NaHaiWrMo - shade
The word shade can have a lot of meanings. I wanted to go with the concept of a specific hue rather than a nuance.
I was baking for the guys who work for me for their Valentine's goody bag and I was doing red velvet cupcakes that were actually healthier than the ones I have been scarfing down the last six months. They batter was labor intensive and when I arrived at the point I would be putting them into the muffin liners I didn't really like the color of the batter. I had some in the freezer from the last batch I made and decided that I wanted them to be a little darker. My hue ku hit me as I doctored the bowl.
red velvet batter
flick a touch more cocoa powder
for the perfect shade
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
NaHaiWrMO - river
I was musing about my haiku retreat again today. A group did a ginko that led us to a small river that had rapids at the top of it and absolute still water at the bottom of the rapids. It was amazing to walked down the bank and having the spray not hitting your face in the space of half a dozen steps. A lot of us tried to capture that moment at a workshop later that day.
afternoon ginko
rushing river rapids
rippke into silence
I was musing about my haiku retreat again today. A group did a ginko that led us to a small river that had rapids at the top of it and absolute still water at the bottom of the rapids. It was amazing to walked down the bank and having the spray not hitting your face in the space of half a dozen steps. A lot of us tried to capture that moment at a workshop later that day.
afternoon ginko
rushing river rapids
rippke into silence
Monday, February 11, 2013
NaHaiWrMo - Day 11 - woods
I am not a big outdoorsy nature person.....I am a product of the hustle and bustle of the big city. Which is odd since both ot my parents are small town and farmer folks. There is a lot of green space in cities these days and I love to garden so In make sure that nature is near me.
The last time I was in the woods was at a Haiku retreat my group sponsored at Bon Secour retreat center. I really enjoyed it and think about it fondly. Every so often, I think about scheduling a personal retreat there. Hence....
clogged head
walk in the woods
renews my wonder
I am not a big outdoorsy nature person.....I am a product of the hustle and bustle of the big city. Which is odd since both ot my parents are small town and farmer folks. There is a lot of green space in cities these days and I love to garden so In make sure that nature is near me.
The last time I was in the woods was at a Haiku retreat my group sponsored at Bon Secour retreat center. I really enjoyed it and think about it fondly. Every so often, I think about scheduling a personal retreat there. Hence....
clogged head
walk in the woods
renews my wonder
Sunday, February 10, 2013
NaiHaiWriMO - garden
Gardening is of of my passions. I started gardening because of one my houemates loved flowers and I was used to having them in the house after living with her for 10 years.
I started with a few plants int he yard and I was hooked after I started weeding and realized it really relaxed me.
After years of trying, I am finally doing a Master Gardeners Class. I am learning a lot and it is fun to be with others who like gardening as much as I do. We have to design and tend to a garden bed. There was a few herb beds left and my partner and I were given one. The past weekend we found we were given a herb bed and are brainstorming as to what is the theme for it and what will go in it.
weeken confab
planning herb garden
what color nausturiums
Gardening is of of my passions. I started gardening because of one my houemates loved flowers and I was used to having them in the house after living with her for 10 years.
I started with a few plants int he yard and I was hooked after I started weeding and realized it really relaxed me.
After years of trying, I am finally doing a Master Gardeners Class. I am learning a lot and it is fun to be with others who like gardening as much as I do. We have to design and tend to a garden bed. There was a few herb beds left and my partner and I were given one. The past weekend we found we were given a herb bed and are brainstorming as to what is the theme for it and what will go in it.
weeken confab
planning herb garden
what color nausturiums
Saturday, February 9, 2013
NaHaiWriMo- glacial
Today's prompt was not as bad as it could have been. The first thing that came ot me was Galcier National Park, the stares folks give or get and of course the huge block of ice. None of them really grabbed me so we moved on to glacial as in speed.
I let the concept of very slow speed roll around in my brain for a while and I was struck by how quick folks can decide something and how low it takes them to change their position.....hence
glacial-
the speed that management
shifts it paradigm
Today's prompt was not as bad as it could have been. The first thing that came ot me was Galcier National Park, the stares folks give or get and of course the huge block of ice. None of them really grabbed me so we moved on to glacial as in speed.
I let the concept of very slow speed roll around in my brain for a while and I was struck by how quick folks can decide something and how low it takes them to change their position.....hence
glacial-
the speed that management
shifts it paradigm
Friday, February 8, 2013
NaHai WriMo - Hiking / hike a trail
It snowed here today. I was gtaeful because we were not slammed like most of the northeast US. I checked the streets around 5PM and saw my outside cat sitting on my curb, watching the cars go by.
When I came out later, there was a trail of cat prints in the backyard to the food bowl and back to his hidey hole.
I like falling snow if it is not in blizzard quantities - being the first to blaze a trail in it is fun. Walking / hiking / ambling can be very cathartic.
into the woods-
hiling a snowy trail
to quiet my head
It snowed here today. I was gtaeful because we were not slammed like most of the northeast US. I checked the streets around 5PM and saw my outside cat sitting on my curb, watching the cars go by.
When I came out later, there was a trail of cat prints in the backyard to the food bowl and back to his hidey hole.
I like falling snow if it is not in blizzard quantities - being the first to blaze a trail in it is fun. Walking / hiking / ambling can be very cathartic.
into the woods-
hiling a snowy trail
to quiet my head
Thursday, February 7, 2013
NaHaiWriMo - milk
Being lactose intolerant, the only time I have milk in th ehouse is when I do baking for the men who work for me. After I got on my own, the only milk I consume is with cookies or the occasional bowl of cereal when I am out eating breakfast.
After hurricane Sandy, I had no power for 9.5 days so I lost a fully packed referigerator and freezer. The food in the fridge had a plethora of mold on it. The milk I had in there was now spoiled buttermilk with a slightly bluish hue.
My last bit of baking had me using buttermilk. In my catering days, we used to make our own instead of buying it. A whiff it reminded me of my kitchen cleanup that day.
after the power outage
removing buttermilk
from the fridge
Being lactose intolerant, the only time I have milk in th ehouse is when I do baking for the men who work for me. After I got on my own, the only milk I consume is with cookies or the occasional bowl of cereal when I am out eating breakfast.
After hurricane Sandy, I had no power for 9.5 days so I lost a fully packed referigerator and freezer. The food in the fridge had a plethora of mold on it. The milk I had in there was now spoiled buttermilk with a slightly bluish hue.
My last bit of baking had me using buttermilk. In my catering days, we used to make our own instead of buying it. A whiff it reminded me of my kitchen cleanup that day.
after the power outage
removing buttermilk
from the fridge
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