#5 : Swaddle : SWOD-l : verb

1. To bind an infant with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement.
2. To wrap (anything) round with bandages.
3. (Noun) A long, narrow strip of cloth used for swaddling or bandaging.


I know, late again.


The picture for this is probably quite predictable for this time of year. It shows a nativity scene with Jesus "wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger".

Lovely.

#4 - Calvous : KAL-vuhs : adjective

1. Lacking in all or most of the hair on the head; bald.


I made the clever move of leaving the SD card in the card reader today so didn't have camera for most of the day. Good one!


This photo may seem a little strange...

... but I have grown a lot of more aware of the baldness of my top lip ever since I shaved off my tash. (See below - I did not take this photo, but included it for reference!)

Not the best photo, but I think it illustrates the point.


:-)


*EDIT* - New better photo uploaded!

... and so the lateness continues...

Ok, so I'm late for the second time! Yesterday was a bit crazy so I didn't get time to post, but I took some pictures!

Word #2
lucent : [loo-suhnt] : adjective

1. shining.
2. translucent; clear.

The first picture I snapped of an advert in the union... a rubbish photo really but as I study electronics, 'LED' caught my eye! I'm a geek at heart. They are more energy efficient, and they would last longer (hence saving you money)

Second picture is a view from a window at uni of a small part of Leeds at night. I thought the shining lights would put across the word well. Classic, but still pretty!

Word #3

brogue : [brohg] : noun

1. Any strong regional accent.
2. An Irish accent in the pronunciation of English.
3. A durable, comfortable, low-heeled shoe, often having decorative perforations and a wing tip.
4. A coarse, usually untanned leather shoe once worn in Ireland and Scotland.
5. Brogan.
6. A fraud; trick; prank.

A strange word to try taking a photo of... thankfully I read some of The Lord of the Rings today and this dialogue between Frodo and Sam has some proper local language! I love it.




I know it's technically not Irish, or Scottish, but it is regional.

:-)

Day 1 - 19th Dec 2011 - A late start... meh.

So, it seems that it's a bit in fashion with Jo, Jen and Emily to do this so I thought I would gatecrash their challenge and start (fashionably) late. The challenge being to pick a random word from a dictionary every day for two weeks and take a photo representing that word (in this case, I'm just going to use dictionary.com's word of the day since I don't own a paper dictionary). It sounds fun. Let's do it!

Day #1... Word #1: ectype: a reproduction; copy.

A photo of my lecture notes from which I have just been revising. Don't they look exciting! They are all different in this photo, however these are all copies of a powerpoint presentation and they were probably each photocopied at least a hundred times!

I hope my first blog is satisfactory.