depression

in a window
softly falling snow
two crows
....


are warmed
chirping sparrows
autumn cold
...

all night
rain chattering-
sleeplessness

Candidates focus each hope will be first

evening   her makeup the flicker in my eyes

November first visit of a snowman  global warming

Monoku

the singer’s mini-skirt the children stare  pleasure 

at twilight
outside the gate
drowses the autumn

October

around dusk mist
offers me its bowl
with  veggie soup


autumn rain,
then I catch
rain from petals


hot sandwiches
autumn rain
with snow


the grimace
is dissolved with rains
the first snow


late fall
woods begin to hear
winter's call

Summer 2012

The first flowers

Easter eggs

Thaws

at last-

so fine the mornings

thaws

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in harmony

warm blue sky

birdsong

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looking with awe

first green buds

miniature

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sad sigh

similar to a prayer

dry leaves.

roses in my garden

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roses

in full bloom

stunning

Sunset

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at sunset

lake is silvering with

emeralds

End of the winter

white clouds

so similar on

heaps of snow

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end of winter -

dog with white hood

smiling peacefully

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spring sun

snow yet remembers songs

from past

The first spring plants

COLTSFOOT (Tussilago farfara)

Common names: Horsehoof, Coughwort, Bull's Foot and Foalswort.

When our meadows and hills show no sign of spring and the eye just barely notices the swelling of the willow-catkins, the Coltsfoot is the first to appear, sending forth its stalk with the yellow flower.
Wet ground, embankments, wasteland and gravel-pits are covered with blankets of Coltsfoot flowers, which appear long before the leaves. Coltsfoot grows especially well on clay soil. Bees and insects visit it to get their first nectar. These are the first flowers that can be gathered to lay in stock for the coming winter.

With its pectoral and anti-inflammatory qualities Coltsfoot is used successfully for bronchitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, bronchial asthma and pleurisy, even at the onset of tuberculosis of the lungs. For a persistent cough and for annoying hoarseness Coltsfoot tea with honey should be drunk very hot frequently during the day.
Later in May, when the leaves appear green on the upper surface and silvery felted beneath, they are used, because rich in vitamin C, as an addition to soups and salads.
Since the leaves have more medicinal power than the flowers, they are gathered to be used together with the flowers for infusions.

the herald of spring

already appearing

the Coltsfoot

World Sparrow Day

World Sparrow Day

The World Sparrow Day (WSD) is being celebrated on 20th March across the globe to raise public awareness about the decline of the house sparrow and throw light on the problems faced by the species in its daily fight for survival.

The World Sparrow Day also celebrates the common biodiversity around us.

The first World Sparrow Day was celebrated on March 20, 2010 across the globe to celebrate the beauty of the house sparrow. National and international organisations,