ABC Wednesday is a word meme with participants from around the world. Our Host, Mrs. Nesbitt hails from Great Britain. Says Mrs. Nesbitt: "Some have been with us from the very first round, others have joined in along the way! What fun! Each week we are taken across the globe to see the varied and exciting contributions people have taken the time to discover and capture! ABC Wednesday is now entering a 3rd year of fun! I'll raise a glass to you all!". We started with the letter, "A" and each week we post something in regards to the next letter of the alphabet. This week's letter is, "F".
A la 'New Mexico', that is! This one is on the outskirts of the Jemez Pueblo. It's not on Pueblo land (because you're not supposed to take pictures on pueblo land unless you have explicit permission), but I loved the combination of textures and colors. The earth here has every color imaginable; this backdrop is no exception!
I doubt that I can leave with you some new words to learn this week. The ones I've selected are really no surprises. But, visually, I am partial to them, so up they go!
I am very, very partial to ferns. I swear this one looks like a bearded boulder though. It must be several seasons worth of layers. You can imagine that with each winter, the green dies off; the brown layers seem to be at least several years worth. If you are local to this area and want to know where this is, it is off the Los Conchas trail off of Highway 44.
While we area on the loose subject of pueblo land, because they are sovereign nations, they can sell fireworks that you cannot get elsewhere in the state. I mean, really big fireworks that you almost need a license to set them off! My son being the teenager and my husband being the indulgent one, love to get their holiday stash of fireworks at the Pojaque Pueblo.
Legal, this one is! It's the 4th of July fireworks set off by the city of Rio Rancho. All I had to do was stroll up the street to the Country Club to view this!
Wouldn't you like to have caught this one so that you too could have it in your yard?? Oh, I would too! This is outside of a gallery in Taos. I wish I had made note of which gallery and who the artist was so that I could let you know here. Hindsight is 20-20 they say.
Alright, here's a possible new 'f' word for you: fenestricide. It is murder by throwing someone out of a window. Must've been done often enough throughout time for someone to have come up with a word for it!
I hope everyone has a wonderful ABC day!
15 comments:
You found a lot of F-words nice Fwords :)
A Fine post and Fun shots for the F day!
Enjoy!
Sylvia
An interesting post and I love the new words you come up with. Your fence photo is beautiful....beauty in simplicity. And that fern does look like a beard!
Great post for the letter F. Thanks for teaching me a new word too. Don't know that I will have much use for it though...(:0)
LOVE the ferns. And, to be honest, the fish - wotta hoot.
Great 'F' shots. And I now know what I'll be charged with when I throw my husband out of the window!
Love your choice of F-words and when I read the definition of fenestricide I thought of the French word for window which is "fenetre" (only there's an accent on the 2nd e). :D
Good f's. I'm particularly fond of the fish -
great photos, i especially love the fence! fascinating and informative F words today!
We went to New Mexico and visited Taos and the surrounding area. The color was most amazing. Thanks for sharing your images with us.
I love your bearded rock!! Such great colours, too! And it's interesting to know that one shouldn't take photos on Pueblo land! Oh, and the fish is amazing!!
I don't like fireworks anymore, since having dogs who are phobic about them and get so stressed, but I have to tell you that you would need a licence to set those off in England!
But .. 'Fenestricide'? That's a word I've never heard. It sounds as if it should mean 'killing windows' (which my dear OH would approve, if applied to Microsoft Windows) but if it means 'killing someone by throwing them out of a window' the nearest would probably be 'defenestration' over here. Funny how different English is in different lands, isn't it? LOL!
Yes, someone else made the response about defenstration. The 'cide' is the death part of the word, as in suicide, homicide, etc. so I don't know how defenstration could be a reference to murder by throwing someone out a window! But, it is some sort of reference to windows! It is fascinating, though, isn't it, this word thing.
I love the tie in to MS Windows!!! Made me laugh!
Fantastic fs!
Sherry
So our trip around the world takes us to New Mexico this time! LOL! Such gorgeous, gorgeous colors - even the dead ferns. That background behind the fence. The fence itself. Really beautiful stuff. And, btw, thank you for not illustrating fenestricide.
:) Debi
Those F shots were Fun. I love the fish in the courtyard and I recall that I have been to that gallery in Taos. You live in such a lovely part of the world.
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