life is but a

[sappidus]

in first snowfall
though slurping only hot water...
my home
- Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

Comments

[inamourata]

I typically dislike snow, but that looks very pretty...

[sappidus]

"First snowfall, blah-blah"
they stay indoors
the fools
- Kobayashi Issa

I kid, I kid... :-)

- Cal

[smartkitty_86]

That is absolutely breath-taking

[sappidus]

You can actually thank my father for that, or at least the raw material. He was taking a picture of something else entirely -- luckily, he was using medium-format film, so I was able to blow up a very small section of it with an acceptable level of detail.

- Cal

[aurorapoison]

lovely image

[sappidus]

Not half as lovely as most of yours; you are the best self-portraiter on my friends list.

- Cal

[mytemptation]

beautiful. : )

[sappidus]

Yeah, but in my brief time in your state over there, 20 billion feet of snow dropped out of the sky. Wish I'd had a camera for that.

- Cal

[lily_harris]

The picture is beautiful and yet somehow with the quote it becomes even more magnificent, if you can believe it.

[sappidus]

The quote is powerful enough on its own, isn't it? Those Japanese, they can really do things with minimal material... ;-)

To answer a question from a wholly different comment of yours, I've been rather sick lately but getting better. I hope the summer is treating you better thus far.

- Cal

[lily_harris]

Sick huh? That doesnt sound pleasant. What was wrong? I hope just a common cold and nothing too serious. Glad to hear you're getting better though.

-Lily