It may have been in the 50's yesterday, but it sure sounded like winter winds. My house was rocked all night by gusts of up to 60 miles per hour. I thought for sure after coming through the hurricane Ike winds in the fall, that my house would never make it through these winds without harm. I gave a quick survey of the house when I went out for the paper this morning and it appeared that we made it through! Relieved I read the paper and then started working at 7:30. I made a run to the kitchen for coffee a little later and looked out the kitchen window to find that one of my pine trees didn't fare so well. It took a beating in the ice storm and bounced back, but it doesn't appear it made it through this wind storm.
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho!
unto the green holly:
Most freindship if feigning,
most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,
That does not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As a friend remembered not.
Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho!
unto the green holly:
Most freindship if feigning,
most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
William Shakespeare
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