Christmas is Coming...

Bare, wintry branches reach for the sky

And, as we wait for Christmas, we give thanks for so many things.
Home, health, family, the ability to help others, even in small ways.And the ability to knit handmade gifts.
(I hope I get them all finished in time!)

Happy Holidays!

Hoarders Unite Team 20% off Friday Finds sale

Don't forget to visit Etsy this weekend and purchase some Friday Finds! Team member shops are offering 20% off specified items this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Here are just a few of the items on sale:

GothFae has marked down this adorable tutu petal skirt:Le Boudoir Secret is offering this hand-painted dragonfly necklace:

Is there an Elvis lover on your holiday list? Head over to MyInnerPrincess and purchase this one of a kind photo frame:Or, choose this Circle of Life hammered silver and pink cherry quartz necklace for that special someone from Alterdesigns:

There are more items and more participating shops to explore!

Just search on Etsy for HoardersUnite and FridayFinds
and get shopping!

Thursday Thoughts

Wishing you all the possibility that

exists in droplets of dew

on a fallen leaf

Word Wednesday: Ramiform

Today I used my 1942 hardback Roget's Thesaurus of the English Language in Dictionary Form to select the word I would share. It is how I used to choose my words at work: I would randomly open the dictionary to a page, and choose from among those offerings.

Today, I opened to page 398 which went from Queen to Rank. I chose Ramiform because I had never heard it, and also because Merriam Webster online does not even contain this word. All of my Word Wednesday links thus far have been to Merriam Webster. It is my online dictionary of choice. But, alas, it knows not this word.

So, I give it to you from Dictionary.com:

ram⋅i⋅form
  /ˈræməˌfɔrm/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ram-uh-fawrm] Show IPA
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–adjective
1. having the form of a branch; branchlike.
2. branched.
Origin:
1815–25; <>rāmus, branch; see ramus + -form.]

Synonyms from Roget's: branched, ramose, dendriform, tree-shaped.

Use it in a sentence, you ask?

1. Her ramiform drawing evoked wistful thoughts of bare winter.

2. The meandering creek took a ramiform course through the countryside.

Use it three times and it's yours, they say.
I have my work cut out to make this a fluid
member of my vocabulary.

page 400 has rankle;I will have to remember to use that one someday...