parley view parsnip... haiku

My Monday post about what is going on around my home.

The monsoon storms have been beautiful while delivering much needed rain.
But they can also be very destructive.
The summer monsoons are like that.
Unpredictable. 

Here are a few of my summer haiku


morning clouds appear
the air is filled with promise
hint of rain to come

saguaros in bloom
the wildflowers are now gone
summer monsoon come

clouds chase the moon
earth and the sun move silently
moon embracing sun

dragons in the clouds
white rabbit lives in the moon
run run run away hide

evening clouds appear
the air is filled with promise
quail escapes the hawk

haiku. . . parsnip
music. . . The Sheltering Sky, Ryuichi Sakamoto

side note
the dragon in the sky haiku in Japanese is

kumo no tatsu
tsuki kara negero
shirousagi

when you translate it reads

dragon of the clouds
from the moon escapes
white rabbit

I like this translation better than my haiku
but it then becomes not a haiku.
I would like to re-work it
but it was what I felt at the moment so I will let it be.
 

Square Dog Friday... guard dugs !

We all know what day it is so lets woof it...
I feel very safe (?)
I have guard dugs !
wahahahahahahahahahahaha
whoa, let me get my breath here.


oh boy oh boy ohboyohboyohboy out out outoutout now !

come out comeoutcomeout !

come

out

thehamish seein' you

yesh

is you there ?

i'mmmm thinkin' so

hey Watson you lookin' that way
me thehamish i be lookin' this way

now we lookin' same

i see you
yert !

oh Hamish relax...
I'm hot I am going in now.

here is the what "the hamish" was guarding me from...  a teeny tiny lizard
who has lost his tail and I think one leg.
I feel so safe.

Watson knows what to do on a hot day,
he will let "the hamish" do the lizard chasing. 

awwwwwwww my sweet babo,  I love my Dr. Watson

Here is your pretty for the weekend

from tiny seeds 

my favorite Palo Verde trees grow.

lizard. . . parsnip
music. . . Jailhouse Rock,  The Blues Brothers

monsoon madness... square dog sunset

Monday evening after the rain...


As the sun was starting to set
I tried to take a few photos of the fast moving clouds.

My little point and click was freaking out over all the colors.
I didn't play with any of the colors
and these are pretty close to what the sky looked like.

The sun was setting west and this is looking north.

If you look close at the bottom clouds, can you see a square dog running so fast
he is leaving a train of dust behind him ?

running fast into the sunset

running

run square dog run

and he is gone...

cloudy. . . parsnip
music. . . Run With Me,  Keane

parley view parsnip... monsoon

My Monday post about what is going on around my home in Tucson, Arizona
Monsoon Sunday
Flash flood warning everywhere, storm clouds rolling in, thunder, lighting
and the air overflowing with ozone, dust and sage.


The storm starts

the rain starting at the north east

circulating around the valley

heading south west

I swear this looks like the cloud formation the aliens hide in at the start of
the movie Independence Day

ending in the south west.

Rain on my south facing kitchen window

storm passing over my home and heading north.

The clouds are starting to clear.

Here is your pretty to start the week...

More of the Texas Rangers that are blooming all over Tucson in July.

My friends home down the street

a neighbors

and some in front of my home.

raining. . . parsnip
music. . . Heavy Clouds No Rain,  Sting

Square Dog Friday... part duex...

here we go more....
two sad square dug post today?
yesh this is going tooooo far...
i not a stuffed kielbasa
i gud dug hamish


not my fault watson had to get tanggiggley hair cut
i neked
nice tall person who is not really gud anymore keeps calling me a kielbasa
wot is that ?
oh woe is me...
woe woe woe
need chkikin' strip
sad dug hamish

Yes I am a bad Mum....
but I just had to post a new photo of the hamish
or as I now call him my little kielbasa
check out the first Friday post to read the whole sad story.

whahahahahah... parsnip

Square Dog Friday... oh dear what happened ?

We all know what day this is
but
oh whot happned ? not gud !
the hamish no gud

yea that me lookin' at you lookin' at me who is lookin' more at you
did little green tall people come down from space and zap us ?
whot happned'
all our hair is gone !
watson hair all tanggiggley so it had to be all cut off, so mum said cut mine off too
whot !
why ?
 why we have to be that same no gud !
no gud at all
hamish no gud even chkikin' strip not fix... . ..
. .. ...well
 maybe some chkikin might be gud !

i am almost neked
mum keeps saying something about how i looking like a stuffed kielbasa ?
whot is that ?  is it fud ? can i eat it ?
lookin' at my little feeties and broken ankles thingies

I feel better so much better
but I don't know if there is enough chicken strips in the jar to make up for the hissy fit
the hamish is throwing right now.
A nap sounds very nice right now !

Here is your pretty for the weekend

several shots of the same sunset 

taken mintuets apart

with different settings.

likeing i say i need much chkikin' strips now
i'm not lookin' gud.
chkikin where you
so sad
 woe is me
who is hissseyfit ?
and wot is kielbasa ?

rotten. . . parsnip
music. . . Mad World,  Michael Andrews, Gary Jules