Cottage

Cottage in the woods
Where birds sing their living songs
Place of solitude

Library of Congress Photo Mrs. Wilson L. Smith, house, Stevenson, Maryland

I'm back

O k  I am back
Gotten myself together
More Haiku to come!

Picture of Smiley by Paul Lloyd

Tumor Markers

Tumor markers up
Tears of fear and sadness fall
Safeness disappears

Kids Next Door

Two children next door
Out playing and being kids
Too soon are grownups

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bunny_Brown_at_Camp_p125.jpg

This charming picture came from an old series of books Bunny Brown and
his Sister Sue by Laura Lee Hope.
Following is a link to the book that the illustration is from. The book is titled
Bunny Brown and his sister Sue at Camp Rest-a-While. You can actually read
the book at the following link thanks to the Internet Archive at archive.org and
The New York Public Library.

Bunny Brown and his sister Sue at Camp Rest-a-While - Detail Information and Book

Also, here is a link to the entire series as listed on the Goodreads website.

Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue on Goodreads

I know I focused the blog text on the source of the illustration but I want to
get back to what I wrote. I think it's important to keep the third line in mind.
Enough said!

I don't know

Was I there? Ignored
Though I screamed whisper loud. Was
I already dead?

Little Pip the Ostrich RIP

I am revising my previous post about Pip the Ostrich.
I received great joy and happiness while watching little Pip.

I wrote a Haiku about him. Here it is.

Baby ostrich Pip
Hatched from your egg on Ustream
You are famous now.

Since little Pip has passed away, I just thought I would update
my blog.

In memory of
The little ostrich named Pip
Remember with Love.

My Life in Haiku #4 (Dreams)

Ugh, cancer nightmares
Where did all the good dreams go
Confused subconscious

The Scream by Edvard Munch

What blog would be complete without a picture of Edvard Munch's The Scream.
It fits so many situations so neatly doesn't it? It certainly portrays my state of mind
last night and this morning.

Here are a couple of links about the painting and the artist.

Wikipedia link to The Scream (the painting)

Wikipedia link to Edvard Munch (the artist)

Link to About dot com Art History A Closer Look at The Scream by Edvard Munch

Fields

Sun smiles down on me
Walking through the flower fields
Grass tickling my toes

Picture of Wild Flowers by Karen Arnold

Carl Sagan Inspired Haiku #1 Star Dust

This Haiku is inspired by a quote from Carl Sagan. It comes from Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. He was so simply eloquent himself. I think I am going to do a series of them.

 Carl Sagan Quotes
"Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return. And we can.
Because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star-stuff. We are a way for the
cosmos to know itself."





We of flesh and blood
See the vast wonder of space
We are star dust too

Picture By NASA and the European Space Agency. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sea Shells

Who lived in each one
Ripples of colored houses
My jewels of the sea

Painting Alexandre-Isidore Leroy De Barde - Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons