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Delicious!

Posted on September 5, 2023 by yamey
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Photo by Alena Darmel on Pexels.com

Call it a gherkin

Or a pickl’d cucumber

Tasty by any name

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Coffee house

Posted on August 28, 2023 by yamey
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With tray in hand

A smart turban upon his head

He brings us coffee

The illustration is from my new book about travels in India:

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bearer, blog, blogger, blogging, coffee, haiku, haiku and photography, india, turban, waiter | Leave a reply

Mile stone

Posted on August 12, 2023 by yamey
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Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Many miles to go

This stone is going nowhere

So it seems to me

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged archaic, blog, blogger, blogging, haiku, haiku and photography, information, informative, miles, milestone, road sign | Leave a reply

Rain drops

Posted on August 7, 2023 by yamey
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There is beauty

Even when clouds above are grey

And rain is falling

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beauty, blog, blogger, blogging, clouds, haiku, haiku and photographs, rain, raindrops, weather, words | Leave a reply

The way the wind blows

Posted on August 1, 2023 by yamey
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On a weathervane

Two birds perch perilously

Before the wind blows

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birds, blog, blogger, blogging, haiku, haiku and photography, perching, serpentine lido, weathervane, wind | Leave a reply

Stepping forward in time

Posted on July 23, 2023 by yamey
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Step through the door

It will take you to the future

In a cosmic world

This door is in the garden of Charles Jenck’s Cosmic House in London’s Kensington

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, cosmic, future, garden, haiku, haiku and photographs, the cosmic house, time, time travel | Leave a reply

Art from scraps

Posted on July 17, 2023 by yamey
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From scraps of cloth

Chosen and sewn together with care

A quilt is made

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged artworks, blog, blogger, blogging, cloth, haiku, haiku with photography, quilting, quilts, sewing, skill, textile | Leave a reply

A very pleasant passageway

Posted on July 12, 2023 by yamey
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A walk along

Sicilian Avenue is

Always quite calming

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, haiku, haiku and photographs, holborn, london, passage, sicilian avenue, walking, walkway | Leave a reply

Road runner

Posted on July 4, 2023 by yamey
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It’s been around a while

Still running like a dream

In West Hampstead town

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged automobile, blog, blogger, blogging, car, haiku, haiku and photography, morris, streetscene, vintage car, west hampstead | Leave a reply

Henna on the hand

Posted on July 1, 2023 by yamey
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They call it mehndi

It decorates hands finely

It’s done with henna

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arabic, blog, blogger, blogging, decpration, haiku, haiku and photographs, hand, handicraft, henna, indian, mehndi | Leave a reply

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