The photo shows my third practice of the book of models my teacher gave me decades ago. I am afraid the vertical lines don’t extend sufficiently. That is because I can’t be bold enough. Next time, I think I will focus on this.
It invokes a bright, spring day. I think it is a joyful haiku. The “Hometown” here, however, may change its image, that is, whether “something joyful“ or “something sad” depending on each person.
It is a passage from a poem titled “Spring Wind” by Bai Juyi. You find “plum (ume)”, “cherry”, “apricot”, “peach” and “pear” in it. I chose this passage because it hints both beauty and good taste.
It rained really heavily and steadily all day yesterday. And so, what you see here is a symbol of water, “rain” and “water”, quite a simple idea, though.
This is a simple and convenient way of displaying a small work of calligraphy, such as form of postcards. I was very happy to find this frame. The character is “to think” or “thoughts”.
Today falls on March 3rd, the Dolls Festival day, in the old, lunar calendar. It is customary to stop displaying the hina dolls on this date. And many people in Japan follow this rule according to the new calendar, however, I always displayed them until March 3rd in the lunar calendar, so I can enjoy decorating them over a long period. These days, however, I don’t decorate the dolls but instead, every year I display this lovely designed paper scroll with a haiku of Dolls Festival day until March 3rd in the old calendar.
The seasonal phrase for this time of the year is “Flight of geese travel back to north”. Surely, we have been having warm days, or rather, as it is so warm you could use the word “hot” at times. I, unfortunately, am ignorant about this bird’s behavior, though.