Pets

Carmi suggested we share pet pictures this week, see http://writteninc.blogspot.com/2014/05/thematic-photographic-293-pets.html

The snapshot below also qualifies for a #tbt (Throwback Thursday - ok almost Thursday) since it is from about 1969 or 1970.

This is near our vacation house at Lake Sara.  

Haiku 2014-Feb-22

Feb 22

rhythmic thuds - ice chopper helps the sun free the path

Haiku 2014-Feb-22

Feb 22

my hook warms a stranger's future and my heart

Go Way Back

Carmi proposed we "Go Way Back" this week, so I dug through some family photos I scanned in a while back and found this one. 

That's me in the blue coat with white head, with my two brothers, my mom, and a close family friend. We're waiting for the bus to pick us up in town (Aspen) and take us to the ski slopes (probably Aspen Highlands). I'd put money on my dad being behind the camera.

Check out Carmi's page for links to more "way back" pictures.

We'll also count this as a #throwbackthursday post.

Haiku 2014-Feb-20

Feb 20

roof ice falls she sits nearby but safe

Haiku 2014-Feb-19

Feb 19

pie first hand-in-hand in the snow winter comforts

Emptiness

Carmi's Thematic Photographic this week is "Emptiness" and I've had this picture in my mind since I read his post. I just didn't take this picture until this morning. 

Bittersweet, not the chocolate-that-was, but the fact that it is empty, set against the memory of the lovely surprise of receiving it (on our anniversary early this month).

Haiku 2014-Feb-16

Feb 16

a roof rake takes a neighbor to new heights

Haiku 2014-Feb-15

I forgot yesterday, oops. 

Feb 15

superhero cape hidden in snow shovel rescue on the ramp

Haiku 2014-Feb-13

Feb 13

gulping, gasping fish out of water - biathlon finish

Haiku 2014-Feb-12

Feb 12

phantom employee - accounts left behind in one's wake

Haiku 2014-Feb-11

Feb 11

ice tinsel glints from the morning corner of each house

Haiku 2014-Feb-10

Feb 10

sudden gusts blow, kicking snow off the roof - cold cheeks

Haiku 2014-Feb-9

Feb 9

wool socks drip, a crowded laundry line - she's back home!

Haiku 2014-Feb-8

late posting

Feb 8

she looks at our house / but no! here comes fido / pawprints in the snow /

Haiku 2014-Feb-7

Feb 7

snowy corner - the road waits to waltz

Haiku 2014-Feb-06

Feb 6

six kinds of flakes - a delicate jumble of frozen lace

Haiku 2014-Feb-05

Three today. I had a lot of brain cycles available while shoveling snow. 

Feb 5 #1

snow-dimmed lamps and the last leaf watch me shovel

Feb 5 #2

I shovel snow while testing words; slow at both tasks

Feb 5 #3

salt on icy roads - the sleeping dogwood dreams of the beach

Haiku 2014-Feb-04

Feb 4

a wolf's howl out by the frozen pond; I flinch inside.

Haiku 2014-Feb-03

Feb 3

cold murder in local gymnasium... just the school play

For more on National Haiku Writing Month, see #nahaiwrimo and https://sites.google.com/site/nahaiwrimo/home

National Haiku Writing Month 2014

I didn't mean to participate, but since I have, here are the haiku I have written so far this year. Read more about #nahaiwrimo here: https://sites.google.com/site/nahaiwrimo/home

Jan 31 (I got an early start): 

shadows tiptoe on cubicle walls five p.m. Friday

Feb 1 (a two-fer): 

five - no, six squirrels romp above melting snow

Like groundhogs men crept out to stand on the ice.

Feb 2:

She steps back and melting mud pulls her boot; she slows down.