Thursday, 19 April 2012

Leafy Gum arrives in Delhi...

This Gum travelled 6432 miles and arrived in Delhi, leafy green and full of love...


 



Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Some Trees are Deciduous

The tree from Delhi was deciduous...

Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally, and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe. In a more general sense, deciduous means the dropping of a part that is no longer needed, or falling away after its purpose is finished. In plants it is the result of natural processes.

The Delhi postcard made it to Canberra... without a tree.  Perhaps the part that 'tended to fall off' was no longer needed?

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Tree


tree  (tr)
n.
1.
a. A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown.
b. A plant or shrub resembling a tree in form or size.
2. Something, such as a clothes tree, that resembles a tree in form.
3. A wooden beam, post, stake, or bar used as part of a framework or structure.
4. A saddletree.
5. A diagram that has branches in descending lines showing relationships as of hierarchy or lineage: a family tree; a telephone tree.
6. Computer Science A structure for organizing or classifying data in which every item can be traced to a single origin through a unique path.
7. Archaic
a. A gallows.
b. The cross on which Jesus was crucified.
tr.v. treed, tree·ing, trees
1. To force up a tree: Dogs treed the raccoon.
2. Informal To force into a difficult position; corner.
3. To supply with trees: treed the field with oaks.
4. To stretch (a shoe or boot) onto a shoetree.
Idiom:
up a tree Informal
In a situation of great difficulty or perplexity; helpless.

[Middle English, from Old English trow; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

Sunday, 25 September 2011

food = love

food is a bubble of love, it heals a heavy heart… but beyond that, it’s a bit like music, art, and the other stuff you love, in that you make it to share with the people in your heart. quietly all the time waiting, and hoping they love it too. because if they do, or at the least love the idea of it, they will forever love you 

Friday, 2 September 2011

Food


food  (fd)
n.
1. Material, usually of plant or animal origin, that contains or consists of essential body nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals, and is ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.
2. A specified kind of nourishment: breakfast food; plant food.
3. Nourishment eaten in solid form: food and drink.
4. Something that nourishes or sustains in a way suggestive of physical nourishment: food for thought; food for the soul.

[Middle English fode, from Old English fda; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

Friday, 12 August 2011

taxi from the airport

Taxi from the airport is via an expressway full of trucks. Blow horn. Then into the green diplomatic zone with wide boulevards and roundabouts. 

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Taxi from the airport

Taxi from the airport is always right on Canberra avenue, left at the lights, left and then 2nd right.

Thursday, 4 August 2011

taxi-i

tax·i  (tks)
n. pl. tax·is or tax·ies
A taxicab.
v. tax·ied (tksd), tax·i·ing or tax·y·ing, tax·ies or tax·is (tksz)
v.intr.
1. To be transported by taxi.
2. To move slowly on the ground or on the surface of the water before takeoff or after landing: an airplane taxiing down the runway.
v.tr.
1. To transport by or as if by taxi: taxied the children to dance class; taxi documents to a law office.
2. To cause (an aircraft) to taxi.