I don't know what it's like in your "neck of the woods," but here in the Midwest we are finally supposed to have a couple days with above freezing temperatures. At last, a chance to scrape all the ice off the driveway and get the car washed! Until we get there, though, I will enjoy the snow piling up bit by bit around our yard. I snapped this photo of our frosty little boxwoods yesterday.
It makes me think of the first verse of "In the Bleak Midwinter." I know it's a Christmas carol, but it just seems appropriately descriptive of this time of year too.
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
Frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron,
Water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
- Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
This sheet music takes me back to my choir days. The notes here seem a little different from what I remember; maybe this carol is sung to different tunes. In the version we sang, that last "snoooow on snow" always seemed a little long, like the snow really was never-ending. Does anybody else remember singing this version?
Either way, since much of the country is experiencing the cold, dark days of winter, tomorrow I'll try to warm things up a bit with some images of happy, colorful interiors.
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I don't remember this song, but seeing Christina Rosetti's name brings me back to my British Lit Survey courses! Requesting Edward Lear next week! ;-)
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