Happy

Want to be happy
I can smile laugh and giggle
But how should it feel

Picture of Flower Face by Peter Griffin

No More Blueberries (Blueberries #2)

Autumn approaches
The days are getting shorter
My blueberries...gone

Picture of Blueberry Background by Petr Kratochvil


Wikipedia Article on Blueberries

Dancing

Put on your red shoes
For tonight we swirl and dance
In the bright moonlight

Picture of Woman Lost Shoes by George Hodan

Stink Bugs

Ok, I know this is a weird one but the past several years have seen the spread
of this pest on the east coast and  yuck. They are so disgusting! I am not looking
forward to them swarming all over the houses in search of warmth for the winter
again. Follow the links for more information on this wonderful creature NOT.
I am getting itchy just writing my Haiku blog tonight.

Shield shaped brownish bugs
with a stink to raise the roof
Back from whence* you came!

Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

University of Maryland Extension Home and Garden Information Center - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

*For some reason tonight I am looking up even more cool stuff than usual.
I wondered about my wording in the Haiku of "from whence" and looked it
up. Does the phrase 'from whence' include a redundant word?
 Here is a link to what I found.

World Wide Words - from whence

Fields

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

Picture of Wild Flowers by Karen Arnold

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Which one is brilliant?

For more information on the subject, click on the links.

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Blossoms

Watching with wonder
The flower blossoms open
Fragrance fills the air

Picture of Lilac Branch by Sharee Basinger

Recipe Haiku

Cook quinoa. Saute
Garlic spinach tomatoes
In olive oil. Eat.

Addicted

Why do we love potato chips so much? Go ahead, click on the link. 
You will find the article interesting!

 Live Science : Study Finds Why We Crave Chips & Fries


Ooh how delicious
Crisp salty potato chips
I gotta have more
 

Picture By Evan-Amos (Own work) Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons 
 

Seasons

Pastel spring colors
Deeper green leaves of summer
Winter's bare branches 
 

The Four Seasons by George Hodan 

My Life in Haiku #3

Bleh, I REALLY don't need added stress in my life!

creepy crawly ants
again invaded my house
really freaks me out

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

Tug of War

Fear tugs at my mind
I try to pull back. No luck.
Tug of war is lost.

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

Coffee

Hot steaming coffee
Special liquid of delight
Can't wake up without!






















Picture By Greenraystudio Own work CC-BY-3.0 http://creativecommons.org/license/ by 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Create

She'd work silently
Her beautiful creations
Entering the world

Picture By Carriec (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Closed Eyes

Few men get to see
The beauty that is the world
Through foolish closed eyes

Earth - The Blue Marble Image created by Reto Stockli with the help of Alan Nelson, under the leadership of Fritz Hasler

History Mystery

I know this one is 5-8-5 but I could not justify abbreviating
or substituting another name for Galileo's just to fit into the
line of 7 syllables! I had thought of substituting da Vinci in
there but he is/was thought of as an artist and not a scientist.



Greatest of all time
Galileo Newton Einstein
Its all relative

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

My Life in Haiku #2

Here I sit thinking
is the pain brain cancer, or
imagination

Your Brain On Fractal

Lonesome Road

A long lonesome road
Paved with concrete thoughts of death
Til the final crash

Endless Road by Ronald Carlson