Good-bye Irene


What a day! Lots of rain, wind. Power went out only briefly. Not too shabby. And in case you haven't seen enough pictures and footage of Irene, here's some more:



view from the house- surveying the damage to the fields

 

some damage on Cook Road




East Creek spilled over and created a pond in our field

 
  

 

 

my sunflowers had seen better days...



 

Route 73 just outside of Brandon (the is the Otter Creek
overflowing- the longest river in Vermont)



The weather made me stir crazy. Went outside to make sure the dog went to the bathroom- not too bad. The wind picked up last night tonight and I hear lots of flooding had happened. Youtube Vermont flood and check it out. Crazy stuff!

So last evening, I went and hid in my room and watched my Special Edition Joshua Tree DVD that I had gotten a couple of years back for Christmas and hadn't watched yet. Of course, it was awesome. I realized that I love U2 not because they are Irish and beautiful, but because their songs seem just for me- they fit they way I feel. Here's what I mean:

In God's Country
Desert sky, dream beneath the desert sky.
The rivers run but soon run dry.
We need new dreams tonight.(don't we all?)

MLK

Sleep, sleep tonight
and may your dreams be realized
if the thunder cloud passes rain
so let it rain, rain down on me
so let it be, so let it be

(very fitting after a hurricane)

Bad (one if not my favorite)

If you twist and turn away.
It you tear yourself in two again.
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would let it go.
Surrender, dislocate.

If I could throw this lifeless life-line to the wind.
Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away
Into the night, and through the rain
Into the half light and through the flame.

If I could, through myself, set your spirit free
I'd lead your heart away, see you break, break away
Into the light and to the day.

To let it go and so to find away.
To let it go and so find away.
I'm wide awake.
I'm wide awake, wide awake.
I'm not sleeping.

If you should ask, then maybe
They'd tell you what I would say
True colours fly in blue and black
Blue silken sky and burning flag.
Colours crash, collide in blood-shot eyes.

If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would let it go.

This desperation, dislocation
Separation, condemnation
Revelation, in temptation
Isolation, desolation
Let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away
To let it go and so to find away

I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake
I'm not sleeping
Oh no, no, no.

Running to a Stand Still
And so she woke up
Woke up from where she was lyin' still.
Said I gotta do something
About where we're (I'm) goin'.

Step on a fast train
Step out of the driving rain, maybe
Run from the darkness in the night.
Singing ah, ah la la la de day
Ah la la la de day.

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (my ring tone and my life song)
I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you.

I have run, I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you.

But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for.

And (Psalm) 40

I waited patiently for the Lord.
He inclined and heard my cry.
He brought me up out of the pit
Out of the miry clay.

I will sing, sing a new song.
I will sing, sing a new song.
How long to sing this song?
How long to sing this song?

How long, how long, how long

How long to sing this song?

You set my feet upon a rock

And made my footsteps firm.

Many will see, many will see and hear.

I will sing, sing a new song.

I will sing, sing a new song

I will sing, sing a new song.

I will sing, sing a new song

How long to sing this song?

How long to sing this song?

How long to sing this song?
How long to sing this song?

I can't wait to sing a new song. Pretty powerful, huh? Yes, they're my favorite band. God bless them. And thank goodness the hurricane is gone!



this sunflower broke and it was
much taller than me!