Kinda blue
I wasn’t planning to publish a haiku today.
I did not write one last week.
In fact, I didn’t do much at all last week.
Summer finally arrived in the Netherlands and when it does,
it comes full force.
Temperatures almost rose to the nineties Fahrenheit and -
unlike other countries – we Dutchies don’t have AC’s in our houses.
I sat in a shaded corner of my garden and read books.
That’s about all I did.
But it’s a ritual, you know, to visit Rebecca on Friday,
even when I do not plan to write a haiku myself.
This morning I saw that her theme for today’s haiku is ‘blue’
and I couldn’t let go.
Back in my corner of the garden,
sipping my morning coffee,
I wrote a haiku.
I guess I cannot do without a haiku on Friday after all.
It’s a habit.
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Heartbreaking music
fills up the entire space
kinda blue indeed
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(No translation in Dutch this time - because of the 'double meaning' of the last sentence.)
Haiku my Heart Friday is hosted by Rebecca.
Find the list of participants on her blog Recuerda Mi Corazon
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The room with my computer is upstairs, the sun shines ruthless on the window.
So I won’t write a long blogpost. I will just show you the art journal spread that
I have laying here from the past two weeks – and then turn of the computer.
There is rain predicted for this afternoon.
Cooler temperatures.
I don’t mind that, but I hope it will not drop as far as it did two weeks ago.
Look:
The Chronicles of Marit 2012 – Week 28
(Size: 24,5 x 49 cm – 9.65 x 14.86 inch)
It is sooooo typical for my country to have weather and temperatures
that changes from (much too) low to (much too) high.
I sometimes feel that it just never is ‘normal’.
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… and here is last week’s spread
The Chronicles of Marit 2012 – Week 29
(Size: 24,5 x 49 cm – 9.65 x 14.86 inch)
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See you next week dear ones!
Keep it cool!
July 27th, 2012 at 11:37 am
Dear Marit.. I sing the blues from time to time, everyone does, I’m singing them now for so many reasons. I know you’ll rebound and the blues will fly away, and like anything else, you’ll come out the other side feeling better than ever.
I love that album by Miles Davis. And although our hearts are broken as we listen and lament, the music isn’t breaking our hearts, it’s healing them.
Much Peace
July 27th, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Loving the Haiku this week and love love love your pages!!!!! Hope it cools down for you soon!!!!
July 27th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
I just love your art journaling! It’s so inspiring!
July 27th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
My husband and I don’t have AC here in the mountains of Arizona either…summer can be tough at times! Finding a shady spot in your garden sounds delightful…the perfect answer!
July 27th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
The pull of haiku is strong !!!
We have rain here this morning. It is the first reall gentle, soaking rain of the summer, I think. It has been very hot and very dry here, so this rain is well apppreciated. I can feel the Earth humming with delight.
I hope your corner of the garden brings you shady comfort today. Big hugs, Wonderful One ! ENjoy the blue…
July 27th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Ah.. feeling the blues myself of late, Marit. I hope the sun warms you, but not burns you up.. Take care.
July 27th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
so happy you did haiku, even if blue!
Keep cool my friend!
July 27th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Ah, blues, you can’t beat it.
July 27th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
The heat has me singing the blues!
July 27th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
dear marit,
you have written about one of my most favorite jazz recordings. i will have to listen to it this evening when i return from the studio and think of you in the long shadows of your summer garden.
thank you for being here touching my heart across all these miles.
July 27th, 2012 at 4:55 pm
You would fit well here… over a 100 degrees one day, plummeting to the 50′s the next as the fog from the ocean, the blue ocean, roll in… I love thinking that as I write you are soaking up that delicious blue, blue sky and that the music holds your heart sweet friend.
July 27th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Balance is always a tricky thing
isn’t it even in the weather
it is very hot and humid with storms on the way here too…although I cannot imagine it without air conditioning = oh my!
so I hope you eat some ice cream and enjoy reading in a shady spot
Love your blues haiku
Happy Friday to you
oxo
July 27th, 2012 at 6:10 pm
Hmmm ~ sounds a bit familiar ~ sometimes we need the ‘rests’ in life ~ lovely haiku and art work ~~ thanks, namaste, (A Creative Harbor)
July 27th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Your world sounds beautiful and so far away to me. Thanks for sharing. I will be in my garden today…
roxanne
July 27th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Glad you could join us (you and Miles), despite the heat!
Eastern Sky Aflame (with Fence)
July 27th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
It’s hot here too in New York City, and no shady garden for sitting so I’m inside my apartment building. Miles Davis will definitely keep you cool today!
July 27th, 2012 at 8:18 pm
Love your blues haiku. I hope you have now been able to cool off a bit. It’s been scorching hot here in NE Pennsylvania but I don’t mind it as I love summer..and we do have central air to boot.
And wow, that’s alot of writing you did on your second spread-love the eyes at the top!That B/W photo in your first spread is wonderful!!
July 27th, 2012 at 11:31 pm
love the ‘heartbreaking music’….I could hear and feel it….blue, indeed…
July 28th, 2012 at 12:36 am
The blue feeling can take up a lot of space~
Its been raining here lately, and we are in the middle of summer ~
Lovely pictures too ~
July 28th, 2012 at 2:28 am
That was me last week, it was hot here too. I read alot and hardly sketched but i am back at it this week as i hope you will be too before long!
July 28th, 2012 at 5:00 am
I’m hit and miss with the haiku too.
Those blues, as you know.
I dig Miles, Marit.
July 28th, 2012 at 7:46 am
Hach, sinds vannochtend regent het hier aan een stuk door. De temperaturen zijn nu heerlijk na die drukkende hitte waarin je echt nix anders kon doen dan stil zitten. (Zucht, en ik heb gisteren de hele dag aan mijn huishouden besteed, wat du eigenlijk echt veels te heet was!)
Maar daarvoor heb ik dan vandaag de tijd en hopelijk ook de inspiratie om creatief te worden…
Ik wens je een heel fijn weekend – Irma
July 28th, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Wat vind ik je twee bladzijden in je weekjournaal leuk!! De eerste zo zonder woorden waarop de foto voor zich spreekt en de tweede vol tekst en zoooo mooi van kleur!!
t’is hier gelukkig wat afgekoeld, hoop bij jou ook…!
July 28th, 2012 at 7:10 pm
Great art! Love the haiku! The eyes at the top of your journal page just about reached out and grabbed my attention!
July 29th, 2012 at 12:38 am
Hallo Marit,
Wat was het een heerlijke zomerweek, heerlijk na zoveel nattigheid. Toch wel fijn dat je tijd nam om Haiku My Heart te bezoeken en een haiku achter te laten.
This is such a nice haiku on ‘blue’, blues and blue, wonderfully written.
Namaste
July 29th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
hello marit – we are having some of the same feelings i think… i don’t seem to have a creative bone in my body right now, just happy to sit, and read, and listen.
it’s all good, i think.
take care my friend, and stay cool!
deb
July 29th, 2012 at 11:35 pm
Love you journal pages an enjoyed reading your post!
Hope the weather has improved for you too.
Here in Scotand we can have all four season in one day..but this summer all it has done is rain,rain,rain so i am feeling a little bit grey and dull!!
xoxo
July 31st, 2012 at 9:29 pm
perfect haiku,
with feeling…
easy to see
why there would be difficulty
in translation…
every nuance
does not
always make it to a second language.
and this,
too,
is life.
August 1st, 2012 at 3:54 pm
good morning dear marit,
i have looked at your site for email address so i could write to you off line…but i cannot seem to locate it. can you email me please? my email is on the left side bar of my blog under “contact”
thanks so much!
warmly,
rebecca
August 7th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Beautiful pages, as usual! Love your style.