Sunday, February 28, 2010


After a continuous 50 frosty weather days we got a second warmer day here today. Snow's beginning to melt. Some rain.

an icicle
melting away --
farewell, my friend

Saturday, February 27, 2010

A busy week

I spent again many days in Helsinki (See photo in my
Finnish blog
& Facebook). Today is the first warmer day in Turku. Snows are melting. Raining, water.

It's Saturday morning. I woke up and wrote some haiku-lines in my notebook, then I read this morning's breakfast news_ Magnitude 8.8 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE, Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 06:34:14 UTC


Forgot how to count
all necess
ary syl
labl
es

Thursday, February 18, 2010



up and down
snowy footsteps --
February


Sunday, February 14, 2010

White winter & the greenhouse effect

I wrote a comment in Adelaide's blog:

winter morning in bed --
no rush
to make any breakfast

Adelaide's blog

Sometimes I write comments here and there, making those look like three liners. Sometimes those perhaps are also haiku.

We have got some snow here, too, but not so much.

Freezing cold it has also been; our warming system is working days and nights. Working anyway. Here is one variation for this snowy climate:

new white snow
on an old white snow --
our greenhouse turning white?

I wrote a wintry-train story (such a haibun) in my Finnish blog, from that serie I left one and now wrote it into Bill's blog:

in a trembling train
sipping my coffee --
the paper cup's warmth

Bill's blog is here.

The language is filled with interesting variations:

in a trembling rain
sipping my coffee --
the paper cup's warmth


;-)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Yesterday I visited Helsinki. The morning train was late. I got two cups of coffee. When returning back the train was late again. This time I wasn't in a hurry. I had one tin of beer & watched the whirling snow beside our train.

whirling snowstorm --
an express train
on its own

Sunday, February 07, 2010

Groundhog Day, Feb. 2nd

wintry storm?
no, a hibernating bear
woke up

Thursday, February 04, 2010


     resting a while -- 
midwinter river
reposing