Yes, this very day I broke my Wind.

Yes, this very day I broke my Wind.

The Wind
by Robert Louis Stevenson

I saw you toss the kites on high
And blow the birds about the sky;
And all around I heard you pass,
Like ladies' skirts across the grass--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

I saw the different things you did,
But always you yourself you hid.
I felt you push, I heard you call,
I could not see yourself at all--
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

O you that are so strong and cold,
O blower, are you young or old?
Are you a beast of field and tree,
Or just a stronger child than me?
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, that sings so loud a song!

My heart is broken Fruity, sometimes I really despair and feel like moving to a remote shack somewhere up the Kerry mountains away from it all.
Yes everything seems to be breaking these days.
The wife is usually up well before me so when I came down this morning I was immediately confronted with her bad news, why do they love to get at you when you are still groggy and only half awake? “Jimmy, the head came off the yard brush again, and a large screw fell out of the hinge on the front gate, it’s now dropping and hard to open, and while your at it the water won’t drain out of the washing machine.” Where would they be without us, and yet retired folks are supposed to be surplus to requirement.
Thinking about getting up, my granny was a country girl (Mullingar) and came to the ‘Big City’ in the early 1900’s, city folks were supposed to be ‘Well up’ and have a handle on most things, and country folks were taken to be ignorant of city life. Morning times when the brother and me were kids getting ready for school we would ask her was she long up, she always answered “I’m not long up, but I’m well up”

I live on a cliff top, right by the sea
In winter, the wind is stronger than me
The car door slams shut, nearly breaking my arm
It's amazing, that wind can cause so much harm
The trees in my avenue all bend away
The leaves flutter down, they're gone in a day
In Summer it's lovely, the wind dies right down
I wake with a smile, instead of a frown

Sweetie x

you have promise - join the beginners class please - yes pugsie is in there too so you won't be alone - RJ is takin the class today!

Where is Young Robert? He has not turned up for my class.