Word Watching ~

The Origin of the word loophole:

"In the late Middle Ages, a loop was a narrow window, in a castle or other fortification, through which an archer could direct his missiles, but so narrow as to be a baffling target for an opposing bowman.  The masonry of the window widened inwardly to permit a wider range for the defending archer.  Possibly to avoid confusion between loop, and "window," and loop, "a fold," the first became identified as loophole."

~ 2107 CURIOUS WORD ORIGINS, SAYINGS & EXPRESSIONS, Charles Earle.  Galahad Books, 1993.

Niagara Falls May 18, 2014

"What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?"
~ William Henry Davis (1871 - 1940)

After the Rain

Safe & Happy Victoria Day Weekend ~

from Cayuga

 

[Same beautiful tree ~ different angle lbw]

Thistle and darnel and dock grew there,
   And  a bush, in the corner, of may,
On the orchard wall I used to sprawl,
   In the blazing heat of the day;
Half asleep and half awake,
   While the birds went twittering by,
And nobody there my line to share
   But Nicholas Nye.
Nicholas Nye was lean and grey,
   Lame of a leg and old,
More than a score of donkey's years
   He had seen since he was foaled;
He munched the thistles, purple and spiked,
   Would sometimes stoop and sigh,
And turn his head, as if he said,
   'Poor Nicholas Nye!"

~ Walter De La Mare,  Nicholas Nye (April 25, 1873 - June 22, 1956) English poet, novelist.

"A poor book that furnishes no quotations is, me judice, no book ~ it is a plaything."

~ Thomas Love Peacock (1785 - 1866) Engish poet, novelist.