1874. home sweet home

little house on the hill

with a flag waving high—

home sweet home

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thought for today: 

wherever i go, whatever i do

there’s no place like home

Life is to live and celebrate the wonder of it all. . .the changing colors of summer, autumn, winter and spring. . .sunshine and flowers. . .moonlight and stars. . . fresh air and cool waters. . .family and framily of every kind. . .a warm meal in my belly and a good night’s sleep. There’s much to be thankful for. . .feeling grateful. 🙏🏻

1873. the dogs!

well now, look at this—

a calendar about dogs

gone to the dogs!

 

This is a picture of my wall calendar. It features photographs and short stories of retired K9 dogs. Each month looking at these pictures and reading about these dogs, puts a smile on my face every time. I don’t know where the expression “Going to the dogs!” came from it but it fits here for a different kind of smile and chuckle. Look closely at the bottom of this November page, you’ll see Monday 31. There is no November 31, this month always ends in 30!😆

1872. renga

he huffed and he puffed

and he blew all the leaves down

redder than red

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green grasses now turned to red

soon packed up in paper bags

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counting the days

thirty-one days to christmas 

will it be white? 

Renga is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry in which alternate stanzas of 5-7-5 and 7-7 are linked together by multiple poets. It originated as a two-verse poetry exchange that slowly increased in length and was elevated to a literary art during the 12th century. In time, this later led to the haiku form as we know it today. (My style here is more lighthearted than the classical Japanese verse.)