Not her.
Our three inches of snow that fell yesterday morning.
It's completely gone today.
It was pretty while it lasted.
Nothing gold can stay, Robert Frost said. Apparently nothing white either.
Heraclitus said something to the effect that no man ever steps into the same river twice because the river has changed and the man has changed, and the only permanent thing is change. In Greek, of course.
As somebody once said to somebody else, in Latin yet, Sic transit gloria mundi.
It makes one stop and think.
Aren't you glad you have pictures as proof? It's weird how fast it melts sometimes.
ReplyDeleteEmma, in Georgia it's here one day, gone the next. One must keep one's camera at the ready. In Iowa one is probably able to relax a little as the snow will last for a while when it falls.
DeleteIt was indeed beautiful while it lasted. It rarely lasts long in the south, does it? I remember growing up in Arkansas and how special it was when we had a rare snow. I always knew we had a snow because when I first woke up I could hear the chains that were on the car tires rattling and clanging away on the icy roads. That was back in the 50's or 60's and I don't think people use chains anymore. Our schools would be closed for just a couple of inches of snow - unheard of around here! We played in the snow from daylight to dawn trying to enjoy every last flake. Thanks for taking me back.
ReplyDeleteoops! We played in the snow from daylight to sunset, not dawn. That would not be long at all!
DeleteBonnie, This was the first and possibly only snow of this winter. Southern life shuts down when it snows. Schools close, grocery shelves are empty, we batten down the hatches like it was North Dakota.
DeleteAs I think everyone with a modicum of education knows "Sic transit gloria mundi" means "Thus passes the glory of the world". This Latin sentence is of course spoken during the coronation of a new Pope, while flax is burned to represent the transitoriness of earthly glory. It was first used at the coronation of Alexander V in Pisa on 7th July 1409, but is earlier in origin; it may ultimately derive from ‘O quam cito transit gloria mundi [Oh how quickly the glory of the world passes away]’ in the De Imitatione Christi of Thomas à Kempis. As always, happy to be of service.
ReplyDeleteYorkshire Pudding (Neil), thus spake Wikipedia.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bob. You've totally disillusioned me. I was just swooning admiringly over Neil's eruditeness.
DeleteGraham, happy to be of service.
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