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photo (c) The Art of Sigrid Saradunn
original acrylic abstract art on w/c paper
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written for facebook page.
NaHaiWriMo facebook site encourages
other than the standard 5-7-5 haiku forms.
It is a place to have fun, play creatively,
experiment, try something new, practice
writing haiku daily.
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photo (c) July 2010 .. Saradunn
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a person who entertains people for money
in public places (as by singing or dancing),
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discordant tones
“Amazing Grace” in distance
bagpipers play
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ships are in
sidewalk hostess each corner
sailors tattoos glow
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Summer time fun
fortunes told in the park
crystal ball tells all *
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*gypsies used to show up
in Bar Harbor every summer
to tell the rich tourists their
fortunes and find their own
fortunes in many ways
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summer nights
music sounds o’er the ocean
Flash in the Pan *
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Every Monday night, the Flash in Pan
steel drums play for the street dance in
Deer Isle Maine at the ocean’s edge
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still remember
smell of elephants breath
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11 biscuitbumped head
boat house door too low
son of a biscuit !
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Grandma’s rule
Bakewell Cream * a must
tall fluffy biscuits
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* Bakewell Cream,
a traditional New England leavening agent,
makes biscuits rise high
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self serving energies
back stabbing
bedroom eyes
fancy come hither words
date from hell
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(c) 2013 Saradunn Trikes dressed for Halloween
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forties summer fun
play cowboys and Indians
rode red trikes
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country summer
bike on dirt road
over hill and dale
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training wheels
dad running along side
then he let go
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Christmas delight
bike under tree ~ waiting
snow to melt faster
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snowy North
studded snow tires
biker’s wish
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Wisconsin winter
toddler rides trike in house
down cellar stairs *
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* not only did I do it
once, I did it twice…
trap door in floor to
cellar stairs made for
easy access and speedy
ride (I didn’t get hurt
either time)
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Fourth of July
Bikes with colored streamers
Carmen Miranda
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(c) October 2010 Saradunn. Nai’s Clothesline with scarlet runner beans draping
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photo (c) Saradunn 2/2014…..birthday flowers from Joan Preble
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written for facebook page.
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It is a place to have fun, play creatively,
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writing haiku daily.
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photo of Sabrina (Brina) DeBeck
age 10 day she received her
black belt in Tae Kwon Do
sweet face
tough as nails
black belt
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no moon ~
darker than inside
of a pocket
#8 bounce
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black ice
slid down stoop steps
bounce landing ~ not
# 6 battery
night noises
cat chasing ball
energizer cat
good defense
married to mad man
learned to duck
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(c) Sigrid Saradunn 2014 86 This ! Local Wraps and Burritos, Ellsworth, Maine, USA
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river rising
oxymoron burritos
86 This ! *
Kobe beef burrito at top
Cherry Blossoms
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wicked snow outside
North wind blowing! ~ chilled to bone
spicy burrito
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smothered burrito
spicy hot chili~ the works
drips off chin ~ need bib
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bagel
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old hard bagels
three to a person
playing ring toss
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boiled and baked
old fashion cement bagel
dense chewy crisp
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Hawaiian bagel
pineapple and coconut
Spam optional
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Texas hot flash bagels
pepper sauce and fresh jalapenos
chuck wagon special
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writing haiku daily.
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Curling sheet
The sheet is an area of ice, carefully prepared to be as flat and level as possible, 146 to 150 feet in length.
by 14.5 to 16.5 feet in width. Multiple games may be played simultaneously.
A target, the house consists of three concentric rings formed by painting or laying colored vinyl sheets
under the ice and are usually distinguished by colour.
These rings are defined by their diameters as the four-foot, eight-foot and 12-foot rings.
The rings are merely a visual aid for aiming and judging which stone is closer to the centre;
they do not affect scoring but a stone must at least touch the outer ring or it does not score.
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Each house is centered on the intersection of the center line, drawn lengthwise down the center of the sheet and one of the tee lines, drawn 16 feet (4.9 m) from, and parallel to, each backboard.
These lines divide the houses into quarters.
The centre of each house, at the intersection of the centre line and the tee line, is known as the button.
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Two hog lines, are drawn 37 feet (11 m) from, and parallel to, each backboard.
The hacks are fixed 12 feet behind each button; a hack gives the thrower something to push against when making the throw. On indoor rinks, there are usually two fixed hacks, rubber-lined holes, one on each side of the centre line, with the inside edge no more than 3 inches (76 mm) from the centre line and the front edge on the hack line. A single moveable hack may also be used.
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A curling sheet, with dimensions – CL: Centreline • HOL: Hogline • TL: Teeline • BL: Backline • HA: Hackline with Hacks • FGZ: Free Guard Zone
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The ice may be natural but is usually frozen by a refrigeration plant.
Most curling clubs have an ice maker whose main job is to care for the ice. It is common for each sheet of ice to have multiple sensors embedded in order to monitor surface temperature.
process of sliding a stone down the sheet.
The skip, or the captain of the team, will usually determine the various tactics to be used such as
taking-out, blocking or tapping another stone.
- The weight of the stone is its velocity, which depends on the leg drive of the delivery rather than the arm.
- The turn, handle, or curl is the rotation of the stone, which gives it a curved trajectory.
- The line is the direction of the throw ignoring the effect of the turn.
The winner is the team having the highest number of accumulated points at the completion of ten ends.
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Points are scored at the conclusion of each of these ends as follows:
- when each team has thrown its eight stones,
- the team with the stone closest to the button wins that end;
- the winning team is then awarded one point for each of its own
stones lying closer to the button than the opponent’s
- Only stones that are in the house are considered in the scoring.
- A stone is in the house if it lies within the 12-foot (3.7 m) zone
- or any portion of its edge lies over the edge of the ring.
Since the bottom of the stone is rounded,
a stone just barely in the house will not have any actual contact with the ring,
which will pass under the rounded edge of the stone, but it still counts.
This type of stone is known as a biter.
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(c) Saradunn 2013
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Carpe Diem’s Use That Quote task is to respond to a quotation with a haiku.
Today’s quote is:
“forget not that the Earth delights to feel your bare feet
and the winds long to play with your hair”
Khalil Gibran
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bare feet seek sand ~ sea
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Mother Earth rejoices
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wind caresses hair
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late post
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Free Track] Nakura – Shooting Star Lullaby by NAKURA on SoundCloud …soundcloud.com
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“only the first line” has us write a haiku with the given first line:
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