Just Karma 114 (f5) for June 2016 b

Just Karma 114

frog adventures 5

(a haibun)

kaeru watches carefully - hiding in

the Sabbatia as the egret flies

overhead seeking lunch

hoping that a fish is more to the

liking of the great white bird

than a small humble frog

while across the road others animals

dine at tables set with plates and

clear glass drinking vessels

*

kaeru ducks into

the shadows looking for flies

after a long hop

©JP/dh

kaeru = in Japanese means both frog and returning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Sabbatia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromeria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret

Just Karma 113 (f4) for June 2016 b

Just Karma 113

frog adventures 4

(a haibun)

on Mondays early in the morning

traffic is heavy - and yet

kaeru ventured forth, and back

noticing new plants, insects and keeping

well away from the poison ivy growing

amid the flowering wild strawberry

within the hour out and about - before the

heat of the day rises... kaeru hopped more than

half of her ten thousand paces

*

kaeru meets up with

caterpillar, dragonfly,

and a morning moth

©JP/dh

Just Karma 112 (f3) for June 2016 b

Just Karma 112

frog adventures 3

(a haibun)

change up the routine

the recommendation to be creative says;

so before breakfast - hop!

also to escape the pounding mid-day sun

though there were muggy notes hanging

in the atmosphere

on the return from a minor exploration

there - the fawn stopped munching

looked up to lock a startled gaze

*

kaeru finds a fawn -

the tall unmown greenery;

natural curtain

©JP/dh

Just Karma 111 (f2) for June 2016 b

Just Karma 111

frog adventures 2

(a haibun)

from the familiar to something new

hurrying up to wait, pacing to and fro,

passing conversations with strangers

flying high above the clouds

heading north, between raindrops -

to be similar to a pilgrim

to be a stranger in a strange land,

to learn of new bodies of water

and new bends in the long road of life  

*

kaeru searches for

differences, the land and

trees are similar

©JP/dh

Just Karma 110 (f1) for June 2016 b

Just Karma 110

frog adventures 1

(a haibun)

Something to look forward to

The space in the one hundred year floodplain

Will be planted with oats and wild flowers...

The other morning Little Miss and I

Watched some machinery flatten the grass

And grind the shafts too in preparation for seeding

Quite a bit can happen between visits -

Hopefully enough rain will fall to aide their growth

And attract multitudes of butterflies and bees

*

kaeru looks at the

meadow; how different will

it look in two weeks?

©JP/dh

kaeru = in Japanese means both frog and returning.

Just Karma 109 for June 2016 b

Just Karma 109

what’s‘up?

odd what little spore may fly

for with my eye

I did spy

growing round one house plant brought

outside with the thought

for fresh air sought

several itty bitty little black fungi

also perhaps hungry,

as if beneath a tree

©JP/dh

Just Karma 108 for June 2016 b

Just Karma 108

winging it

(a haibun)

I check on Mother Robin sometimes she is facing me -

ever protective, yet curious that I visit several times a day,

keeping my distance to her humble abode

tucked in the hedge...perhaps next week she’ll be busy

feeding those soon to hatch chicks.

the goslings have changed from little balls of walking fur to

feathered companions to their parents... usually I see them

early In the morning or sometimes at dusk, I can only guess

at where they wander during the heat of the day - perhaps

safely tucked in some of the tall grasses in the meadow?

so close my steps are

yet so very, very far

from my feathered friends

©JP/dh