…thanks to Ragtag Daily Prompts for today’s prompt….coddle https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/01/09/rdp-monday-coddle/
1: to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point (coddled the eggs for the Caesar salad)
2: to treat with extreme or excessive care or kindness : PAMPER (accused the court of coddling criminals)
….thanks to Bushboy for todays Ragtag Daily Prompt of ‘esculent’ https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/12/29/ragtag-daily-prompt-thursday-esculent/
es·cu·lent
FORMAL – adjective – fit to be eaten
noun – a thing, especially a vegetable, which is fit to be eaten
The fruit of the tomato plant is esculent but the plant is not. With potatoes the roots are esculent but the plant itself is poisonous.
…thanks to RDP for today’s prompthttps://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/10/19/rdp-wednesday-exquisite/
ex·quis·ite
adjective
There are art pieces that I consider ‘exquisite’ because they speak to me. They can be large or small, refined or bold and realistic or abstract. The following pieces from our most recent art show at WAAC, From Nature to Abstraction, I find ‘exquisite.
…thanks to Ragtag Daily Prompt for today’s theme ‘Atop’ https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/07/10/rdp-sunday-atop/
a·top
/əˈtäp/
preposition
adverb
…thanks to Debbie for hosting the One Word Sunday Challenge https://travelwithintent.com/2022/06/19/hole/
….thanks to Weekly Prompts for hosting this challenge https://weeklyprompts.com/2022/05/14/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-chop/
The prompt is Chop. It could be a number of things like chopping meat or wood or anything that comes to mind when you hear the word chop.
….thanks to Cee for hosting CMMC https://ceenphotography.com/2021/09/22/cmmc-september-alphabet-must-have-an-o-in-the-middle-of-the-word/
All the subjects in these photos have an ‘o’ in the middle of the word.
EtObicOke Creek flOwing ThrOugh Marie Curtis Park
….this word can be either an adjective, a verb or a noun
intransitive verb 1a: to incline, deviate, or bend from a vertical positionHe leaned back in his chair.b: to cast one’s weight to one side for support lean on me as we walk. 2: to rely for support or inspiration preferred not to lean on his father in building a career— Current Biography 3: to incline in opinion, taste, or desire leaning toward a career in chemistry
transitive verb: to cause to lean : INCLINE The boy leaned his head on his mother’s shoulder. lean on: to apply pressure to They were leaning on the governor to pass the law.
lean noun (1)
Definition of lean: the act or an instance of leaning: INCLINATION
lean adjective
Definition of lean 1a: lacking or deficient in flesh b: containing little or no fat lean meat 2: lacking richness, sufficiency, or productiveness lean profits the lean years 3: deficient in an essential or important quality or ingredient: such as a of ore : containing little valuable mineral b: low in combustible component —used especially of fuel mixtures 4: characterized by economy (as of style, expression, or operation)
Thanks to Debbie Smyth for hosting Sunday One Word Challenge https://travelwithintent.com/2021/05/23/lean/
…thanks to Cee for hosting Friday Funny Finds
I saw these two mugs in a store window this week.
Mama Cormier 