Arctic storm descends ...
Southern California rain
saturates dry ground
washing everything
trees, grass, flowers, houses, cars ...
air feels brisk, smells clean
animals scurry
seeking places to escape ...
watching warily
Ms. Kitty dines 'in'
near French Doors (for quick escape)
... Molly in kitchen
behind 'doggie' gate
watches ... wondering just when
she can play outside
without the 'wet' stuph
falling from the sky today ...
'routines' disrupted
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See a 2nd Haiku Sky Watch Friday
and collage of mine at Sacred Ruminations.
Click for others participating
in Sky Watch & Haiku Friday this week.
Thought for Today
“Let the rain kiss you.
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”
Langston Hughes
Happily Retired Gal 
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December 19, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Comedy Plus
Love the collage. Excellent. It rained here this morning too. Looks like you are getting more than we are however.
Have a terrific day and weekend. Big hug. 🙂
December 19, 2008 at 2:54 pm
babooshka
It is a wonderful collage of intense colours plus you have lovely snow on you blog
December 19, 2008 at 4:56 pm
naturegirl
This was a joy for me to read! Loved the images of palms and blue sky and the kitty..is that one of my black beauties! I enjoyed your Haiku!
As I read this I hear the snowblowers outside my window clearing away winters snow mess!! Enjoyed my visit today! A SWF girl in the north.
December 19, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Dawn Fine
Thanks for the lovely Haiku…
December 19, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Mary
What a wonderful collage. I can’t imagine blue skies and palm trees when we are shoveling out from the storm that lasted most of the day today. We have between 8 and 12 inches as a guestimate. So much snow on our lawn already and this is the first big snowfall of the season. We are to get about the same amount on Sunday. I’m not sure where we’ll put it.
Take care, my friend. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Blessings,
Mary
December 19, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Momisodes
Aww, my pup really dislikes rain as well. Hope you’re all staying dry!
December 19, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Musings
Beautiful, sparkling skies! Have a wonderful weekend.
December 20, 2008 at 6:18 am
Hootin' Anni
poor kitties!!!
Great haiku.
December 20, 2008 at 6:40 am
Ralph
Poor Molly…cats don not like a change in routine, ours most certainly don’t…A bit of rain in SoCal makes for a dramatic sky!
December 20, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Mary
Storyteller,
I find the same thing. I couldn’t believe my staats were so high and comments so low. I guess people just don’t have time to comment at this time of year, or possibly anytime of year.
We have piles of snow here. I did take a few photos before the batteries in my camera died and will try to post them later tonight.
Have a great weekend.
Blessings,
Mary
December 20, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Karen
What a beautiful collage! I love your photos, storyteller!
I was just thinking, poor Miss Kitty probably isn’t that used to rain–so it must really throw her off.
We’ve been getting a ton of rain here, too–which is better than snow!
December 20, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Gattina
Wonderful blue sky and very nice collage, but don’t talk about rain, it rains all the time here in Belgium !
December 23, 2008 at 6:10 pm
CrAzY Working Mom
Thanks for dropping by my Looking at the sky on Friday. The skies in this post look a bit dreadful. I hope the kitty didn’t get too wet. 😀