General Phillip Sheridan and Winchester on a Rainy Day (JWB, 2011) |
Rest
of Today
Rain in
the morning...then a chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 50s.
Northwest winds around 10 mph in the morning becoming light and variable in the
late morning and early afternoon...then becoming north around 10 mph late in
the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 100 percent.
Tonight
Cloudy.
Showers likely in the evening...then a chance of showers after midnight. Lows
in the upper 30s...except in the lower 40s downtown. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Thursday
Showers
likely. Cold. Highs in the upper 40s. West winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent.
Thursday
Night
Mostly
cloudy. Cold. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Day after
rainy day . . . a soul could grow weary, were it not for the promise of spring
brought by the landscapers at work in the city’s gardens.
In the
above photo Gutzon Borglum’s statue of General Phillip Sheridan mounted on his
favorite horse, Winchester, emerge from the clouds at the intersection of
Belmont and Sheridan. (Connecting
the Windy City
Blog of May 6, 2010.)
Just the
horse, the general and me – standin’ in the rain, talking to myself.
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