Tag: #OneWordSunday

Hand me that whatchamacallit!

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If you read Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman you will know that there was a Sir Joshua Device, a Sir Humphrey Gadget, a Pietr Gizmo, a Cyrus T. Doodad and an Ella Reader Widget – they all invented “things so simple and universally useful that everyone forgot that they’d ever actually needed to be invented” and the utensils were named after them. I’m pretty sure that one of the thingies in my photos has been invented by Angus Watchamacallit, a Scottish inventor of (forgotten) renown.

Linked to One Word Sunday: Watchamacallit.

Pick up your colouring pencils

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I’ve been playing around with colouring pencils and the image compare tool allows me to concentrate on the colours rather the subject. FYI: I drew the snails to give to my German language students (absolute beginners/illiterate students). They can hold up the picture when they want me to slow down.

Linked to One Word Sunday: Colour.

Too late and too early

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This little wood mouse was too early out of its nest, I think, but probably also too late in the year to be born. It was sitting on the side of a path, squeaking loudly but not running away. There was no adult close by, at least not one we could see. We pushed him gently with a stick into the leaves on the side and told it to be quiet.

Linked to One Word Sunday: Early.