Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
~ William Shakespeare
These pictures were taken an my walk on Monday. They could definitely not be taken today. With the "rough winds shaking the darling buds of may" and the rain and thunder snow last night and this morning, the "darling buds" are buried under an inch of snow this morning. When Saga and I were walking, the dandelions were nothing but stalks stretching futilely through the snow cover.
I heard it said recently, that Colorado is one of the few places where you can be mowing your lawn in the morning and shoveling your walk in the afternoon. That was certainly true yesterday. This morning's rush hour is going to be fun so I guess I had best post this and get headed out. But looking out the office window and the snow-covered aspens, it is just so lovely right now...
Wherever you are this morning, I hope you will have an excellent day!
Don Bergquist - May 12, 2010 - Lakewood, Colorado, USA
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