tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post116278702503144310..comments2024-01-04T21:53:29.571-08:00Comments on Roswila's Dream & Poetry Realm: HAIBUN (In Response to One Deep Breath's Nov. 6, 2006 Prompt)Roswilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15669275952943509399noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1163009405136140172006-11-08T10:10:00.000-08:002006-11-08T10:10:00.000-08:00I'm so glad you mentioned the pohutukawa tree (New...I'm so glad you mentioned the pohutukawa tree (New Zealand Christmas tree) as I'd not heard of it. So I googled and it's fabulous! Here's a link to only one of several pages I came across with gorgeous photos. <BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/ycnlj4<BR/><BR/>One photo (not on the page above) was called a tunnel of pohutukawa trees because the trees heavily lined both sides of the road. Wow. I also read that this tree loves beaches. :-) So do I. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again, Catherine.Roswilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669275952943509399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162977346200254552006-11-08T01:15:00.000-08:002006-11-08T01:15:00.000-08:00That's a lovely description, and I'm glad the hedg...That's a lovely description, and I'm glad the hedges are growing again. We once lived in a place with a pohutukawa tree (New Zealand Christmas tree) which had been cut down to a stump, and it grew back thick and tall by the time we left there.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236329216260906624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162918894907234372006-11-07T09:01:00.000-08:002006-11-07T09:01:00.000-08:00Thanks, Pearl. A never ending story, it seems. D...Thanks, Pearl. A never ending story, it seems. During these last few days here of almost summer weather, those hedges have really been putting out growing edges. :-)Roswilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669275952943509399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162908613490898142006-11-07T06:10:00.000-08:002006-11-07T06:10:00.000-08:00I like this. It tells a good story well.I like this. It tells a good story well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162873563607984522006-11-06T20:26:00.000-08:002006-11-06T20:26:00.000-08:00Hi jzr,Thanks for the sympathy. Fortunately, with...Hi jzr,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the sympathy. Fortunately, with this loss there was an immediate gain (my neighbor's smiles and a clear view of their lovely garden). And now the slower gain of watching the hedges grow again.Roswilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669275952943509399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162873445524261472006-11-06T20:24:00.000-08:002006-11-06T20:24:00.000-08:00Yes, that's for sure, Sandy. And they are going t...Yes, that's for sure, Sandy. And they are going to be taller in no time, if how green they are already is any indication. :-)Roswilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669275952943509399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162853964604884602006-11-06T14:59:00.000-08:002006-11-06T14:59:00.000-08:00Sad about the hedge, but sun and smiles make up fo...Sad about the hedge, but sun and smiles make up for it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162850366228126852006-11-06T13:59:00.000-08:002006-11-06T13:59:00.000-08:00Great haibun, but oh, I'm so sorry for the loss!!Great haibun, but oh, I'm so sorry for the loss!!jzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938966640494785871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162836934529189102006-11-06T10:15:00.000-08:002006-11-06T10:15:00.000-08:00Yes, crafty green poet, I too was very sad to see ...Yes, crafty green poet, I too was very sad to see them cut so far back. (I adore trees; I am only half joking when I say I must have been a Druid in a former life.)We'd not expected that much of a "slaughter." However, as I say in a comment above, they are already filling out green again. And we get to not only see our neighbors' smiles, but their beautiful little garden.Roswilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669275952943509399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162836635917378652006-11-06T10:10:00.000-08:002006-11-06T10:10:00.000-08:00Glad you like it, Paris Parfait, and that it raise...Glad you like it, Paris Parfait, and that it raised such a striking memory for you. I just got back from shopping and noticed how much, in spite of it being fall, the cut back hedges have been filling out green again. Low down but definitely green. :-)Roswilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669275952943509399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162830054761951472006-11-06T08:20:00.000-08:002006-11-06T08:20:00.000-08:00Such a lovely piece! Reminds me of Devon, England,...Such a lovely piece! Reminds me of Devon, England, where one can drive for miles and miles on narrow roads between hedges - planted to give farmers' privacy. But now it feels claustrophobic to drivers, who rarely get to glimpse anything but the hedges (much less sunlight).paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737357.post-1162828570917815742006-11-06T07:56:00.000-08:002006-11-06T07:56:00.000-08:00As a tree lover I think its sad to see the hedge t...As a tree lover I think its sad to see the hedge trimmed so far back but your lovely haiku entirely summed up the positive side of things!Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.com