Merry Christmas to all, dear friends! Поздравляю с Рождеством всех , кто празднует!

Tonight is Cristmas Eve. We will open our gifts that Santa brought and put under the Tree, tomorrow morning -- and today we will have a holiday dinner, and make a holiday love :)  This is how our Christmas decorations look -- I hope you like them, and please feel ( Read more... )

New haiga. Sumi ink, Chinese chip colors, rice paper, mounted. This is a birthday greeting for Lera 
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Risshun Daikichi ! 立春大吉！Happy First day of Spring!  С первым днём весны!

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Today, February 4, according to  The Lunar Calendar in Japan , spring begins in haiku world ...  --   Сегодня, 4 февраля, согласно
Японскому Лунному календарю, начинается хайковая весна:

spring begins , February 4, risshun 立春 ( Read more... )

My very first haiku translated into Japanese, was this one:

bright summer morning --
my old lady-cat narrows
long ago blind eyes

Origa, 2003

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i to si neko 
mienu me hosome
natu no asa

Translation -- by Sakuo Nakamura 
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April is rich with birthdays :) Today, another haijin was born -- Slava Kanin
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Two of my friends have birthdays today -- Yathin
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                                        Happy  Birthday,  dear  Lera!  
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Today is a birthday of a very nice gentleman who happens to be a young father -- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sergey  
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New Year celebration continues, and for me it's enhanced by a friend's birthday  --  Anya   ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas to everyone! May it be a peaceful and happy season to you and your loved ones!

This is my Christmas card to all -- it's one of the 187 cards I made this season:


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