March-April Flying Carpet 2024

 In late March  and early April 

The Flying Carpet 

perceived 

Sacred Geometry in Japan

 

Himeji Castle
White Crane Soars
struck awesome

Kurashiki
Subtle gradations
Kura tiles 

paint abstractions

Uchiko
misty juxtapositions 

& birdsongs
a turtle swims infinite waves
above empty streets

Uchiko Honhaga Residence Garden
lichen zig zag shuffle

pine needles play catch
with raindrops

Kyoto Daikakuji Temple
a riot of cherry blossoms

Matsuyama
Dogo Onsen
Egret and Dragon
1,000 years Spirited Away

Kyoto Tofukuji Temple
dry water droplets
concentric sand circles

sunlight scores fissures

my dreams of peace
my dreams of return  

Special thanks to The Ninjas 

Sialia and Jacob

February Flying Carpet 2024

 In February
The Flying Carpet
watched
The Parade of Spring

 

The precocious snowdrops

The unlocked crocus
with bees
delirious and purposeful

The brave hellebores

The awaiting clematis

The shivering prickly pears

The streaming yellow daffodils

But also the snow bending tulips!

Special thanks
to Daniel for his expertise
and his patience

and Sialia
for her gifts
and her garden

January Flying Carpet 2024

In January
The Flying Carpet
Glided slowly through
a white world

crystalline, silent, transitory

soaring between the snowflakes

sharp and soft

a time of peace
in this shrouded world

and sudden red

December Flying Carpet 2023

In December
The Flying Carpet
Translated Japan
into black/ white/ and grey...

Pizazz Tree Branches

Pattern on pattern on pattern

Tokyo anime streets

Hiroshige Wannabe

Window in the roof
Sky enters

Trance Glance

Ancient and modern

Worlds collide

Tea house
Each step

Yin/ yang
tree/water/garden

Geezer Dragons
New Year Greetings
from Kenning-ji Temple

November Flying Carpet 2023

 In November
The Flying Carpet
returned to Japan

Nostalgia of Miyama-cho 

Shadows of Daitokuji  Temple

Emerald of Arashiyama

Gold of Pure Land

Vision of Enoura Installation

Obscurity of Yasaka Shrine

Dazzle of Fuji-san

Transcendence of Noh*

Glow of happiness 

 Special Thanks to Susan-san

 

Kit, Nancy,* and all the travelers!!!!!

*photos by others... thanks for sharing...

October Flying Carpet 2023

 In October

The Flying Carpet

anticipates 

looking through 

the windows of Japan

To be continued.....