Monsoon is here, or is it?

गीली नहीं ज़मीन
पीली पड़ गयी अर्जी
बारिश की तो इस बार
ढीली पड़ गयी मर्जी
(The Earth aint wet
the requests have turned yellow (as in old paper eventually turning yellow)
the rains have, this time
lost their will to shower)

The elusive Monsoon has played truant this year. It started on a promising note, only to dry up, to show a late start, only to dry up again. Here are a few pictures I managed to click when it did rain like it usually does this time of the year......




My garden, a continuous work in progress.... The plants just love this season. They seem so much happier, in a state of celebration.