It was cold, it was wet, both rain and hail, and my three friends reminded me of:

"Three Girls in the rain" by Kuniyoshi

This photo was taken (Saturday April 8th) at Bristol's Brunel200 event to celebrate Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 200th birthday, performed by 200 saxophonists with Andy Sheppard.


muddy feet
three women
in the rain

Vicki


stormy weather
three women
having a giggle

Jeremy


chucking it down
ladies dancing
in the rain

Charlotte


These three haiku were taken from:

PARADE OF LIFE:
POEMS INSPIRED BY JAPANESE PRINTS
Selected by Paul Conneally & Alan Summers
ISBN: 09539234-2-8

Over 300 schoolchildren and other individuals wrote
more than 400 poems inspired by art at Bristol Museum &
Art Gallery's 'Parade of Life' Japanese Print Exhibition as
part of the Bristol Poetry Festival and Japan2001 Festival.

Booklaunches: Bristol, U.K. & Akita, JAPAN

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"'Parade of Life' is very impressive."
HIROAKI SANO Japanese Embassy
London, U.K.
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