Stormy Weather

[BBMmk2]

Wild, wet and windy, this morning but seems to have calmed down now, probably have a few showers throughout the day!

[gurnemanz]

"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May"

[Petrushka]

"Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May"

Is Shakespeare referring to the Hawthorn here rather than the month of May?

Anyway, a ferocious wind here today and some blustery showers. Not nice.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Drizzle this morning; sunshine this afternoon; gales and showers this evening.

[greenilex]

Early this morning the light was a poisonous yellow and we had a heavy shower. Wind not too troublesome overnight, though. Perhaps I was just tired...

[Sir Velo]

Drizzle this morning; sunshine this afternoon; gales and showers this evening.

April hath come late this year...

[visualnickmos]

Early this morning the light was a poisonous yellow and we had a heavy shower. Wind not too troublesome overnight, though. Perhaps I was just tired...

Sounds like a nuclear winter......

[eighthobstruction]

Lots of swallows back today....loads....I had to duck at one point. First bluebells out....

[Nick Armstrong]

Is Shakespeare referring to the Hawthorn here rather than the month of May?

Likewise, no one's ever been able to be definitive afaik as to whether 'Cast not a clout till May be out' refers to the month of May being over, or the May having bloomed...

Anyone know?

[gurnemanz]

Is Shakespeare referring to the Hawthorn here rather than the month of May?

Anyway, a ferocious wind here today and some blustery showers. Not nice.

I have no idea. The capital letter would point to the month but might of course be from an editor (1609 quarto has "Maie" and "Sommer"). Buds of may are surely so tiny that they would not be a strong poetic image.
I wore both woolly hat and gloves on my bike this morning to go to our weekly market. Low gear needed against a very brisk and chilly west wind but I got a nice fresh trout for my troubles.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Likewise, no one's ever been able to be definitive afaik as to whether 'Cast not a clout till May be out' refers to the month of May being over, or the May having bloomed...

Anyone know?

Isn't it "both", rather than "either/or"? The Hawthorne flowers in May (which is why it's called "the May") so if the flowers are out in early May and it's still chilly, wait 'til the end of the month.

Similarly, Shakespeare (like all great writers, keen on puns and wordplay) refers to both the month and the tree.

[Bryn]

Isn't it "both", rather than "either/or"? The Hawthorne flowers in May (which is why it's called "the May") so if the flowers are out in early May and it's still chilly, wait 'til the end of the month.

Similarly, Shakespeare (like all great writers, keen on puns and wordplay) refers to both the month and the tree.

The Hawthorne in my back garden, along with most other round here, blossomed early in March this year.

[Serial_Apologist]

Lots of swallows back today....loads....I had to duck at one point. First bluebells out....

Gosh, that shows the north-south divide writ large! Our bluebells have been out a good 4 weeks down here. They're all the hybrid type spreading like an invasion from garden centres; but, what the heck, eh...

[vinteuil]

Similarly, Shakespeare (like all great writers, keen on puns and wordplay) refers to both the month and the tree.

... yup. Up to a point, tho', Lord Copper.

I am suddenly reminded of a painful moment in a tutorial when a colleague, in a discussion on Gerard Manley Hopkins's "No worst, there is none.. " sonnet tried desperately to maintain that "May" meant the hawthorn in the lines -

'O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall
Frightful, sheer, no-man-fathomed. Hold them cheap
May who ne'er hung there... '

I think we found a way to let him down from the cliff with some grace.

[eighthobstruction]

I am suddenly reminded of a painful moment in a tutorial when a colleague, in a discussion on Gerard Manley Hopkins's "No worst, there is none.. " sonnet tried desperately to maintain that "May" meant the hawthorn in the lines -

....You are Laurie Taylor....and I claim my £5....