Thanks Billy! Yes - in Japanese they say blood climbs to your head for hot head - atama ni chi ga noboru.

I like the blog Niall! I will have to remember nesshin 熱心 I like this a lot, it is how training should be. This is how I trained when I was in Japan, it's a pity my ego got in the way so much or was it the 'hot head' is there a phrase in Japanese for that? Kindest as always, Billy

yes it's classy dance,interpreting a plum blossom in the snow.. I have a photo, my son caressing his iguana(cold blood) in the sun, about the touch. iguana tattoos, are a symbol of the search for light by the human soul(so it has a good meaning. And here a poem "Weather is hot, Weather is cold, Weather is changing As the weeks unfold."

Thanks Daisy. Tonight it's going to be 2 degrees celsius - about 36 fahrenheit - but next week it will get a bit warmer: 10 or 12 degrees - in the low fifties fahrenheit. Winter in California sounds nice!

Thank you, Carina. That's a classy dance. I had teppanyaki grill ice cream once.

It seems as if California has got an inkling to mimic the recent Japanese weather; it was gorgeous and sunny here in the Bay Area just last week, and yesterday we were hit with a storm. Today, it is still raining, but through all this wetness and wind peek delicate pink cherry blossoms that herald the coming spring.

Beautiful photo with delicate blossoms inspiring your fitting nice haiku framed by an interesting post. In german they say "keep a cool head in the heat of a battle". I always have a cold shandy after a hot training, and finally I like very much an icecream with hot cherrys(snow with plums). I found this