Since it’s technically not an Advent haiku, I’m bending my own rules. The Peruvian crib scene is still my photo (from a museum in Cajamarca) but I’ve borrowed the backdrop from NASA. Happy Christmas to you all.
Advent haiku – 4th Friday
The last day of Advent, and the last day but one of this haiku image series.
Advent haiku – 4th Thursday
Things are coming to an end (which is rather the point of Advent). Today we’re onto the birth and naming of the forerunner, with a picture of the Judean desert on the Jordan border.
Advent haiku – 4th Wednesday
Today’s image is a fresco from the lower floors of the abbey at Subiaco.
Advent haiku – 4th Tuesday
A bit of a problem when the Gospel turned out to be identical to the one that taxed my brain and image library on Sunday. But here’s today’s freshly minted non-identical twin.
Advent haiku – 4th Monday
Today’s picture is two icons inside the Orthodox Church of St Gabriel, Nazareth.
Advent haiku – 4th Sunday
Into the last stretch now, and definitely the hardest week to illustrate – especially since today’s gospel from the Sunday cycle turns up again in the weekday cycle on Tuesday!
Advent haiku – 3rd Saturday
And so the third week of Advent comes to a close, with a reflection on St. Joseph, fronting Matthew’s nativity narrative.
Advent haiku – 3rd Friday
Today’s haiku – and I confess to a sense of relief that there’s only a week left. But now I won’t be able to use this picture for Christmas Day.
Advent haiku – 3rd Thursday
I’m beginning to realise how much I like alliteration! Here’s today’s haiku.