“Orchard in Blossom – Plum Trees” by Vincent van Gogh
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all in white
walking through the orchard
on her wedding day
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Tag: White
Carpe Diem’ s Little Creatures *Chrysanthemums*
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white chrysanthemums
left hanging from the door knob
a secret message
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Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
Carpe Diem Special *Richard Wright’s “A Peach Tree Blooming “*
This week’ s inspiration on Carpe Diem Special is a haiku, written by Richard Wright:
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keep straight down this block,
then turn right where you will find
a peach tree blooming
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Here’ s my attempt to stay close to the same mood and spirit:
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after a blizzard
an old orchard down the road
all dressed up in white
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Carpe Diem Haiku *White Christmas*
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someone’ s presence
disappears in freshly fallen snow
– coming or going?
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Happy Grandma March Day!
“Chestita Baba Marta!” (Bulgarian: Честита Баба Марта! ) or “Happy Baba Marta!” is the greeting heard all across Bulgaria on the 1st of March every year as they celebrate Grandma March Day.
There’s much folklore about Grandma March Day and the character of Baba Marta herself. She is presented as a sister or a wife of the great long-horned beetle (January) and the small long-horned beetle (February). She is always dissatisfied with them because they are either drunk on wine, or they do some other harm . The old woman (bride) becomes angry, hence the weather breaks.
Martenitsa – usually in the form of a wrist band, woven by combining red and white colored threads, or as small dolls, called “Pizho and Penda” – are worn on that day and through March, until a stork or a bloomed tree is seen, symbolizing warmer weather and well being. The red and white woven threads symbolize the wish for good health. They are the heralds of the coming of spring in Bulgaria and life in general. While white as a color symbolizes purity, red is a symbol of life and passion, thus some ethnologists have proposed that, in its very origins, the custom might have reminded people of the constant cycle of life and death, the balance of good and evil, and of the sorrow and happiness in human life.
Not being Bulgarian, I still really enjoy this tradition and wish that spring will bring along everything one’ s heart is longing for! /http://www.wikipedia.org/
Walkthrough The White World
White is not a mere absence of color; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black. /K.Gilbert/
In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer. /A.Camus/
One kind word can warm three winter months.
/Japanese proverb/
The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only. /J.Wood Krutch/
When there’s snow on the ground, I like to pretend I’m walking on clouds. /T.Ikkaku/
Winter makes a bridge between one year and another. /A.Goldsworthy/
Sunday Stills Challenge: White
In the end of the year for Ed’ s challenge its all about “white” and this is what I came up with.
Sunday Stills Challenge: White
Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal
The white renewal
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. /Lao Tzu/
More entries here: Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal
