Once in a lifetime

Ichi-go ichi-e

Islands of far east
Osmosis of my being
My samurai hakama

Turning Japanese
The essence of spirit life
Bamboo filtered light

This is my autumn
Vermillion tangerine
Little hands grasp

Warm colours shared
Of different ocean shores
One love, a journey

Arashiyama bamboo grove, Kyoto, Japan – photography by © #AndreaCConnolly

Lotus Dream

Dreaming of JapanInside a green-white lotusMy soul a wind chime ©️ By AndreaCConnollyRemembering a summer day in July 2025 at Byodoin Temple in Uji, Kyoto, Japan, where they have their own Byodoin lotus flowers in greenish white. 23.3.2026 photograph by AndreaCConnolly byodoin Temple Uji

by andreacconnolly March 28, 2026

Japan journey revisited

by andreacconnolly October 18, 2023October 18, 2023

Deep as water

Swirls of waterForever etched in stoneIn the dark deep River finding waysThrough undergroundAncient caverns A timeless worldSlowed down drops downOn shortlived heads Breathing ocean airAeons later in mountainsSteps hearts echo © #AndreaCConnolly5.7.2022 9th anniversaryMarble Arch Cave

by andreacconnolly July 18, 2022

First Blessing

The light of a star
In midwinter
The sound of straw
Under their feet
The warm breaths in the stable
The shimmer of angel wings
In their eyes
They come with empty hands
Open to touch the newborn
They gift their hearts
In this starlit night of wonder
The first blessing
Streams from a manger

#photography by # AndreaCConnolly

(Our Lady of Buda Castle Church / Budapest)