A Daily Life

Thing (from Wiktionary) – A word, symbol, sign or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity. There are all kinds of signs and symbols for things in downtown that refer to streets, tourist attractions, places, and rules to follow – especially the one way street signs (there is not one in this […]

Range (from Wiktionary) – A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates. Personally, I think they could have found some place more comfortable – such as my bed!  That was the only time I ever saw the cats sleeping on top of the stove, although the […]

Far (from Wiktionary) – Long. The top of the first hill during my lunchtime walk always seems to be so far away! Word for tomorrow – RANGE.  If you prefer to work ahead, see the list for the week under “A Word A Day”.  Next week’s list will be posted later. Join the challenge!  Post daily […]

Live (from Wiktionary) – To be alive; to have life. My husband is one of the most alive people that I know.  He has a life and he loves living it.  This picture was the day after Valentine’s Day when he’d gotten up early to make breakfast for me before work.  I wanted to snap a […]

Cook (from Wiktionary) – To prepare (food) for eating by heating it, often by combining it with other ingredients. This is one of my very favorite pictures of my daughter and my nephew from Christmas several years ago.  My daughter loves to try new recipes and she outdid herself with the Christmas meal that year.  […]

Leap (from Wiktionary) – To jump from one location to another. Or to act wild and see how much noise can be made by two dogs playing.  There was a lot of teeth and a lot of noise, but not much action.  Isn’t this baby beagle just the cutest?  He still is, but he’s much […]

No (from Wiktionary) – Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). I think this photo says it all.  It is numbered immediately before the husband’s laughing.  I don’t remember what was being said “NO” so eloquently, but I have no doubt this is what set off the husband’s to laugh so hard.  Word for tomorrow – […]

Ally (from Wiktionary) – To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love. So here’s the two partners in crime that set off the husbands shown in yesterday’s post.  My wonderful, wonderful sister visiting me several years ago. Word for tomorrow – NO.  If you prefer to work ahead, see the list […]

Join the challenge!  For more information, click  the tab marked “challenge invitation“. Laugh – An expression of mirth particular to the human species (from Wiktionary). Take two bored husbands, the Christmas holidays, and a pair of sassy sisters, and eventually someone starts laughing, infects the other one and now both are laughing to no end.  Word for tomorrow […]

Join the challenge!  For more information, click  the tab marked “challenge invitation“. Next (from Wiktionary)- Following in a sequence.  Here is the next kitten – the one I got next after the two in yesterday’s picture – the last one of my babies.  He passed away last year at the age of nine from kidney failure.  I miss him […]

Join the challenge!  For more information, click  the tab marked “challenge invitation“. Soft – non-abrasive, fluffy. Who could resist a soft bed and a soft body to cuddle with?  Not my cats!  I miss them both.  Word for tomorrow – NEXT.  If you prefer to work ahead, see the list for the week under “A Word […]

Join the challenge!  For more information, click  the tab marked “challenge invitation“. Deadly – lethal [from Wiktionary] No, the puppy had not been properly crated until after his rampage.  The puppy no longer gets crated, has a grey chin and face, but will still opportunistically destroy baseball caps and dirty lunch containers if they are left too close […]

Join the challenge!  For more information, click  the tab marked “challenge invitation“. Expand – To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).  [From Wiktionary] In this case, the winter squash is trying for world domination.  It took over this entire back corner and escaped out the fence for more lawn and our neighbor’s driveway.  […]

Join the challenge!  For more information, click  the tab marked “challenge invitation“. ADMIT – To allow to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind. . . (from Wiktionary). I love this picture from two summers ago!  I feel like I am welcoming everyone into my not-so-secret garden.  I’m tempted to use this […]

Happy Valentines Day! Join the challenge!  For more information, click  the tab marked “challenge invitation“. Stopping sight distance is a term used in highway design. It is defined as “the length of roadway ahead visible to the driver … (from Wikipedia) I was playing around with the camera while we drove through the Blue Ridge Mountains on one […]

Join the challenge!  Post a picture to match the word of the day and put a link in the comments.  You’ll be amazed at how differently the word gets interpreted.  Finally -At the end or conclusion; ultimately. So picture this – we wait and wait and wait and finally the music starts.  As Pomp and […]

Join the challenge!  Post a picture to match the word of the day and put a link in the comments.  You’ll be amazed at how differently the word gets interpreted.  Weird – Deviating from the normal; bizarre. I took this with my cell phone just several weeks ago at the Virginia Historical Society.  It’s a […]

Join the challenge!  Post a picture to match the word of the day and put a link in the comments.  You’ll be amazed at how differently the word gets interpreted.  Map (from Wikipedia) – A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, […]

Join the challenge!  Post a picture to match the word of the day and put a link in the comments.  You’ll be amazed at how differently the word gets interpreted.    Sound (from Wikipedia) – Sound is a sequence of waves of pressure which propagates through compressible media such as air or water. Dinner on […]

White Flag – The white flag is an internationally recognized protective sign of truce or ceasefire, and request for negotiation. . . The most common way of making a white flag is to obtain a pole and tie two corners of a sheet of cloth to the top of the pole and somewhere in the middle.  […]