Hey sugarbean.
I loved your post 65 on August 4.
Little drops of water
Wear away stone.
Anon
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Hearing lots of chatter about weather the last day or so
https://www.etymonline.com/word/weather#etymonline_v_46445
Excerpts
weather (v.)
“come through safely,” 1650s, from weather (n.). The notion is of a ship riding out a storm. Sense of “wear away by exposure” is from 1757. Related: Weathered; weathering. Old English verb wederian meant “exhibit a change of weather.”
weather (n.)
Old English weder “air, sky; breeze, storm, tempest,” from Proto-Germanic *wedra- “wind, weather” (source also of Old Saxon wedar, Old Norse veðr, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch weder, Old High German wetar, German Wetter “storm, wind, weather”), traditionally said to be from PIE *we-dhro-, “weather” (source also of Lithuanian vėtra “storm,” Old Church Slavonic vedro “good weather”), suffixed form of root *we- “to blow.” But Boutkan finds this “problematic from a formal point of view” and finds only the Slavic word a likely cognate
wether (n.)
“male sheep,” especially a castrated one, Old English weðer “ram,” from Proto-Germanic *wethruz (source also of Old Saxon wethar, Old Norse veðr, Old High German widar, German Widder, Gothic wiþrus “lamb”), literally “yearling,” from PIE root *wet- (2) “year” (source also of Sanskrit vatsah “calf,” Greek etalon “yearling,” Latin vitulus “calf,” literally “yearling”).
Symbolism?
Weather-worn away by exposure/riding out a storm
Wether-a castrated male goat or sheep
Hey Cats Pajamas! Good to see you, I hope all is well in the pandhandle.
Going to do my mountain now. (I wish a storm would come here, going to go up to 105 in a few days)
Don’t forget ‘whether’
wheth·er
[ˈ(h)weT͟Hər]
CONJUNCTION
expressing a doubt or choice between alternatives:
“he seemed undecided whether to go or stay” · “it is still not clear whether or not he realizes”