schmap

schmap, originally uploaded by angryparsnip.

You all remember this picture from my trip to San Francisco.
A few weeks ago I received an inquiry that my photo was viewed on
Flickr and short listed to be included, with my permission, into the "
Schmap" of San Francisco.
long story short. . . the picture is included. . . yea !

Schmap is a fun map of several cities that you access on your computer
and iphone. They do restaurants too !

www.schmap.com/sanfrancisco. . . they have wonderful pictures of all
the attractions, mine is on the California Academy of Sciences link.

A nice treat for me and what a hoot !

Artist . . . parsnip
Music. . . 1 2 3 4. . . Feist

scene of the crime !

scene of the crime !, originally uploaded by angryparsnip.

Sunday I was in the pool exercising and enjoying the late afternoon
quiet. Beautiful !

Out of the conner of my eye I see something moving in the water along
the edge of the pool. I always see thing floating in and out of my
vision ( quite like the Japanese anime series Mushi-Shi ) so I didn't
think too much of it till it started to move towards me. . . bad
knee or not I was out of the pool like a flash, OK a slow flash! and
looking at a 12 inch baby King Snake. A small but scary quite
beautiful deep black snake with white bands. Hello, that got my heart
rate pumping !

I fished it out of the pool and dropped it outside the snake proof
fence that somehow wasn't working so well that day !
King Snakes are non-venomous and in fact eat other snakes. They have
an immunity to venom so good-bye rattlesnakes, Hello my new BFF, King
Snake.

I also have a rather large Black Snake that lives on the west side of
my home. I have named him Oswald. He eats rodents, bugs, lizards,
other snakes and small mammals he also is non-venomous . . thank
goodness he is also slow. I still yelp every time I see a snake BFF
or not !

The Two Little Square Black Dogs were outside enjoying the morning and
sitting by the pool. Watson is sitting by the pool and Hamish is
lounging on the chaise. No snakes in the pool this morning. Thank
goodness !

Jumpy. . . . parsnip
music . . . . Jump and Move. . . The Brand New Heavies

storm clouds

storm clouds, originally uploaded by angryparsnip.

Sometimes just living here is a treat !

Serene. . . parsnip
Music. . . In The Blink Of An Eye. . . Christopher Cross

Clouds at Twilight

Clouds at Dusk, originally uploaded by angryparsnip.

Monsoons are back. . . These clouds, toward the North-East, were taken
on Monday evening. The rain storm is on the bottom left.

I love the Twilight hour. Everything gets that soft lavender glow and
it gets really quiet right before it turns dark, you can almost hear
the earth sigh before evening starts.
I just read about a twilight term called " The time between dog and
wolf " it seem when twilight comes you can't tell one from another,
I think this is so true.

A pensive . . . . parsnip
Music. . . Passing By. . . Ulrich Schnauss
Far Away Trains Passing By, is one of my all time favorite albums. . .
both disks

Calendar

Calendar, originally uploaded by angryparsnip.

My Son and Daughter-in-law send me every year a calendar from
Japan.. . Usually it is something to do with Studio Ghibli or some
anime character. . . yes I am really a 17 year old nerd in spirit. . .

This year I received a calendar that shows all the festivals and
holidays in Japan. So on any given day someone is celebrating
something. Usually dancing and fireworks is involved oh and food lots
of really yummy street food. . .

Today 10 August, it is my Brothers Birthday and on the calendar his
day has lots of Fireworks. . . Yea ! soooooo. . . To my Brother,
Happy Happy Birthday !

Yummy cake. . . parsnip
Music. . . The Birthday Song ( you knew this was coming, right )

Stormy Friday

Stormy Friday, originally uploaded by angryparsnip.

This evening view is looking West. Just liked the way it turned
out. . . Lots of wonderful clouds but no rain for the next few days.

I am thinking of adding a set of clouds cards to my stationary
line. . . Living here in Arizona I don't think I will run out of
material.

Floating . . . parsnip
Music. . . Heavy Cloud No Rain. . . Sting

Clouds

Clouds, originally uploaded by angryparsnip.

The force of nature that is " El Nino " has been playing havoc with
our monsoon this Summer, not our usual amount of rain. A dryer summer
usually means a wetter Winter, we shall see.

Rainstorms or not Mother Nature always put on a Fabulous Summer Cloud
show. Yea !

A rather dry but happy. . . . parsnip
Music. . . Storm. . . . Tatsuro Yamashita