Traces of Memory ~ #008 February 2014 – Haiga/Haibun Thinking Week #5: Film Quote (and NaHaiWriMo Haiku ~ Days 15 to 20)
Traces of Memory
it’s still winter. it’s still a time when i walk. okay, okay, some days in winter are great for walking. some days surprise me.
i’m used to seeing a winter butterfly or two. they still delight me of course. it’s hard to know exactly where their trail is in winter because there are so few the flight pattern can look random. still when i spot a butterfly one of my favorite things to do is stand in one place and rotate just enough to follow the path of the butterfly. i like to keep it in sight this way until it is so small i can no longer see it. sometimes this takes a moment or two. sometimes it can take as long as 10-15 minutes or more.
in the summer sometimes i lose track of which butterfly i’m watching. in the winter i can usually follow one until it’s out of sight a half a block or so away.
on February 11 this year (2014) i spotted several butterflies. i was however surprised to spot the bees. they were quite busy around a red blossom plant.
my mind shifted with the bees. it suddenly felt like spring. i felt like spring. i was ready to return to the house, pack picnic makings and find someone to enjoy the day at a beach.
i like these little reminders of spring. they take me back to any number of springs and the ideas we creatures sometimes get at that time of year.
blossom to blossom
finding traces of spring
along with the birds
Kailua Hawaii
February, 19, 2014
Altered Digital Photograph
- 8 x 12 Inches @ 300 ppi
- Nikon D80 Digital Camera
- Perfect Effects 8
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 12
Haibun Thinking: Week #5 – February 18, 2014. My response to the Film Quote Challenge Prompt:
“Don’t forget – I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy,
asking him to love her.”
– Notting Hill
As I did not see this movie the context of this quote is unknown to me.
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Some of my haiku on days 15 to 20 for Michael Dylan Welch’s NaHaiWriMo (National Haiku Writing Month on Facebook) follow. Through NaHaiWriMo we are encouraged to write at least one haiku a day for the month of February (or all year long as the prompts continue all year long too). Prompts can be found on Facebook—which are optional. I post my daily haiku as I post, which means I may post several days together in one post. The haiku are from the days as indicated although they may not represent all I write on these days.
NaHaiWriMo
National Haiku Writing Month Feb. 2014
1 ku per day or more
2-15-2014
BUSKER is the prompt for February 15, 2014
zoo fence
art buskers in the rain
people watch
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2-16-2014
BICYCLE is the prompt for February 16, 2014
I count the days
between new and full moons
an iPad bi-cycle
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2-17-2014
BAGEL is the prompt for February 17, 2014
winter enso
another bagel on my iPad
this morning
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2-18-2014
BURRITO is the prompt for February 18, 2014
I bundle up
against a winter walk
burrito
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2-19-2014
BABY is the prompt for February 19, 2014
baby moon
the wing span of a bird
in the sky
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winter baby restless before the storm
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2-20-2014
BLING is the prompt for February 20, 2014
winter bling
in the late afternoon
snow diamonds
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