VERVE(Miriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary - 2a: the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance)
Gooseneck Loosestrife
(demonstrating either Verve or Nerve)
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(demonstrating either Verve or Nerve)
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Wonky
(Miriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: 1. Brit: Unsteady, shaky)
This little retaining wall/collection of oddities including recycled chunks of sidewalk does its job, looks rather quaint (if you will), but don't try walking on it without knowing that it's precipitous (and Wonky)!!
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14 comments:
Wonky - great one! (Very creative) :-)
Hahaha, it was really funny to see wonky and its description popping up on your site - it's a very commonly used word in our house and it's easy to forget that the rest of the world may not know it!
Your wall may be a bit wonky, but it's lovely! :)
Love this... excellent! Yep... I like the wonky too but the nerve or that verve of loosetrife got me ;-)
A wonk in the US context is someone who knows a lot of stuff, perhaps obsessive so. Interesting that there's a totally different meaning of wonky.
On behalf of the ABC Wednesday team, THANK YOU!
Love this post , verve and wonky brought me a smile.
Clever W! Wonky is an incredibly handy word!
Very good use of the letters SG! I have never grown gooseneck loosestrife before ~ it looks so pretty and I can see how it got its name.
btw, My Alliums are planted around in various locations and they seem to do equally well in part sun, full sun, etc. I don't have any in full shade ~ that's the only condition I can't tell you about. As happy as Queen of the Prairie is there, I bet the different Alliums would be too. :-)
Were you able to have your garden tour?
Hiya,
I always think of the word 'verve' as 'panache', doing something 'with the swagger of your convictions', to coin a silly combination of words.
I'd love to see a close-up of a head of one of those Loosestrives. -strifes?
Can you tell you've got me utterly confused?
Are the little ones behaving? I bet you're having fun.
Of course I had to visit this post with my initials in the title! Fun words you've picked. Some would say loosestrife is vicious. Pretty pictures of it, though!
Hi Garden Ms. S - Glad you enjoyed the word! ;-)
Hi Liz, Wonky is such a great word. We really Don't use it, but I love it and hope to remember to do so whenever I might need it! :-)
Shirl, Loose strife under any other conditions would have run rampant by now. But it's in the shade, terrible rocky soil, etc. I will be digging out a good share of the plant this Fall, however.
Hi Roger, You can tell I've been hard-pressed to be timely these days. Thanks for your visit.
Rosemary, I don't know how to let you know, other than by leaving a message here - but I'm having a Terrible Time at your site. During the upload, I momentarily see your new post, but by the time it's loaded - there's nothing but your header name.
Tumblewords, Perhaps we'll both be making mental notes to use it?
Hi Kathleen, I've just taken a photo of the filpendula rubra and it's getting ready to bloom! :-) Yes, we were able to have the tour last Sunday. (We've been enjoying the presence of our 6- and 4-year old grandchildren this week, so . . . no post, as yet!) It's coming, though!
Hi Jo, We are having fun and now the week is about to close. We meet parents tomorrow (Saturday). I'll take a close-up of the loose strife and post it soon. :-)
VW, Oh! I'm glad you stopped in and I'll try to use those letters again! ha. :-) Yes, loosestrife is "vicious." Very aggressive. I've given it a challenge and it's finally spreading. (I'll also be digging a LOT of it out this Fall!)
Love the post....
Excellent work with the V and W and I love the wonky wall :)
DGG, Thanks! :-)
ShySongbird, Wonky at best. ha!
I love gooseneck loostrife! I've been seeing it places, but I don't have a spot for something that spreads as much as it does.
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