Beginnings and Endings

Another two-part entry tonight.  Scroll down for the Weekend Assignment part.  First I want to feature another photo essay:

Sunset for the Metal Warriors

Yes, it was sunset time again, but I didn't go up the mountain. Instead I visited the area near Valencia and Kolb in Tucson, where hundreds of old planes and helicopters are stored or restored, scrapped or salvaged. 



The best-preserved aircraft are at the Pima Air and Space Museum, which closes at 5 PM.  I was there at 6 PM.



But nearby, on Valencia and on Kolb, on and off military property, adjacent to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,



...there are retired fighter jets(?), still relatively intact,



...helicopters, and parts thereof,



...collections of spare parts salvaged from old planes,



...empty shells of commercial aircraft and military transport planes,



...and I'm not quite sure what these used to be.


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Weekend Assignment #51: Write a haiku about spring!

Haiku is three lines:
Five syllables, then seven
And then  five again.

Haiku from Japan
Often concern the seasons.
Why shouldn't ours, too?

The Extra Credit:
A drawing or a picture
Showing spring in bloom!

 

 

Spring Haiku

Did you know that I
Wrote my first spring haiku back
In fifth grade or so?

I remember it,
But I will not post it here:
Too embarrassing!

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Spring in Tucson is
Perfect, pleasant, often dry,
But we brace for heat.

This year, we had rain.
Tucson is much greener now
And the drought abates.


Was there winter rain?
If there was, then dormant seeds
Will awake at last.

Patient seeds become
Opportunist flowers, but
Their time will be short.

Heat and storms will blast
Spring's briefly fertile ground when
Cruel Summer returns.

March means visitors:
D-back, Sox and Rockies fans
Fill up the hotels.

Tucson looks to Lute
To help the Wildcats dance well
Into the Big Dance.

Karen