Saturday, September 5, 2009
A word a day...from Big Dictionary
Purlieus-neighborhood or environs; a place where one may range at large; one's bounds, haunt or resort. (The word has other definitions referring back to feudal Europe). I'm reading the novels of William Faulkner this summer, which means I'm camped out with Big Dictionary at my side while I enjoy my book.
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To Remember Dad's 103rd Birth Anniversary, Something Different
My Grandparents on my Dad's side were both "bonus babies", kids who were born to much older parents, long after they expected...
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My Grandparents on my Dad's side were both "bonus babies", kids who were born to much older parents, long after they expected...
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The Official First Flower of the Growing Season 2010--the chilly, bloodless snow-drop tentatively peeps up, through the crust of bird-seed ...
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...socializing with a very well behaved and smiling Pit Bull and his young owners. A portrait for Camera Critters .
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