it’s rainy and blustery
since it’s winter and chilly
but if we are all inside
it’s really blissful
It’s May, and its beautiful… sometimes still, but since we’re in the south hemisphere it’s pretty cold now!
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It’s a Dodoitsu – nice!
Written in response to this week’s Tanka Challenge hosted by Selma
luna's on line 
The South Hemisphere is entering a season I adore. I love the photo you featured and the lovely Dodoitsu is heart warming. Thanks for joining in. Chris, do you know how to add the link to Mister Linky? Please do. If I knew how to do that correctly I’d add it myself. Be well. sending blessings. Enjoy your Fall Season.
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That was fun, Selma! I am learning more about the various syllabic forms. Fascinating! I shall think about doing something with Mister Linky, but not quite yet. Meanwhile, I still don’t like the wet and windy weather!😊
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I envy you the cold season. Lovely poem.
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Thank you, Sadje! But, sorry, I really don’t like the cold – no envy for me in the winter!!
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You’re right, the weather we dislike may be the envy of other but for us it’s a hardship. Personally I like winters in summer and vice versa 😂😂😂
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😊😄😉
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Interesting!
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Thank you!
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Looking so warm and comfy, … you’ve captured blissful, Chris, …so, so well, …💫
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Aww, thank you so much, Penny!💛
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round world
mirror
to think one more month
and our days start to shorten
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and round and round we go again… and each time we are going quicker (don’t you think?)
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as far as getting older yeah
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😉
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A cat, a fire, and a very nice poem are a bit of an antidote to cold weather.
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So nicely said… thanks, Dave!
(and Luna says, ‘hi’)
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Thank you, Chris and Luna! Misty returns the “hi.” 🙂
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Meow! 🐈⬛
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😺
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Very nicely done. Your kitty looks perfectly contented.
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Oh yes… she it!🐈⬛
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Warming up nicely over here I’m pleased to report! Lovely words, Chris.
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Excellent! I should hope it would be by now for you… and so light and long as well! Enjoy, Chris.😊
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Oh, I will 🙂🙂
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Hi Chris, just saying, that I think spam has been naughty again. I tried to say ‘beguiling, I thought’ – on your post.
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Thanks, Chris!
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Nice and cozy!
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Very much so!
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so cosy. ❤️
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But of course!
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I love this Chris it’s purrfect… I love that photo 💜💜
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p.s. I think spam is naughty again… I just said: ‘Fabulous!! I have that album – I might just pull it out…‘ and it was for your side.
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Aww, thanks so much, Willow!💛
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Ahh, a nice fire and a cozy living room! Is that Luna?
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A very nice fire, and yes, that’s Luna! Happy isn’t she.🐈⬛
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Beautiful dodoitsu, and how nice to be cozy and warm, Chris.
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Thanks so much, Eugi.💛
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You’re welcome, Chris.
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Had our first wood fire last week, we never get past mid May, a bit of a seasonal ritual. The Tanka touches my own feelings about autumn’s end.
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Absolutely! I think we are in the same latitude – about 34° south, and in the west as well? Just saying… chilly now.
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Yes, I think that is so, I don’t like extreme cold, but that is unlikely where I am, rare to get below 5C at night and 16 during the day, mostly it’s around 18C so bearable, I like the change from the heat.
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Yep, very similar. Good to be pretty close to the coast.
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Yes indeed 🙂
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It’s pretty chilly in Joburg too. It can be nice inside if I keep the fire going. Nice poem.
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Oh yes, a lovely fire! It’s a nasty day just now. I am looking at the time – 16.40 – too early to start it? Me and Luna will be asking Cliff just now!
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I have a fire all day when I work from home. I’m always cold.
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I have a relative who has a 17 year old Tuxedo cat! Bliss is being well fed and having a warm lap! 🙂
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Aww, so sweet…
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