Rose Hips – Haiku – January 9, 2016

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Georgia

of winter roses
all that remains now
frozen hips

Open Link Night # 163

Carpe Diem #893 Fuyusoubi (winter rose)

44 thoughts on “Rose Hips – Haiku – January 9, 2016”

Abhra on January 9, 2016 at 05:33 said:

Must be difficult to think about a winter like that – luckily my winters are not that cold. Welcome to OLN.

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- Bastet on January 9, 2016 at 08:05 said:
  
  And I’m actually lucky … our winters are very mild in Italy.
  
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katiemiafrederick on January 9, 2016 at 05:35 said:

For us in North Florida
only Rose hips..
but grass remains
green and
fresh
for Life..
perhaps a
once in a lifetime
event in January..:)

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- Bastet on January 9, 2016 at 08:07 said:
  
  🙂 alas, even we are having weird warm temps here in Italy this year.
  
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  - katiemiafrederick on January 9, 2016 at 15:22 said:
    
    Smiles.. yes.. odd it is.. in fact
    i’ve heard there is still green
    grass in Illinois for the
    first time as well..
    in recorded
    memory..:)
    
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    - Bastet on January 9, 2016 at 20:33 said:
      
      And that is very strange … this time of the year in Illinois there should be lots and lots of snow … perhaps there has been a time when the winter was so warm … in our area they’re talking about the warmest winter in one hundred years .. and 2016 is predicted to be even warmer …
      
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      - katiemiafrederick on January 9, 2016 at 20:34 said:
        
        Smiles.. Yes indeed..:)
        
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      - Bastet on January 10, 2016 at 22:40 said:
        
        Ah not good .. though I’m happy my family have been warmer than usual this year 😉
        
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      - katiemiafrederick on January 10, 2016 at 22:45 said:
        
        Winter finally coming here tonight.. If the forecast holds up.. Smiles..:)
        
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      - Bastet on January 11, 2016 at 06:40 said:
        
        Hope it will be clement and not come with a vengeance in its heart! Smiles for you Two! 😉
        
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      - katiemiafrederick on January 11, 2016 at 14:54 said:
        
        🙂
        
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- Bastet on January 9, 2016 at 08:28 said:
  
  BTW … I’ve tried to visit your blog, but because of all the heavy photos, videos etc it blocks my computer … I’m terribly sorry 🙂
  
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  - katiemiafrederick on January 9, 2016 at 15:29 said:
    
    Smiles.. yes.. i can relate too.. before i upgraded my iPhone to the 6s versions i was not able to open my word press site.. on mobile.. but i have two other blogger platform blogs where it is no problem to open them up.. the fastest one is
    
    http://katiemiafrederick.blogspot.com
    
    if you are interested.. but no problem..
    as i am kind of like a traveling
    blog anyway..
    in terms of
    how i respond..
    and i actually wrote
    an over 50 thousand
    free verse epic poetry
    post titled ‘GodsUniVerseNovel’
    that is an actual free verse novel..
    in a matter of days.. in one blog post
    on December 26th.. with 269 photos
    in that one and dozens of videos..
    i am no normal
    person..
    and ha..
    even my
    doctors
    will tale
    you that..
    wInks..
    at any rate.. there
    are over 3 million
    words in my Word
    Press blog and over
    11 million total
    since
    November
    26th 2010..
    practice
    it’s what
    i do..
    practice.. smiles..;)
    
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    - Bastet on January 9, 2016 at 20:33 said:
      
      Wow … that’s a lot of words and photos .. congratulations!
      
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      - katiemiafrederick on January 9, 2016 at 20:35 said:
        
        Smiles my friend.. All for fun..!..:)
        
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      - Bastet on January 10, 2016 at 22:40 said:
        
        Yes indeed! And lots of it too!
        
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      - katiemiafrederick on January 10, 2016 at 22:45 said:
        
        🙂
        
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on January 9, 2016 at 08:22 said:

There is some memory in those hips… But they make excellent tea.

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- Bastet on January 9, 2016 at 08:33 said:
  
  Yes there are and the tea is very healthful. 🙂
  
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  - Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on January 9, 2016 at 10:44 said:
    
    In Sweden we do a sweet soup – you can buy packets in any store.
    
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    - Bastet on January 9, 2016 at 20:04 said:
      
      Now that is interesting, I’d never heard of rose hip soup .. thanks for the info Bjorn.
      
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petrujviljoen on January 9, 2016 at 08:23 said:

Lovely!

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joanna on January 9, 2016 at 12:12 said:

of course – hips!
Finally that winter rose thing makes sense.
Have you ever sown the seeds? You can get wonderful surprises, if you are patient enough.

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- Bastet on January 9, 2016 at 20:08 said:
  
  No, I’d never thought of sowing the seeds … that sounds like an interesting experiment … thanks Joanna 🙂
  
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  - joanna on January 10, 2016 at 23:53 said:
    
    before you sow, test the seeds for viability: drop them in a jar of water.
    discard the floaters and sow the rest.
    I have had such fun with this. Free and what’s more, new roses. You can then name them.
    
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    - Bastet on January 11, 2016 at 06:42 said:
      
      Thanks for the tip … this is a really lovely idea. Of course the roses born here will be the “throw-backs” from nature .. this sounds like it will be a very interesting project for me.
      
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writersdream9 on January 9, 2016 at 13:49 said:

My hips get frozen too! Very nice!

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- Bastet on January 9, 2016 at 20:19 said:
  
  LOL! I do so love a play on words … and THAT you can do with a senryu … or unintentionally with a haiku 🙂
  
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  - writersdream9 on January 9, 2016 at 22:15 said:
    
    You play with words very well!
    
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    - Bastet on January 10, 2016 at 22:41 said:
      
      😉
      
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Grace on January 9, 2016 at 16:39 said:

Frozen hips…I like this haiku ~ Here, its so cold that our roses are mere bones ~

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- Bastet on January 10, 2016 at 22:28 said:
  
  Poor things .. and yet, not long ago it was way to warm I’ve been told!
  
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smilecalm on January 9, 2016 at 16:50 said:

thawed out
envisioning
the hip’s gifts 🙂

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- Bastet on January 10, 2016 at 22:33 said:
  
  Many and varied
  just discovered sweet hip soup
  gift rom Sweden
  
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Cheryl-Lynn on January 10, 2016 at 00:47 said:

rose hips steeping, quel saveur!

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- Bastet on January 10, 2016 at 22:43 said:
  
  They truly are!
  
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janicead on January 10, 2016 at 06:08 said:

Wonderful take, Bastet! We have roses blooming outside our patio. Central Texas for you in winter!

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- Bastet on January 11, 2016 at 05:32 said:
  
  Oh cool, you’re visiting again … would those be yellow roses by chance? 😉
  
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Mary on January 12, 2016 at 21:12 said:

I enjoyed your sense of humor here. Frozen hips of any kind are just plain COLD!

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- Bastet on January 13, 2016 at 07:15 said:
  
  LOL thanks Mary, I’m glad you liked my sense of humour! 🙂
  
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purplepeninportland on January 17, 2016 at 00:46 said:

I have never seen rose hips before. Thanks for the photo and the lovely haiku.

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- Bastet on January 17, 2016 at 22:38 said:
  
  You’re very welcome . I’m glad you enjoyed them both 🙂
  
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adaspoetryalcove on February 1, 2016 at 13:14 said:

Alas all my rose hips are frozen. We had our first snow (15″) that froze out all the new buts that had formed on my bushes. Still your poem is lovely. :0)

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- Bastet on February 1, 2016 at 16:45 said:
  
  Unfortunately the poor plants are getting strange signals … sorry about that – glad you enjoyed the poem though.
  
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