slate-coloured dawn
the frolics of freshly shorn
sheep
‘shorn sheep’ 96/100 haikufeltings
Tag Archives: haiga
‘landwards’
landwards—
the tide turns in
our favor
‘thermal current’ 95/100 #haikufeltings
thermal current
a stork glides over
the meadow
’94/100′ #haikufeltings
94/100
how many heart beats
in a lifetime
‘failed star’ 93/100 #haikufeltings
who is to say
this flower is not it …
failed star
‘chaos and order’ 92/100 #haikufeltings
chaos and order …
the butterfly flaps
its wings
‘early dark’ 91/100 #haikufeltings
early dark
this need to explain
the meaning of life
‘distant train’ 90/100 #haikufeltings
distant train …
as if I had
the answer
‘felting class’ 89/100 #haikufeltings
felting class
we stop to smell
the roses
.
I made the purple and white flowers during a felting class by Beate Maxzin of Wolllust, “atelier fuer filzbegeisterte,” Augsburg. I am very pleased with the purple flower in particular! Wunderbar!
‘noon heat’ 88/100 #haikufeltings
noon heat ...
seeing what
isn’t there
‘chiaroscuro’ 87/100 #haikufeltings
chiaroscuro …
breathing through
the holes
‘worn smooth’ 86/100 #haikufeltings
worn smooth
by the sea
my sharp edges
‘falling petals’ 85/100 #haikufeltings
falling petals—
she gently combs
her hair
‘aging carousel’ 84/100 #haikufeltings
aging carousel
the restorer picks up
her brush
‘unforgivable’ 83/100 haikufeltings
the unforgivable otherness of flowers . .
.
(my first attempt at a wet-felted flower didn’t turn out very well: unforgivable!)
‘not quite’ 82/100 #haikufeltings
not quite
female …
doll
‘rockpools’ 81/100 #haikufeltings
worlds within worlds . . .
rockpools holding
the restless sea
‘clock repairs’ 80/100 #haikufeltings
clock repairs
the watchmaker slows down
the minute hand
‘the unknown’ 79/100 #haikufeltings
quiet hour lighting the unknown
‘candied fruit’ 78/100 #haikufeltings
candied fruit . . . preserving my sanity
‘olives’ 77/100 #haikufeltings
air-dried olives—
her advice to avoid
the sun
(this is the wet-felted bowl drying. It ended up with more wrinkles than I wanted for it, so I may needle felt it tomorrow)
‘the smell’ 76/100 #haikufeltings
the smell
of golden wheat fields . . .
millstone
Photo of the first stage of wet-felting a bowl!
‘chains’ 75/100 #haikufeltings
chains or wilderness . . .
life choices of the unfinished
bear
.
‘from my window’ 74/100 #haikufeltings
from my window
the path to
the woods
‘dawn’ 73/100 #haikufeltings
dawn …
what is life
but light
‘brass pedestal’ 72/100 #haikufeltings
brass pedestal
the ceiling fan’s
hum
‘sugar wool’ 71/100 #haikufeltings
sugar wool—
in the long queue
short tempers
‘summer night’s dream’ 70/100 #haikufeltings
summer night’s dream—
and on the eighth day
she made a bear
‘evening hour—’ 69/100 #haikufeltings
evening hour—
sound of the wind
from the mountain
.
This is a later stage of the felting
‘Alpine air’ 68/100 #haikufeltings
Alpine air—
scent of the bubbling
stream
