Tanka challenge 4/23/11
Apr. 23rd, 2011 05:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gurdymonkeyEach stem is studied,
Each bud is considered for
Balance and beauty.
Under careful hands they bloom,
Dancing even in stillness.
I decided to go into Japantown early this morning in search of a tayaki iron for the making of fish shaped goodies. Soko Hardware was out of them, however, I did purchase a nice suribachi and surikogi (the mortar and pestle kind, not the mountain on Iwo Jima kind).
As I was walking through the mall, resisting All Things Hello Kitty, chocolate filled tayaki by the dozen, and designer handbags, I rounded a corner to find members of Ikebono Ikebana of America putting the finishing touches on some flower arrangements for their window displays. I asked for permission to photograph and was informed that the gentleman in the white shirt is from their parent school in Kyoto.
Photos are up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/sets/72157626561760766/
Each bud is considered for
Balance and beauty.
Under careful hands they bloom,
Dancing even in stillness.
I decided to go into Japantown early this morning in search of a tayaki iron for the making of fish shaped goodies. Soko Hardware was out of them, however, I did purchase a nice suribachi and surikogi (the mortar and pestle kind, not the mountain on Iwo Jima kind).
As I was walking through the mall, resisting All Things Hello Kitty, chocolate filled tayaki by the dozen, and designer handbags, I rounded a corner to find members of Ikebono Ikebana of America putting the finishing touches on some flower arrangements for their window displays. I asked for permission to photograph and was informed that the gentleman in the white shirt is from their parent school in Kyoto.
Photos are up at http://www.flickr.com/photos/70104978@N00/sets/72157626561760766/
