shadow shot sunday

on the inside

 

 

yesterday the weather was frightful.   I kept thinking and wishing and hoping that the storm clouds and rain would move off and the sun would come out to give me some light and shadows.  no.  it didn't happen.    it rained.   all day.   and more.  into the night.  the wind howled like lonesome blues.   Lake Michigan swirled and tossed up its sand-churned waves, turning itself into chocolate foam.   there were periods of buckets of rain, then stillness, and then more buckets.   the rivers and creeks are swollen with spring's bounty.  the lawns are emeralds in the morning light.  but still....no sun.

so today's shadow comes from the inside.  I'm lovin' it so.   just kidding - lyrics from a Jethro Tull tune.   ok, since you asked, here's more -

"All the places I've been make it hard to begin
to enjoy life again on the inside,
but I mean to.
Take a walk around the block
and be glad that I've got me some time
to be in from the outside,
and inside with you.

I'm sitting on the corner feeling glad.
Got no money coming in but I can't be sad.
That was the best cup of coffee I ever had.
And I won't worry about a thing
because we've got it made,
here on the inside, outside so far away.

And we'll laugh and we'll sing
get someone to bring our friends here
for tea in the evening --
Old Jeffrey makes three.
Take a walk in the park,
does the wind in the dark
sound like music to you?
Well I'm thinking it does to me.
Can you cook, can you sew --
well, I don't want to know.
That is not what you need on the inside,
to make the time go.

Counting lambs, counting sheep
we will fall into sleep
and we awake to a new day of living
and loving you so".

lyrics by Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)

*above photo taken at my friend Woody's house, on the east side of Milwaukee, where we sat on the inside, sheltered against the storm.


more shadows can be found at Hey Harriet  where shadow chasers around the globe gather every Sunday.  head on over and check them out.

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