Continuing to ramble
ungual
/ˈʌŋɡw(ə)l/
adjective
Medicine Zoology
Relating to or affecting a nail, hoof, or claw.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin unguis ‘nail’ + -al.
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To paraphrase a similar saying, “To a set of clippers, every problem is ungual.”
[To a hammer,every problem is a nail.]
#IlluminatedAlphabet – Day 16
Pot, pan and pressure cooker!
nidus
/ˈnʌɪdəs/
noun
1 Medicine
A place in which bacteria have multiplied or may multiply; a focus of infection.
2 A place or situation in which something develops or is fostered.
Origin
Late 17th century (in the former sense ‘place in which an insect deposits its eggs’): from Latin, literally ‘nest’.
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Festering, foul and flourishing, bacteria rapidly developed in the blemish, an unwanted and unsightly nidus.
(Fear not, Joe has been to the doctor to get it fixed. No gross images needed.)
Gardens and Goodies – a remix of a photo from Karen’s blog https://www.kbtechworks.com/kbranch/blog/archives/4690 … @kfasimpaur #CLMooc #SmallPoems
Text on image:
Potential
Lovely potential in the pots.
Soon to be spread in garden plots.
May there be plenty sun and rain
And your harvests reap you lots.
Illuminated Alphabet – O is for Orbit
/əˈstraɡ(ə)ləs/
noun
1 Zoology
another term for talus (ankle bone)
1.1 astragalihistorical Small bones used as dice.
2 A plant of a genus that includes milk vetch.
Genus Astragalus, family Leguminosae
Origin
Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek astragalos ‘ankle bone, moulding’, also the name of a plant.
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It intrigues me that the astragalus bone isn’t either of the projecting points (lateral and medial malleoli) I see when I look at someone’s beautiful ankles.
#Illuminated Alphabet – N is for No!
Today, I’m glad to share
Advice for all who care.
Try not to be heard as clamorous
When you want to be seen as glamorous.
Weekly Haiku
spring running in rain
the weather will not be fine
marathon monday
/ˈkɒbi/
adjective
(of horses, dogs, and other animals) shortish and thickset; stocky.
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I wonder why Joe prefers cobby animals?
#IlluminatedAlphabet – day 13
M is for Mountain and misty mornings on the highest peaks.
