Living in the cold of WI this winter I am dreaming of palm trees and white sand beaches, warm tropical breezes and maybe even a little umbrella. It’s going to be so cold here Governer Scott Walker is thinking of shutting down all the schools in WI with windchill expected to be -45 to -55. And I hear there are still tickets to the Packer Game on Sunday with temps only expected to be -30 with the windchill!
Here is a song I wrote with my husband Bob last night. I think I need steel drums, give it that Jamaica sound! I love reggae music, how about you? I’m going to have to learn to play it though, the beat is totally different than what I am used to!
Looking for a Palm Tree
Copyright 2014 Bob and Diana Rasmussen
Locked up in a corner of time
knocked down by waves of life
Driftwood casualties
accusing me of never done crimes
*
Looking for a palm tree
In a concrete jungle
Choosing to believe in love
Despite what I see
I’m looking for a palm tree
In a concrete jungle
*
World’s full of possibilities
alternate realities
truth is so hard to see
On the beach of abnormality
*
But Seeds grow in the dark
Spring up through cracks
in the sidewalk
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Looking for a palm tree
In a concrete jungle
Choosing to believe in love
Despite what I see
I’m looking for a palm tree
In a concrete jungle
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Yup that’s cold and serves as a reminder why I moved south. But don’t get too excited about those palms and warm sandy beaches. It’s been a frigged 45 for days and expecting to go into the 30s. At the beach…I don’t want to think about how cold it is. And while you may think that’s not so cold remember we don’t have winter coats and the only shoes we have are flip flops. I guess I can’t complain too much, I still haven’t turned on the heat yet.
Hope you can visit sunny Florida soon, keep warm.
Oh yeah…the flip flops, how could I forget! Thanks Anna. 😉
Bring me a coat, I don’t think they sell them here
Oh my, unbelievably cold! Do stay safe and warm. Blessings, Natalie 🙂
Will do beautiful, thank you.
Beautiful again…
Thank you Angel 😉
🙂