Wind in the fir trees
Scattered about the forest
A thousand new pins
It is autumn in Perth and we don’t really get what you would call a “classic” autumn with the lovely shades and colours. Basically it is damn hot one day and then it get’s cold. Anything that should die, dies and falls off fast, and then we wait a couple of months and it gets damn hot again. As most of the Australian trees are not deciduous, they just sit around waiting for spring. The cool has just come along this week and is most welcome. We have actually had two days where it rained!!!
Would you like to join in the fun? Don’t hesitate to leave a link in the comments (hit the black speech bubble at the end of the post) to your own take on the prompt. I will feature your work next week!
Last weeks prompt of WALKING STICK let to some very creative responses.
Judy needed no stick to get her to the front this week. A stick with a twist in this haiku!
http://www.edwinasepisodes.com/tjs-haiku-challenge-walking-stick/
A big welcome to Ritu of But I Smile Anyway for joining this week. I love her innovative take on the prompt and the accompanying photo!
https://butismileanyway.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/tjs-household-haiku-walking-stick/
Kia has not only prefaced his haiku with a charming lead in poem but has taken the prompt and turned it into romance. Check it out!
https://recoveringknowitall.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/for-tjs-household-haiku-walking-stick/
With a wonderful quote from John Muir and a cleverly philosophical haiku, Elusive Trope is in need of no intellectual crutch.
https://elusivetrope.com/2016/04/10/journey/
Cleverly incorporate with the AtoZ challenge, Life Home and Away has given us food for thought.
https://livehomeandaway.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/i-is-for-impregnable/
Three great interpretations from Azul from Behind Distant Doors. Bodily frailty cannot conquer true love.
https://behinddistantdoors.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/walking-stick-love/
Kat Myrman has created a quntessential haiku with a clever allusion to rain and the sound of a cane. Love it!
https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/tjs-household-haiku-walking-stick/
Love the haiku and learning about your autumn… fascinating. We have evergreen trees everywhere here, so there is always some form of green no matter the season.
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It is amazing how we all live so distantly and diversely and yet here we are chatting as though just a moment away.
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that is most cool
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Excellent Diction TJ! 🙂
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Merci beaucoup to you! Hope your weekend is wonderful. 🙂
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Likewise!
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http://wp.me/p4ayEo-1gc my short link, in case the ping back doesn’t work… I was thinking of a different kind of pin here… 🙂
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Love it! I wonder where “Bobby” pins got their name? Off to investigate.
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Gee, now you have me curious…
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Apparently “Bobby” pins come from the fact that they were first used in “bobbed” hair in the 30s. Makes sense. 🙂
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Oh that DOES make sense… See that, and I have picked a fine time to let my hair g-r-o-w. Those bobbed styles were always too cute for words. However the curls I get now from the pins work with my longer hair. Decisions, decisions. Think I’ll sleep on it. night night
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A smart bob is always a good look but curls are always alluring. What life changing choices we are compelled to make! Best wishes for the weekend. TJ
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I’ve always been partial to safety pins. Thinking of some now. I’m off to take a picture.
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Thank you for the mention TJ! I hope I can take part this week…. I’ll get my thinking cap on!!!
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Just catching up on the kind people who give me some of their precious time. Hope you are enjoying a great weekend. TJ
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Thanks TJ! Is a lovely Sunday over here… Hoping for some chill time!
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Us too! It is still too hot for autumn here!
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And we are in spring! !!
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Mine are up. Kind of a different Take on the prompt. I hope you enjoy. thx again for the Challenge and the Shout out, TJ. You Rock!! -KIA
https://recoveringknowitall.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/for-tjs-household-haiku-pins/
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Thanks so much for the kind mention and I found your post extremely relevant and thought provoking.
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I always enjoy yours as well. Although I need to be better about commenting and liking
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Time is not eternal – um, I mean we don’t have endless time. 🙂
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I love the haiku and the sentence in your write-up ‘anything that has to die, dies’, you said it such a matter-of-fact way that it struck me funny.
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Many thanks! I like to write in a light hearted way. It keeps me smiling. Hope you weekend is full of smiles. TJ
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I love the way you did this and what a great idea for a cheeseboard!
I think I am going to go literal this week.
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Love the haiku and the background. They really are vicious things!
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Yes, they are spiteful! 🙂
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Lovely! So delighted to see you back on the haiku trail! TJ
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Here is my entry TJ!
https://butismileanyway.wordpress.com/2016/04/16/tjs-household-haiku-challenge-pins/
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Here’s mine! https://tuckedintoacorner.wordpress.com/2016/04/16/napowrimo-16pins/
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Love this–makes me think of that song from the 60s, “needles and pins” (I’ve forgotten the artist…).
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I know that song well but not the artist.
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I may have to hunt up a YouTube clip, as it’s playing in my head 🙂
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Just posted the music vid–yippee, I’m off to a dancing good start!
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Loved these haiku. I can’t believe that the Household haiku has been going for well over a year now. Hope you are keeping well and thriving.
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