morning Light]




BLOG HOPPING TODAY WITH

Week 10 Year 9

AND


Games


AND


#190 – Just a word / Nur EIN Wort



REVISIT
10 May 2016
10 May 2015
10 May 2013


ENJOY THE VIDEO



[Ixoras from my garden]